Balbergia.'] L. lbgtjminoss. (J. G. Baker.) 237 



A climber, with even the branches of inflorescence nearly' glabrous. Leaflets very 

 firm in texture, greenish on both surfaces, f-1 in. long, obtuse, slightly emarginate. 

 Inflorescence mainly terminal, the principal branches ereeto-patent, the ultimate ones 

 forming distinct elongated scorpioid cymes. Flowers much smaller than in any of its 

 neighbours and very deciduous, the minute pedicels subtended by lanceolate bracts as 

 long as themselyes. Ocdi/x ^ in., subglabrous. Corolla under i in. long. JPod 2-2J 

 in. by f in., thin and not turning brown, narrowed from the middle to a very short 

 stalk, the lower suture much more rounded than the upper one. 



24. D. cana, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5869 ; scandent, leaflets 15-19 acute 

 glabrescent, flowers in short axillary panicles -with, corymbose branchlets, 

 pedicels ebracteate as long as the calyx, calyx-teeth shorter than the tube, pod 

 thin flat one-seeded softly pubescent not at all thickened or veined opposite the 

 seed. Kwz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Seng. xlii. 2, 70. 



MotTLMEiN, WalUch. Pegu and Martaban, Kv/rz. 



Branches, leaf-rachises and leaves below thinly clothed with deciduous brown 

 silky hairs. Leaves ^1 ft. long; leaflets rigidly subcoriaceous, 1^2^ in. long, 

 rounded at tbe base, narrowed to a point, the veinlets rather raised on the undersurface. 

 Panicles sparse, much shorter than the leaves, the ereeto-patent branches finely 

 brown-silky. Calyx subglabrous, |— J in. ; teeth lanceolate-deltoid. Corolla twice 

 the length of the calyx. Pod strap-shaped, straight, 2-2^ in. by ^-| in., pale dull 

 brown, narrowed suddenly at the base to a stalk twice as long as the calyx. 



25. D. stipulacea, Soxh. Sort. Beng. 53 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 233 ; scandent, 

 leaflets 17-25 obtuse glabrous or nearly no, flowers in copious axillary panicles 

 with elongated racemose branches, pedicels longer than the calyx with con- 

 spicuous persistent bracts and bracteoles, calyx-teeth as long as the tube, pod 

 mm glabrous one -seeded thickened and veined opposite the seed. Wight Ic. t. 

 453 ; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv., Swppl. 47. D. ferruginea. Roxh. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 228. D. tingens, Wall. Cat. 5860. D. cassioides, Wall. Cat. 5863. D. 

 livida, Wall. Cat. 5866 A, in part. D. rostrata, Ch-ah. in Wall. Cat. 6867. 



Eastern Himalayas, tropical zone, ascending to 4000 ft. in Sikkim ; Assam, Khasia, 

 SiLHBT, Chittagong, Pegit, Maetaban, Tenasseeim. — DisTRiB. Malay isles. 



Branches glabrous, or at first finely grey-downy. Leaf-rachis 4-6 in. long ; 

 leaflets moderately firm, obtuse, 1-li in. long, glabrous, or at first minutely hairy 

 beneath, green above, subglaucous beneath. Panicles much shorter tha.n the leaves, 

 with only a few lax ascending branches, the inflorescence readily distinguishable 

 from that of all the others by the conspicuous persistent oblanceolate glabrous bracts 

 and bracteoles. Calyx subglabrous, ^ in. long ; lowest tooth linear, exceeding the 

 others. Corolla purplish, twice the length of the calyx ; blade of the standard 

 roundish. Pod the largest and thickest of the group, 2-4 in. by 1 in., strap-shaped, 

 obtuse, narrowed suddenly into a stalk twice as long as the calyx. 



SuBGEN'. 3. Selenolobiuxn, Benth. Stamens in two bundles of 6 each. 

 Pod obliquely orbicular-oblong, rather recurved, iisually 1-seeded. 



26. D, monosperma, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. ii. 36 ; scandent, spine- 

 less, leaflets 6-7 obtuse moderately small, pod flat. Dalz. Sr Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 78 ; 

 Benth, in Jom-n. Linn. Soc. iv., Swppl. 48. D. torta, Orah. in Wall. Cat. 5879. 

 D. paniculata, Wall. Cat. 6848 I, ex parte. 



Shores of the Westeen- Peninsula, Ceylon and Malayan Peninsula. — Disteib. 

 Malay isles, China, Philippines, N. Australia. 



A wide-twining shrub, with lithe much-twisted black glabrous branches. Leaflets 

 usually 6, obovate-oblong, glabrous, obtuse, often emarginate, 1-1^ in. long. Flowers 

 in sessile congested axillary panicles, 1-2 in. long, the branches only inconspicuously 

 downy ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx ^ in., subglabrous, with a pair of 



