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Svec. Cuan. Tree: leaflets numerous, oblong or elliptic, mu 
tronulate, young ones silky : racemes simple, elongated: ovary 6- 
8-ovuled: legume lanceolate, with a narrow wing, acute at both 
ends: flowets fascicled, white. 
Peninsula. 
GENUS LIX. MILLETTIA. 
Te Diadelphia Deeandria. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. Called after Dr. Millett of Canton. 
Gen. Cuar. Trees ot twining shrubs: leaves very large, un« 
equally pinnated: leaflets opposite, with a bristly stipule at the 
base of each partial petiole: racemes axillary, more or less dom- 
pound : flowers largish: calyx cup-shaped, lobed or slightly tooth- 
ed: corolla papilionaceous: vexillum recurved, broad, emarginate, 
glabrous or silky on the back; one stamen distinct from the rest: 
legume flat, elliptic or lanceolate, pointed, coriaceous, thick-mar- 
gined, without wings, 1-2-seeded: valves closely cohering all 
‘round the seeds and between them. 
(1) M. rusicinosa. (W. § A.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 263. 
Engrav. ‘Wight’s Icon. t, 207. 
Srec. Cuan. Young parts petioles and racemes covered with 
rusty tomentum : leaflets 2-8 pair, oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, 
covered when young with yellowish pubescence: calyx minutely 
toothed: vexillum silky on the outside, with two large tomentose 
eallosities on the inside at its base : legume linear-lanceolate, point- 
ed: racemes drooping, nearly as long as the leaves, solitary, with 
shortish 3—5-furrowed lateral peduncles. 
Courtallum. 
(2) M. sptenpens. (W. & A.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod, I. p, 263. 
Spec. Car. Young parts petioles and racemes clothed with 
short whitish or tawny tomentum: leaflets about 3 pair, oblong- 
lanceolate, suddenly and shortly acuminated, silvery-pubescent 
beneath: racemes slightly compound, with several flowers on each 
lateral peduncle: calyx shortly 4-cleft; upper sesment the broad- 
est: ovary with 5 ovules, all collected between the middle and the 
apex. 
Peninsula, 
