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broad, 3 to 4 in. long, the terminal one rhomboid, the lateral ones oblique, 

 all entire. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, produced below their insertion. Stipellse 

 subulate. Peduncle 6 in. long or more, bearing above the middle a dense 

 one-sided raceme. Flowers 2 or 3 together at each node, full 6 lines long. 

 Calyx-teeth or -lobes all rather longer than the tube, the lowest the longest 

 and acute. Standard orbicular, wings narrow, keel broader, scarcely beaked. 

 Eipe pod unknown. » 



Hongkong, Harland. Not received from elsewhere. It is a handsome species, coming 

 nearest to the N. peduumlaris, Benth., froni Nepaul, but has larger flowers and differently 

 shaped petals, besides other minor characters. 



14. MITCUTiTA, Adans. 



Calyx campanulate, 4-toothed. Standard shorter than the other petals. 

 Keel as long or longer than the wings, curved, and usually tipped with a 

 cartilaginous beak. Upper stamen free fi-om the base. Style filiform, with 

 a small terminal beak. Pod thick, ovate-oblong or elongated, usually covered 

 with stinging hairs. Seeds with an oblong or a long linear hUum. — Twiners 

 or tall climbers. Leaflets 3, the stipellse subulate or sometimes wanting. 

 Eacemes on long axillary peduncles. Flowers large, pedicellate, arising from 

 gland-like nodes. 



A considerable genus, spread over the tropical regions of Asia, Africa, and America. 



Leaves silky underneath. Racemes short. FlowerS li in. long . . 1. M. Championi. 

 leaves glabrous or nearly so. Bacemes long. Flowers 3 in. long . 2. M. macroiotrys. 



1. M. Championij Benth. in Eew Journ. Bot. iv. 49. A taU climber, 

 woody at the base ; this young shoots and under side of the full-growii leaves 

 Clothed with rust-coloured silky hairs. Leaflets about 3 in. long, the terminal 

 one broadly ovate, the lateral ones very oblique, aU shortly and obtusely 

 acuminate. Eacemes seldom above 4 in. long, including the peduncle, simple, 

 or with 1 or 2 branches. Pedicels solitary, or 3 or 3 together on each node, 

 6 to 10 lines long. Flowers pui-ple. Calyx 3 lines long, hairy inside and 

 out. Standard about 1 in. long, wings 1^ in. ; keel rather long, with a hard 

 incurved point. Pod about 4-seeded, 6 to 7 in. long, 2 in. broad, glabrous 

 when ripe, but reticulate, with numerous oblique raised wings, besides a lon- 

 gitudinal wing on each side of each suture. 



On rocks and trees above the Buddhist Temple, at East Point, Champion. Not known 

 from elsewhere. 



2. M. macrobotryaj Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. 422. A tall climber, like 

 thfe last, but quite glabrous, except a few small hairs sprinkled on the under 

 side of the leaves. Leaflets oval-oblong, near 5 in. long, the lateral ones 

 very obliqiie. Eacemes long, loose, and pendulous, on very long peduncles. 

 Flowers usually 3 together, pedicellate, dark purple, about 3 in. long. Calyx- 

 tube near 6 lines, and the lowest tooth but little shorter, sprinkled with a few 

 hairs. Standard \\ in., wings 2y in., keel 3 in. long, with a hard beak. 

 Pod (which 1 hate not myself seen), B in. long. If in. 'broad, 2- or 3-seeded, 

 hispid, aiid obliquely winged or plaited, as in the last species. 



Near the Buddhist Temple, and perhaps introduced, Eanee. Not seen from elsewhere. 

 The flowering specimens are like those of M^^ madrocarpa, Wall., from Himalaya!, but the 

 pod as described by Hance is quite different. 



