106 PLANTS OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. 



Arachis. 



Arachis hypogoea. Cachang goring. Mai. Cultivated by the 

 Malays and Chinese, principally in their plantations of 

 Betel nut and Cocoa nut trees, while young. 



Dolichos. 



Dolichos sinensis. Cultivated for the table. 



Clitoria. 



Clitoria tcrnatea. 



In gardens pretty common; but I have not seen it wild. 



Cystisus. 



Cystisus cajan. 



A few plants in the neighbourhood of houses; but no 

 regular cultivation. 



ROBINIA. 



Bobinia megasperma, H. (Probably Millettia atropurpurea) . 



Arboreous; leaves unequally pinnated; five pairs; racemes 

 terminal, compound, pedicels one flowered, crowded ; legume 

 one seeded. 



Stem arboreous, large, erect. Branches towards the top 

 of the stem, crowded. Leaves scattered, crowded at the extre- 

 mities of the branches, pinnated, five pairs with an odd one; 

 leaflets lance^ovate, most entire, smooth. Petioles common, 

 round, rigid, thicker: at the base; proper, short, widely spread- 

 ing. Racemes terminal, compound; partial scattered, widely 

 spreading; proper peduncles very short, reflex, crowded, one 

 flowered. Flowers middle sized, purple. Calyx perianth pitcher- 

 shape ; mouth oblique, the two lateral teeth obliterated, the 

 lower longer and more pointed. Corolla papilionaceous. 

 Banner cordate ovate, concave; when the flower is fully spread, 

 emarginate, reflected ; claw flat, incurved, the length of the calyx. 

 Wings oblong, converging, declining, a little shorter than the 

 banner, with a very small obtuse appendix. Keel, boat-shape, 



Jour. Straits Branch 



