220 XLV. LEG-UMINOSiE [Millettia 



A. Trees (all in tlie eastern region), 



1. M. pendula, Benth.— -Syn. M. Icucantha, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 356. Vern. 

 TJiinwin^ Burin. 



A deciduous tree, lieartwood dark purple. Youngest slioots silky, leaflets 3 

 pair, 3-4 in. long, pale beneath, glabrous when full grown, stipels subulate, 

 persistent. Fl. pnre white, on long pedicels, fasciculate, in compact terminal 

 racemes, 4-6 in. long. Pod woody, flat, pointed at the ends, 2-5 in. long, 1-2 in. 

 wide, 1-3 seeded. 



Deciduous forests. Upper cand Lower Burma, mostly near btreams. Fl. H. S. 



2. M. glaucescens, Kurz F. Fl. i. 357 {Derris microptera^ Gramble List 

 30). Vern. TaungM, Burm. 



A laro'e deciduous tree, nearly glabrous, leaflets 2-5 pair, without stipels, 

 3-5 in. lono- pale beneath, scattered hairs on the underside while young, with 

 a very minute regular but not raised network of reticulate veins between the 

 tertiary nerves. '^Fl. \-\ in. long, blue, red or pu.rple, on capillary pedicels in 

 axillary racemes, shorter than leaves. Standard glabrous, ovary hairy. Pod 

 flat woody, 4-5 in. long, 1 in. wide, both sutures thickened and expanded into 



narrow wings. 



Sikkim common up to 3,000 ft. (" young leaves golden brown with long racemes of 

 lilac fl. "'Gamble). Lower Burma, common near streams. Fl. H. S. Also Malay 

 Peninsula. 3. M. Wriglitiana, Prain in Journ. As. Soo. Beng. vol. ^Q (1898), p. 359. Sha n 

 hills, Upper Burma, nearly allied, but with thin pods, not winged along sutures. 



4. M. atropurpurea, Benth.— Syn. Pongamia atropmyurea, Wall. PL 

 As. Rar. t. 78. Vern. Kw^ tanyin, Burm. 



A laro*e evergreen tree, glabrous except inflorescence. Leaflets more or less 

 oblique at base, rigidly coriaceous, glossy, 3-4 pair, 3-6 in. long, no stipels. 

 Fl. dark bluish purple, on the stout branches of large pubescent erect terminal 

 panicles, pedicels short hairy, 2 bracteoles at base of calyx. Pod turgid, thickly 

 coriaceous, 2-B in. long, 2 in. broad. 



Evero-reen forest, south-eastern part of tlie Pegu Yoma, hills between the Thaungyin 

 and Hlaingbwe rivers, and elsewhere in Martaban and Tenasserim. " Thickly covered 

 with dense panicles of deep purple fl.'' "Wall. 



The other trees of this genus may be clabsified as follows : — 



a. Leaflets 1-5 pair. 



5. M. multiflora, Coll. and Hemsl. in Journ, Linn. Soc. xxviii. 41. Meiktila, Upper 

 Burma leaflets coriaceous, elliptic, 4-5 pair, 1 in. long. Fl. | in., standard silkj out- 

 side. 6. M. tetraptera, Kurz P. Fl. i. 858. Dry region of Irawaddi valley, Prome to 

 Maiidalay, ' leaflets elliptic or ohovate, 1-3 pair, 1-3 in. long, silky-pubescent. Pod 

 woody 1-2 seeded, 8-4 in. long, f in. wide, each suture with two narrow wings. 

 7. M. publnervis, Kurz, I.e., 367. Upper Burma, deciduous forest on the edge of streamb. 

 Hills east of Toungoo. Deciduous, leaflets 3-4 pair, thinly chartaceous, long-acuminate, 

 pubescent along midrib, no stipels, fl. J in. long, pinkish or yellowish white. 8. M. 

 ovalifolia Kurz, I.e., 356, Prome district, leaflets elliptic, 3 pair, 1 in. long, petiolules 

 slender. ' 9, M. macrostachya, ColL and Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 41, southern 

 Shan hills' 2,000-4,000 ft., leaflets 4-5 pair, 2-6 in. long, softly tomentose beneath. 

 PI. pink 1 'in.' long, standard silky outside. 



h. Leaflets 6-10 pair, stipellate. 



10. M. Brandisiaiia, Kurz, 1 c, 355. Vern. Thifpagan, Burm. Pegu, Yamethin, de- 

 ciduous*, entirely glabrous, attains 60 ft., leaflets 7-10 pair, thinly coriaceous, lanceo- 

 late 1-2 in. long. PL blue, standard silky. 11. M. ptdclira, Benth. ; PL Brit. Ind. 

 ii. 104. Vern. Thit^cigan, Burm. Assam, Khasi hills, Manipur, Upper Burma, leaflets 

 membranous young shoots tawny pubescent, sometimes densely tomentose {M. tomentosa, 

 Watt MSS., kanipur), fl. purple, standard glabrous. 



B. Woody climbers. 



12. M. auriculata, Baker. — Syu. M. macrophylla, Kurz, F. M. i. 351. 

 Vern. Gauj^ Hincl. ; Mauclh^ Oudh ; Gurar, Gfond ; WunUj Burm. 

 Young sboots soft silky-tomentose, leaflets 3-4 pair, 3-6 in. long, obovate- 



