Millettia] 



XLV. LEGUMINOSiE 



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oblong, shortly acuminatej 

 stipels minute, secondary 

 nerves 8-10 pair, pro- 

 minent beneath. Racemes 

 4-9 in. long, rusty tomen- 

 tose, axillary, several at 

 the ends of short stout 

 branchlets, fl. whitish. 

 Pod flat, woody, rusty- 

 tomentose, 4-6 in. long, 

 I in. broad, sutures thick- 

 ened. 



Subhimalayan tract, from 

 the Sutlej eastward, Behar, 

 Central India south to the 

 Godavery. Common in Sal 

 forests. Fl. April- June. A 

 remarkable local variety, 

 formerly regarded as a 

 species, is M. extensa, Benth., 

 Knrz, F. Fl. i. 352. Yern. 

 Damange, Burm., common in 

 the deciduous forests of 

 Upper and Lower Burma. 

 Tonliin, fl. reddish-lilac, in 

 shorter racemes, pods gla- 

 brous when ripe. 



13. M.cinerea, Benth.; 

 Kurz, F. M. 353. 



Glabrous except inflor- 

 escence, leaflets 1-3 pair, 

 thin, membranous, 3-9 in. 

 long, elliptic or elliptic- 

 obovate, acuminate, per- 

 fectly glabrous beneath, 

 secondary nerves 6-8 pair, 

 prominent oh the under- 

 side, with a conspicuous network of raised reticulate veins. Fl. white (tip 

 of keel and wings purple), in terminal panicles, mostly single, not fasciculate, 

 calyx tomentose, supported by 2 setaceous bracteoles, three teeth triangular, the 

 two upper minute connate, corolla densely silky outside. Pod thick, turgid, 

 flat between seeds, tawny-velvety, 2-4 by 1 in., seeds 1-5. 



Sikkim, ascending to 4,000 ft. Dwars. Assam to Chittagong and Burma. Fl. Feb.- 

 April. Nearly allied : 14. M. Dorwardi, Coll. and Hemsl. in Linn. Soc. Journ. xxviii. 

 40, described as a tree in one, as a climber in another place, Shan hills, Upper Burma^ 

 leaflets 2 pair, 2-3 in. long, fl. in dense terminal panicles. 



15. M. pachycarpa, Benth. ; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 353. Yern. Kharina^ 

 Khasi hills. 



A large spreading and scandent shrub, young parts and inflorescence rusty- 

 brown tomentose, leaflets 5-6 pair, 3-7 in. long, pubescent beneath, secondary 

 nerves 8-12 pair. Fl. pale pink, 1 in. long, on axillary racemes 9-10 in. long, 

 standard glabrous. Pod thickly coriaceous, rugose, indented between seeds, 

 2-6 in. long, 1\ in. broad, seeds 1-3. 



Sikkim to 4,000 ft. Dwars. Assam, Khasi hills ; pod used to poison fish, Manipur 

 Upper Burma. 



16. M. racemosa, Benth.; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 105. — Syn. M. leiogyna, 

 Kurz, F. Fl. i. 351. 



A large woody climber, deciduous, youngest parts and inflorescence rusty- 



Fig. 95. — Millettia auriculata, Baker. A, 



