34 G, King ^Materials far a Fhrfl of the Malaijan Peninsula. [Ko- 1, 
Caljx deeply 2-lippRfl ; orary stalked, ovuloa 
many i Joiiits of potl anborbicn'ar or qaa<lmte... 36. AsBCHtNOHBNie. 
Leaves atipellftte ; {stftmona 9+1, anthera imiform) ; — 
Ovary 1-oviilotl j (Ibsivm pintiutely S-foliDlate) ... 37. PhtlACIUK. 
Ovary 2- or more-ovtilod : — 
Pod folded together within the calyx ; — 
Calyx- teeth setacirK>TiB, not accrescent ... 33* T7&ar!A. 
Cfilyx-tecth lanceolate, accreacent, ... ... 39, Loukka, 
Pod Htraight cssorted ; — 
Joints of pod coriacoouB about as thick as they 
ar© bread and long ... ... 40. AitYSiCAfiPUS, 
Joints of poll till n, or if corinceoiiH [| DendrolO' 
bium) Hinch broader than thick, and if as tliick aa 
brond (I Scorjpixirva) much lonffer than broad ; 
opening along lower snture in § Nichotnonia and 
in § FUuiolohium ... ,„ 41. DEBJJODinu. 
Btamena free : — 
Stigma terminal, pod long moniKfom ... 42. Sofftora. 
Stigma oblique, pod short targid ... .., 43. Oemosia. 
1. Abbus Linn. 
Climbing alirnba. Leaves with nnmerona deeidnous lenfleta. FlowerB 
small, in denso racemes on axillary peduncles or short branches. Calys^ 
campanulat^, eqnal; teetli verj short. Coi'o??a tnnch esserted j standard 
ovate, actite, adhering" below to the stamiiial tube; wings narrow; keel 
arcuate. Stamens 9, united in a tube dlit above, the tenth absent ; 
aiitlierB uniform. Ovary subBOBBile, many-ovnled ; atjle short, incurved, 
beardless, stigma capitate. Pod oblong or linear-ohlong, f^it or tui^id, 
moderately firm, thinly septate. Species 5 ; cosmopolitan in the tropics. 
Pod oblong turgid 3-5-seedod ... ... 1. A. precatorius. 
Pod linear flat incQrved 8-12-Beeded ... ... 2. A, pulchellus. 
1. Abrds rBECATOniUB Linn. Syat. Veg. ed. XII, 472. A copiously 
branched climber with thin stems and slender glabrous or thinly silky 
branches. Leaves in. long ; leaflets equally pinnate in 10-20 
opposite pairs metcibraBOus g-labrous above thinly silky beneath^ green 
deddnous, ligalate-oblong *35-*65 in. long» in. wide. Eacemes 
na any- flowered, ci-ewded, usually shorter than the leaves, racbis asually 
distinctly thickened in fruit. Calyx *1 in. thinly silky. Corolla *5 in. 
pink» or white with pink tinge. Pod oblong, turgid, 1-1'5 in. long, 
•4-"5 m. wide, valves rugose thickened^ 3-5-seeded. Seeds various, 
usually bright scarlet with black hilum in wild specimens ; sometimei 
white with black hilum, utiiformly white, or uniformly black in calti- 
vated forms. DC. Prodr. II, 381; Rosb. Flor. Ind. 111,258; Wall. 
Cat., 5818 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. T, 158 ; Bak. in Flor, Brit. Ind. U; 
175, A. minor Dcsv, Ann. Sc, Nat, IXj 418. A. ^ucijlorus Desv, Ann* 
Sc. Nat. IX, 418. 
