42 C^. King — MaieriaUfor a Flora of the Malayan Peninmla. [Fo, 1, 
Malay Peninsula; Makeca, Griffith [ Maingay ! Hervey t Distmb. 
India; Maljiy Archipelngo j PliiHppirK'B, 
IS. CwoTALAtitA QutNQUEFOLiA Unn. Sp. Pi, 716. An erect annual 
2-4 feet liigli with straiglit robuMt Rulcate fiistig-iftte spaHngly silky 
branchpfl. Ijeaue^ digitiite normally 5-foHnlate, at timea 3-, 4-, or 
even 0-7-foliolate, petioles 1-3 tti. loii|>-, lenfleta herbaceotis, glabrous 
above, thinly Kilky beneatli, cantnvl Inrtfuf^t. 2-4 in. Jongr, all linear or 
occafiioiiatly iraiTowly oblariL-colate ob^iiHe ; stipules linear. Ikteemes 
terrninul, 6-8 in. long, laxly 8-20-fld- ; bmctH linear as long as pedicels, 
thinly silky, peraistcsnt ; lower pedicels aa long as calyx^ upper short, 
Cutyx stibglsibi'ons *5 in. long ; teetb lanueolat© as long- as campanulate 
tube. Corolla 1 in. long, glabt-ous, yellow, "white or rarely purplish. 
Ptid disbinotly stalked Hubinilated, gtiibrntis, 1-5-2 in, long, '75 in, wide, 
30-40'Beeded. DC. Prodr. II, 13r>; Roxb. Flor. Ind. III. 279 ; Wall. 
Cnt, 5420; W. & A, Protlr. 1, 194>; Wight 111, t, 16 1 Miq. Flor. Ind, 
Batn I, 347 J Bak. in Flor, Brit. Ind. II, 84. 0. heterophylla Lino. f. 
Suppl. 323; DC. Prodr. II, 131, 
Malay Peninsula ; Ketlah, ?t««#^^(?r.' Singapore, Unllett! Ojstrib. 
India; Indo-Uhiua; Malay Archipelago ; Philippines. 
3. Fleminoia Roxb. 
ShTObs, rarely herbs, with leaves digitately 3-foliolate or sitnple, 
gland-dotted below, hififwescence various ; pedicels very short, not 
braoteolate, CahjX'tnhe short; teeth narrow, acuminate, tlie lowest 
often the longest. Corolla little or not at all exeerted ; petals eqnal 
in length ; keel obtnse or slightly rostnite. Stamens diadelphoos j 
anthers nnifomi. Ovary sabsessibt S-ovuled \ style filiform, beardless, 
stigma capitate. Pod oblong, turgid, small, usually two-seeded ; seeds 
not atrophiolate, the funic! e centricaL Species about 25; 3 Tropical 
African, the remainder Asiatic. 
Leflvea 1-foliolate; Uowora in amM cymes hidden hj large 
fuIdcHl persistent bracts and arranged in raoemea longer than 
til© leaves ... ... ... ,.. ,,. 1. P, stroliliferB. 
Lea%i<» 3-rolK>lAtci ; ilowori in fiimpio solitaiy or f&Beicled 
axillnry racemes shorter than the petiolea, bracts Hmall deci- 
dtiona ... ,,. ,,. ... 2. F, e&affesta. 
§ OsTRTODiUM Desv. Shrabs, Leaves simple. Flowers in finiall 
cymes, cKcti hiilden by a large folded persistent bniet, closely distichonsly 
arranged in copious simple or slightly branched racemes, both in the 
axils of the leaves and above them. 
1. Flkmihgia strobilifeua R, Br, in Ait. Eort. Kew. ed, ITj IV, 
350, An erect shrab 5-10 feet high with slender terete branches vel- 
vety towards their tips, hemes 4 in. long, petioles "5 in. long, adprossed 
