S8 Q. Kmg — Mdferiahfor a jp^ora of the Malttyan Penijistih. [No, \, 
loHH ; petiolnles 15 in. pnbescent ■ atipcls -25 in. long, lanceolate ; siiptiles 
ovftte-obloflg persistent Bubscarious -4 in. Eacemes pettnnclea 
thick 1-2 in. long, pedicels UBufilly gemiimte 'I-'IS in. long, bmcts 
pubescent ox'bicular-cucnllate as long aa Ipedieels. Calyx '25 in. lonpr, 
oblifiue wide-campannlatQ glabrt'Bcent, npper tooili very sboffc, lateral 
wide dbloiij?, lower longer kuceolate, completely hidden by tlie birge 
peraistont coriaceous striate ovato obtuse bracts "O-'TS in, long. 
Oorolht largfc, afcandard 1'75 in. long, 1*5 in. wide, white, or white with 
crimson centre, pnbescent externally ; wings white tipped with violet 
or rose "I in. long, "5 in. wide ; keel sometimes white, sometimes crimson. 
Foil 6 in. long, '5 in. wide^ straight, beaked by the pei-sistent stylo 1 in. 
long, both sutures thickened, the lower with narrow longitudinal wings 
"l in, remote fTom tlie suture ; seeds 10-12 oblong or suhgloboeo, hilum 
oblung-linear. Mart. Flor. Bras. XT, I, 127, CUtoria Flnmieri Joss, 
in Pars. Synops. II, 303; Edwards, Bot. Reg- IV, 2C8. 0. jlutmnermt 
Veil. Flor. Flum. VII, 312, t. 128. Crmnininni giganteuni/' Best. Ann. 
Sc. Nat. Ser. I, IX, 423. 
Pekak ; at Karapar, Curiis 3140! SinqapOre ; HullcU 57 I 6C9 1 
jio donbt an escape from garduns, as it also is in Sumatra wlioro it 
has been found growing in forests near Lampar {Forhes n. 25119 !) A 
native of Sontli Anioricft; cultivated in Asiatic gardens ou account of its 
handsome flowers. 
1^ TlfiBAMNUS Sw. 
Twining herbs^ of slender habit. Calyw-tuhe campauiilate ; teeth 
distinct, Bubeqaal or two upper not so long. Corolla littio exserted { pe- 
tals about equal in length ; standard not spurred. Btamens monadel- 
phoua; alternate anthers small, abortive. Oran^ sessile, many-ovaled ; 
stylo short, curved, beai'dless, stigma capitate. Pod linear, hooked with 
the persiatfint style at the tip, flattish, septato between the seeds. 
Specie.'i 4, belting the world in the tropics, 
Tkkamnl's LADiALis Sproug.. Syst. Ill, 235. A wide-spreading 
climber of slender habit with a few ad pressed hairs on the stem. Leaves 
2'5-4-5 in, long, petiole 1-1*5 in. sparsely adpressed-hirente ; leaflets 3 
membranons or snbeoriaceons ovate-oblong base rounded apex subacute 
or at times, eepecielly of lateral pair, obtuse, terminal 1-2*5 in. long 
75-l'5 in. wide, lateral sligbtly smaller, green glabrescent above sparsely 
adpresRcd-hirsute beneath ; stipules minato lanceolate deciduous 15 in. 
long, sLipels Bubnlnfco *! in. Iujlorescmc& of elqjigated las axillary 
8-12- fid. i-acemea 2-3 in. long ; pedicels "2 in. soHtary below fascicled 
upwards, bi-acts narrowly lanceolate 1 in, long, braeteoles close under 
calyx minute subulate. 0«%r 'IS-iJ in. long, 21abiate, teeth subcqual 
