1897.] Q. King — MaieriaU for a Flora of the Sialayan Penttmda. Gl 
Pbrak ; Lfirnt, Kundler 510G ! 10320 ! Wratf 2000 ! Malacca ; 
Maingay 520] Uistbiu. Ceylon ; Chittagong ; Java. , 
Yery nearly related to tho proceitiiiig nml perhaps only n form at that Bpecicff- 
At llio same fcimo tho cliaraotora by which tlioy aro flopfunbto nro very coiiBt-'int in 
all the Bp^oimuns of both that the writer hns seeii, and from the fiL'ld-botjmiBt'a point 
of view, at least, it is jj a at as well to follow Mr, fientham in iepaiatiog thorn. 
17. PUERARII DC, 
Twinmg" flhrttbs or herbs with etipellafre pintrntely 3-foHolate leaver? ; 
leaflets somotimea palmately lobed. Flow&rs somatiaxcH appeal ing bofoi'o 
ieavea, lar^jfe or Bmallj densely fascicled, in long often compound racemes. 
Calyx teeth loiif? or shorfc the two upper conuato. Oorolia distinctly 
exserted ; staudajxl aeaally spurred at the base e^ualliui,'' iu letigth the 
obtuse wings and keel. Statnens more oi' less thotonglily mormdelphouK ; 
anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or nearly so, maTvy-ovulod ; style 
filiforni*much incurved beai'dless, stigma capitate. Pod linear, flattisii. 
Species about 12, mostly Indo-Chinese. 
1. PuiUfARiA PUAaEOLOiPES Beiith. in Joiii-n. Linn. Soc. 125. 
A slender ci*eeper 20-30 feet long- with adprepsed-ptibcsceot sleuder 
liardly woody stems, and slender twining branches clothed with spresid- 
ing greyish-brown hairs. Leaves conteraporaucous with flowers, 6-8 in. 
long ; leaflets 3, membmnons dull -green thinly adpreased-hirsat^) above, 
dark gi-eenish-grej atid densely velvcty-tonicntose beneath, triangalar 
ovate base wide cuneate — of lateral pair obliquely, apex subobtnse mar- 
gin entire repand or slightly 3-lobed, siib-3-nerved at base, 3-4 in, long, 
2-3 in. wide, petiole 3-4 in., densely clothed with spreading hairs, 
petiolules "2 io. long; stipels small subulate weak *1 in. long, fitipnles 
small lanceolate basiflxed. InJIorcscetice of long-pedunclod axillary 
racemes of fascicled flowers ; peduncle 6-8 in. and rachis ptilierTiloTis ; 
racemes 4 in. long, fascicles ■25-5 in. apart 4-5-fld., pedicels '2 in. 
puberuilons, bnvctfj and biTLcteolef? lauceolate rather rigid clothed wstli 
ad pressed bi istly bairs, the Uractcolcs .subpei-sistoiiL Gah/x canipan- 
nlato '25 in. long clothed with adpi-esscd bristly hairs, teeth unequal 
npper broad, and lower lanceolate as long as tabo and one-third larger 
than lateral triangular, all setaceous at tip. C&roUa pale-blue and %vhitR, 
*6 ia. long, stftodard-linib suborbicnlar distinctly spunked. Pods numer- 
ous, at first puberulois, at length glabreseent slightly recurved at tho 
tip, 3"5 in. long only *2 iu. wide. Seeln about 16, "15 in. long "1 in, wide, 
trtincate at ends, dark brown, testa dull minutely rugulose. Bak. in 
Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 199 {oxcl. syu. F. mhspicata Bth.;. Dolickos 
phaseotoidcs Roxb. Flor, Ind. HI, 316. P. viridu Ham. in Wall. Cat, 
5559. Neusttmthus pJtaseoltndes Bentb. PL Jnngh, 235; Miq. Flor. Ind. 
Bat. I, 219. Fhascolus decurvm Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5t>12* 
