80 G. Kmg— Maferiah for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [Ko. 1, 
eiflily overlookod. Thor© arc, however, very few speciraena without stipela on some 
of their toaTea and the writer haa therefore followed Mr. Kur^ in referring the 
plarnt to Spatholobiis. The matter cMinnot, however, be conclusively settled till poda 
aro obtained and examined. Tho only other spocicB with equally obscure atipele 
S. crassifalius, of which, however, Mr. Baker has seen imtnaiure fmit. 
8, Spatholobus Ridleyi PiBin. A climber with glabrous aliglitly- 
aBgled bvaochea. Learns 6 in. long; leaflets 3 subequal oblanceolate 
apex acuminate tip jnacronulate base cuBeate, papery quite glabrous on 
both surfaces, 3-3'5 in. long 1-1*25 in* wide ; petiole glabrous 1'5 in* 
long, petiolnles glabrous '2 in. long ; Rtipels small rigid subulate, often 
very obsciare ; stipules lanceolate "25 in. long subrigid parallel- veined. 
Injtoreecence in axillary racemes 3 in. long 1 in. wide» bracts and brac- 
teoles minute deciduous. Calyx '12 in. campanulate adpressed-pubescent, 
upper tooth truncate the others rounded half as long as tube, pedicels '2 
in. long, ad pressed- pnberulous. Corolla '25 m.^ white, standard orbicular, 
limb slightly anriculate, apex retuse. Pod 4 in. long, 1 in. wide below, 
seed-bearing tip '4 id, across ; sparsely puberulons, reticulate-veined, 
semitransparent except at apes* 
Singapore ; Ridley 6401 ! 
A very distinot species though nearest to S. mactx^pUru^ Miq. 
23. iKDiGOFEfii Linn, 
Herbs or shrubs more or less densely clothed with adpressed hairs, 
with (in Malayan species) compound odd-pinnate leaves. Flowers small 
in copious axillary racemes. Calyx minute campanulate ; teeth 5, sub- 
equal or the lower longest. Corolla cadncons, standard obovate ; keel 
straight, not beaked, laterally spurred near base. Stamens diadelplioTis, 
anthers uniform apiculate. Ovary sessile many-ovnled ; style short 
incurved, stigma capitate penicillate. Pod linear- cylitidric several-seed- 
ed. Species about 250 j in all tropical regions and in temperate South 
Africa. 
The gBUfUB ifl hardly a. Matayan one ; the above definition applies, as to foliage, 
only to the species that occur in the Malay Peninsula, 
Herbficeoua i stoma densely pubescent ; pod short straight 
pubescent ... ... .„ ... 1. 1. Mrsuta. 
Shrubby j a terns faintly hoary ; pod glabrous : — 
Cnlys: deeply cleft, about hdf m long as corolla ; pods 
reflosed ;— 
Leaflet's ovate- acute ; racemes dense, pods short mach 
recurved ... ... ... ... 2. I. AniL 
Leadets obovate-obtose ; raoemes tax, poda longer straight 
or only slightTy recurved at the tip .„ ... 3. I. titietoria. 
Calyi shortly toothed, hardly i as long as corolla i pods 
asoeadiug ... „ ... 4. J. gahgioid4S, 
