88 G. King — Afrtim'ais/or a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula, [No, I, 
1. MlLLETTiA BEEICEA W. & A. Prodr. 263. A large woody 
climber 80-100 feet long, in dense forest ; in the open a low spread- 
ing all rub 8-25 feet high ; stems 3-^ iti. diam. ; branches sfcriate shortly 
finely pubeaeent. Leaves 8-12 in. long, leaflets terminal and in 3-4 
opposite petiolulate pairs, without stipels ; obovate to elliptic-oblongs 
entile, apex bluntly cnspidate, base rounded or cuneate, 3-5 Id. long 
1*5--S in. wide ; coriaceous^ deep-green and glabrous above glossy and 
silverj-grey or ligUt-bi'own from a nuQute seal e- like pubescence beneath ; 
potiolules '2 in. long. Racemes axillary nearly as long as tlie leaves, 
slightly pubescent, the nodea not produced, each with the scars, of 7-8 
flowers. Flowers on pedicels '15 in. long bracteolate under the calyx. 
Calyx wide-tubular, limb truncate '15 in. deep, dark-brown silky exter- 
nally. Corolla "5 in. diiim., standai'd orbicular long-clawed, whitish 
pink or blue internally, broivn-silky externallj'', wings clawed, purple or 
pink with white stripes, Vexillanj filament hardly cohering at base wifcli 
the remaining stamens. Omry pubescent, style glabrous. Fod 3-7 in, 
long 1 in. across, densely brown-tomentose with a mety shining velvety 
tomentum, turgid when ripe. Seeds 1-3, rarely 4, testa dark -brown 
.smooth ; 1 in. long, *75 in. diam. Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. 153 ; Bak. 
in Flor. Brit. Ind, IT, 104. Porigamia sertcea Vent. Hort. Malmais. 
sub. L 28 ; DC. Prodr. II, 416. Pkaseolodes sertceum Kuiitze Rev. I, 201. 
Yak. typica ; leaflets silvery beneath j sutures of young pods dis- 
tinctly thickened ; seeds 1-2, rai'ely 3. 
Perak ; common ; Scortechini ! Kjindl&r ! Wray ! DiSTRiB. Sumatra 
(Teysmanu ! Forbes 3103 A 1 ) ; Java {Kurz .') 
A small-lpaved form of M. sericea is reported from Penang (CurtU n. SJ*!); 
Lohb n. 3 10 in Herb. Kevr, not 8(?6n by tlie writer, ib noted by Mr. Hemaloy iden- 
tical with it i and tlie same plant ia also at Kow from Singfliporo, aa it ia at Civlciitta 
from Perak {Kunstler n. 401 ! Wray n. 2304 !|, But tbe Penik speoimens bave ia 
iome cages leufleta of the ordinary si«e ou tlio samo twig with the ainall leafleta ; 
the flowers of thia form ace exactly like those of M. sertcea and the Penaag plant 
ia tberefora not eveu aeparable us a variety. 
Yar, inalaccmsis ; leaflets brownish nndei-neath ; sutures of young 
pods liaidly thickened ; pods longer seeds 3-4. 
Malacca; GdfUhllGiil Maingay blBl Qoodenough 170^ \ 
A distiuot local form bat perbapa bardly a good variety. 
2, MiLLEiTiA E til ANTE A Bsuth- PI. Juugh. 250. A rather slender 
woody climber 50-^0 feet long with only the youngest twigs silky. 
Leaves 8-11 in. long, rachis glabrons, leaflets terminal and in 2, rarely 
3, opposite pairs, petiolnl ate without stipels; obovate-oblorig or elliptic 
shortly cnspidate 2-4 in. long, r25-2*5 in across, rigidly coriaceous 
pale green and glabrous on both surfaces ; petiolulea "25 in. Racemes 
copious, at first short dense l-J "5 in. long and strobilate with large 
