1897.] Cx. King — Mater ials for a Flora of the Malaymi Pminsnla. 101 
grey-pubescent, dull beneath ; raclm 2'5-4 in. long, grooved above, 
glabrous as are the petiolules '2 in, long. Flowers in very loni^ copions 
short-peduncled axillary racemes, Bomfitimes 15-18 in. in lengthy witU 
distant tumid nodes some times produced into short branches each 
bearvng a cluster of unequal slender pedicels "15^*25 in. long, the various 
flowers from one node Kxpanding successively, rachis asid pedicelg finely 
adpressed-pabescentj the pedicels 2'bracteolate nndei' the calyx, (ho 
biucteoles ovate minute. Cahjx 12 iii. long, thinly sjlkj, widti-campu- 
nulafo^ teeth obscure. CoroUa white to pale-r«se, "35 in. long. Siumeus 
monadelplious. Ovary finely puberulous ; orules 6-8. Pod 1-3 in. long, 
'■i-*5 in. wide, narrowed tf> botb ends, narrowly winged along the ui>per 
suture, seeded, uniformly finely ad pressed gi ey-silkj^ somewhat 
turgid against the seeds. Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. IJ, 240, Dulhergia 
scafi'h7ts iioxh, Gor. PI. II, t. lQ2j DO. Prod r, II, 417 ; Wall. Cat. 5857 ; 
Roxb. Flor. Ind. 111,232; W. & A. Prodr. 264; Wight, Ic. t. 275. 
Dalbergia timorensis DC, Prodr. II, 417. Pongamia curiacea Grah. in 
Wall. Oat. 5905. Bruchiipi^t'ii^n scatidens Benth. in Ann, Wien. Muh. 
11, 101 ; Miq. Flor. lod, Bjit. I, 138. Brachypterum timmmse Benth. 
ia Miq. PL Jungh. 253; Hiq. Flor. Ind. Bat, 1, 138. 
An DAMANS; veiy common everywhere, Nicohars : plentiful, PbkANQ ; 
Ctotis 979 ! Pahang : Bidleij 2639 ! Djstuid. Soutli-Eastem Asia to 
North Australia, general. 
Ifr, Baker litia described the pod as glabroas ; it never becomes quite glabrona 
even when ripe. Though the nftme Derris scandem ia most uenerally used for this 
speciea, it has to be pointed out that, so soon as Deffuelta ia recognised to b© the bsft 
generic name, this ai>Gtjiea will have to be known ws JJejuelia timorenme Taub. 
(Nat&r, Pjlamenfarn, III, 3. 8-15^ boeaiiso Deytielia srnndenx is the ongiiial name 
for the American phiut at present known as Devris rfuiaiwn^in tilh. The genus was 
pdibliahed under the name De<^uelin before it was publialied uuder the nurue Derris. 
6. Derris DALDKitGioiitKiS Bak. in Flor. Biit. Ind, II, 241. A 
spreading tree 30-40 feet high ; brancldets silky-puhesrent. Letn^es 6-3 
in. long by 1*5-2 in. wide, leaflets 25-39, liiieni' rounded-obtuse at both 
ends slightly oblique ufc the base the apf?x sliglitly eniar^iinate, 1 ia. 
long, "35 in, ivide, firmly papery^ ad pressed pubescent on both sides, dark- 
green above paler beneath, lateral nerves 7-8 pairs, indistinct, rachis 
5-ij in. long nud petiolnles 'I-'IS iu. rusty -pubescent. Flowers in 
eopions short-peduaeied axillary racemes 3-t> in. long very rarely exi 
ccedirig the leaves, about ij5--75 in. wide with crowded tumid nodes 
each bearing a dense cluster of; unequal short pedicel- *1 in. long or less, 
the various florets of a node expanding successively, rachis and pedicels 
brown silky-pufjescent, the pedicels 2-bracleolate uiider the calyx, the 
bracleoles linear '08 in. long. Calyx '15 in. long, densely brown-silky, 
shortly but distinctly toothed, the teeth deltoid tJie lower siibequal, the 
