128 G, Ki'n^ — MateriQh for a Ffora of tJifi Malayan Feninmla. [No. 1, 
sensitive odd-pinnate Biiiall linear leaflets. Flowers m sparse racemes. 
Oaly» deeply 2-lipped, the lipa faintly toothed. 0<yroUa fngacions j 
standard orl>icular ; keel not beaked. Sf:(iriiens in two bundles of 5 each ; 
anthers uniform. Ovary stalked, linear, many-ovu!ed ; style filiform, 
incarved, stigma terminal. Pod linear^ with a stalk longer than the 
calyx, and 4-8 flattened 1 -seeded separating joints. Species about 30, 
spread everywhere in the tropics. 
S tems woody, slender, TOUch-brauclied ; calysf and corolla amnll 
glftbrona ; poda narrow, smooth ... ... ... 1. indica. 
Stoma pith-like, Btout, Httle-branohed ; calyx and lai^a corolla 
hispid ; poda broad, warted ... .., 2. aspcra. 
1. ^scHVis'OMiist^ INDICA Linn. Sp. PL 7 J3. A slender, much branch- 
ed annual underahrnb, stems 1-3 feet high under "15 in, in diam. at base ; 
everywhere glabrou.'*^ pale-green ; branchen slender twiggy toi'eto, 
Leaf-rachis 2-3 in. long ; leaflets close, terminal and in 20-30 opposite 
pairs, linear, obtuse, l-nerved, "2 in, long ; stipiiles lanceolate, '3 in. 
long, membranons, deciduous, with a large Uaricle. Rticemes axillary 1^- 
fld. 5 peduncles 1 in. and pedicels 3 in., usually viscid ; bracteoles small 
subulate glandular. Calyx 2 in., glabrous, teeth unequal the two upper 
subcotinal'e, pecsifitent, withering. Gorolla pale-jellow, tinged with pinis 
or oi-ange, "45 in. long, glabrous, fugacious, Ktandard orbicular ©raargiuate. 
Stigma capitate. Pod in. long, stmight or at times slightly 
Curved, upper Butui*e even, lower indented between the 6-10 separating 
smooth or faintly papillose joints 12-* 15 in, broad. DC. Prodr, II, 320 ; 
Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 274-; Bak. in Flor, Brit. Ind. II, 15L 
pnmila Linn. Sp. PI. ed. II, 1061; DC. Piodr. 11, 321. J^. aspera 
Wall Cat. 5666 not of Linn, diff^tsa Willd. Sp. PI. Ill, 1164; DC. 
Pradr. H. 321; Wall. Cat. 5565. A visddula Willd. Enum, 776. JE. 
jRo.vburghii Spreng. Syat. Ill, 322, SifiitMa aspf^ra Roxb. Hort. Beng. 
56; Flor. Ind. Ill, 343. Hcdysarum Ndi-TaU Roxb, Hort. Beng. 57; 
Flor. Ind. Ill, 365. 
AsDAMAKS ; Port Mouat, plentiful. Prov. WELtESLEY ; Ridley 8009 \ 
DiSTRiB. Tropica generally. 
2. ^SCUYNOMHNE ASPBEA Linn. Sp, PI. 713. A tall erect swamp- 
ehrnb reaching 10-12 feet in height, stems 3 in. or more in diam., 
externally glabrons, internally full of soft white pitli ; bmnches few or 
none. Leaf-rnchiB 3-6 in. long ; leaflets terminal and in 30-50 opposite 
pairs^ linear, obtuse, l-nerved, '5 in. long ; stipules lanceolate '5 in. long, 
anricled, deciduous. Racemes axillary corynibosely 2-4-fld. ; peduncles 
1 in, and pedicels '4 in. clothed with spreading bristles ; bracteoles 
small ovate deciduous. Oalyx "4 io., hispidly hairy, unequiilly 5-toothed, 
the two upper teeth subconnate. Corolla *75 in. yellow, fiicraciona, 
standard orbicular. Pod 2-2" 5 in. long, 3 in. across, often indented on 
