1897.] G. King—Maiermh for a Flora of the Malayan Penimuta. 129 
both the echiniilate sutui'es, alwajs along the lower, between the 4-8 
separating joints which ai-e nsually ochinulate on the face, rarely smooth, 
DO. Pi odr. II, 320; Miq. Flov. Ind. But I, 275; Bah in Flor. Brit 
Ind. II, 152. jE, indica Wall. Cat. 5667 not of Linn. JH. traohyloba 
Miq. Flov, Ind. Bat I, 276. JJ/, indwa yah, aspera Hassk. PI. Jav. Rar. 
340. Medysarum I^^ienUrinm Roxb. Hor't Beng-. 57 ; Plor. Ind. IT I, 365, 
Malacca; Qrijjilkl Disthib. Troincal S.-E. Asia and Tropjcal Africa. 
This is the wcH-knoTni " Sola " phxnt, the pith of which is used in makiug 
BQii'hatB, fiBhermen'a flouts and other mr tides wliere great Ughtuesa is doeirable. 
Doubtlees it ia an iutrodnced plant in Malacca. 
37. Phylacioi Bsnti. 
Climbing herbi;. Leaves 3-foliolate ; stipules pcrisifttenfc small lineftr 
or lanceolate, leaflets stipellsite. Flowers in axillary racemes shortly 
petUcelled, 2'bracteo1ate near the calyx, completely enveloped, as nlti- 
mately is the legume, in a largo boat-shaped menibraTioiis accrescent 
bract. Calyx tabular, snb.2-hLbiate, 4- toothed. Standard ovate, apex 
retuee base 2'auriculate ; wings ohlon^, long-spurred, spars incurved 
clasped by the auricles of the standard ; keel straig-iit obtuse shortly 
spurred. Siameiis dtadelphous, pos; iior filnraeut adnate to base oF 
standard -claw. Ovartf sliort-sfcalked, its base surrounded bj a shallow 
disc; ovule solitary; stylo iufloxed. Pod short-stalked ovate-rot and, 
acute. Species 2, the present and another which is Indo-Cbinese. 
PnvtACruM BRACTEOSPic Benn. PL Jav. Ear. 159 t.33. A slender 
climber 20-30 feet long, young parts and leaves beneath sparingly ad- 
prcssed-hirsute. piimately 3-foliolate ; leaflets ovate-oblong base 
rounded apex obtuse, thinly herbaceous, green on both surfaces, giabroug 
above, sparingly birsute beneath, 2-3 in. long, 15 in. wide ; petioles 
glabrescent 15 in. long, stipules and stipels linear, persistent. PacenuH 
axillary 2-10 together, l'5-2 in, long, shorter than the leaves, flower.^ 
fasciculate few. Brads pnlo-green, 1-1 '5 in, long, externally glabrous, 
sparing bii'sute within. Calyx '15 in. long, externally sparingly hirsute, 
upper lip entire ovate, lower 3-lobfMi, lobes lanceolate the centi'al rather 
the larger, none overlapping. Cor&lla *3 in. lon|T, white with a pink 
tinge^ glabrous. Pod *25 in. long» corapressed, sparing hirsute, reticu- 
late. Benth. PI. Jungh. I, 231 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 2:3S. 
Perak; nearGauong Poiido, in open jungle, 2O0-3Q0 feet elev,, 
Kumiler 83t57 ! DlsmiB. Sumatra and Java to the Philippines, 
38. UftARIA DCBV. 
Suffruticose perennials. Leaves stipellate, with 1 to 9 leaflets. 
Flow&'s very numerous, miuute, racemose. Calyx-tuh^ very short; two 
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