JS97.] Xing — Materials for a Flora of (he ^falayan Feninsnja. 133 
pink, small, included. Pod terete, reticnl ate- veined, 'B-'7b in. long^ '08 
in, wide ; joints 6-8. liaM aa Jong ni^^ain as broad ; faintly pubescent, 
Bligbtty thickened at tlie enda. Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 158. 
Var. typica. Stems stouter ascending, lower leaves usaallj lanceo- 
late and upper oblong, occasional Ij lower leaves oblong aTid upper 
ovate^ racemes las, DC. Prodr. IT, 353; W. & A, Prodr. 233. A. 
diversifoUtis Wall. Cat, 5772. A Marnieri Scliweinf, RaI. Kotscb, 24 
t. 10. Methjmruni vaginale Linn. Sp. Pl. 746 ; Eoxb. Hort. Beog. 56 ; 
Flor. Ind. Ur, 'Hb. 
Pakgkore ; Scortechini 1461 \ Malacca ; on Pnlo Besai, Maingay 
516 [ Singapore ; Changi, Ridley lOSO ! 
Yar. nummular if uUa IMiri- loc. cit, • Bak. loc. ciL Stems slender 
diffusely spi-eading, lowei- leaves alwaja oblong, upper ovate, raceraea 
deuae. A ntimfnularifolitf^ DC, Piodr. IT, 3534 WalL Cat, 5767; W. & 
A. Prodr. 133. A, varius Wall. Cat. 5768. Hedymrum vummnlarifolium 
Linn. Sp. PL 746. H, variutn Roth. Nov. Sp. 351?, H. cylindricnm 
Poir, Encye. Meth. SuppL Y, 400. Segeischweilera pnlchella Rej^el, Bat, 
Zeit. I, 47. 
AndamANS ; Gt. Coco Ifid. Prain/ Port Blnir, King f Pbrak j Scorte- 
chini ! Ridley 8008 ! Penang; Wnter-fall, Curtis I8f)2! 1893 I Malacca; 
King! Serney ! SrNGAPOHEj on Pulo Obin, Kumiler4rl 
The writer lias followed .AJiqnel and Baker in nniting tlieae two plants which 
LlnntBina, Do CanfJoUe, Wallidi and Wiglib hnvo endeavom-ed to keep distinot. Tlie 
diRicnlty tbat Ima ariisen in diatinguishing them, has been due to the fant tlmt 
A. vaginalis f thongh alwaj^a dingno&od a« having lower learca lanceolate and upper 
leaves oblong, in reality very ofteu luis the lower ohlong and tho upper omte na iii 
A, nummularifQlius. TKe true djsliiiguisluug ehamctoi's are the Bpreadiiiff hnbii aucl 
CDudenaed raceraes of the variety, the nscending sterna and lax .raceuins of tho 
typical plant. Tlie description and the VJirietal diagnoses now given may, it ia 
hoped, prevent a recurrence of the difficulty that h&a hitherto been experienced in 
differentiating tho two. 
41. D GSM ODIUM Desv. 
Herbs or shrubs. Leaven 1- or 3-foliolate, stipollate. Flowers small 
usually in copious often dense racemes, Culy,v cumpanulate; teeth 
longer or shortoi- than tlie lube the two upper often snbconnato. GoroUa 
ex.serled ; standard broad ; wings more or le.s.'9 adherent to the usually 
obtuse keel. Uppei- stamen entirely or partially free from tho other 
united 9. Ovary sessile or stipitate, few- or many-ovuled ; style in- 
curved, stigma nnnute capitate. Pud usually composed of several 
1 -seeded indehi.sccnt joints, the faces compreKsed, the upper suture 
rarely finally Hpiitting open, the joints usually separating. Species 
about 150; cosmopolitan in tropical and stibtropical countries, a few 
in temperate N. America and temperate S. Afiiea, 
