138 G. King: — MateriaUfor a Fk^a of the Mataijan Pminsula. [Ko, 
msty-pubernloiie ang-ulai* yonng branches. Leaves 5-7 in. lonpc, 3- 
foiioltite, pct-iitlt; ] in. long:, channelled jibove, I'nsty-pnbernlons ; leaflets 
ctjnaceoua rngtiMe, pubenilons on the mifli'ib rwX nerves above, denselj 
ruaty-pabernlona beneath on the midrib lateral nerves and secondary 
veins; obovnte-acute, ternninal 4 in, long 25 in, wide; on a petioJnlo 
'5 in. loiigi lateral pair oblou^-auute base obliquely rounded, 3'5 in, 
long- l'75-2 ill. wide, on petioluies 'IS in. long; lateral nei-ves 10-] 2 
pairs very pi-ominont beneath ns is tlie close reticnlato Recondaiy vena- 
tioD ; stipels subulate, '12 in.» nearly as long as petioluies j stipnleS 
subscarioQs caducous. Inilorescence axillary, with pednncles '-5 iiu 
long, in 3-6-fld. corymbs simulating umbel.'* but with the rachis pro- 
duced for *3 in. or more in tlie centre and marked by nnnierous close- 
set scars left by fallen pedicels; pedicels that peraisfc '2 in. lon^^ 
elongating slightly in fruit. Ca^yx with a broad seariona deciduons 
biactcole *1 in. loni/ at its base, pubescent externally, '2 in. long, teeth 
longer tlian tube. Oorolla '5 in. long, white. Fod i h in. ionp;, Joiuta 
4, '3 in. loiig '25 in. wide, densely ad pressed- pubescent with coarse 
rusty hairs, thick, coriaceous, almost, turbid. 
Keuah ; Langfcawi, Curtis 2550 ! Distrib. Tenaaseiim. 
Yevy nearly refflted to tlie proceding' species l>iifc with quitB diffDrent. foliSigo nnd 
pods. Tory noariy lelfited &ho to D. WtilUckii (D. umftellntn^ti WjiSI. Cat. u. 5()tl7 
letter B only) from Upper Burma, but vciili l.n-ger pods, and cojirser, riiorti rugogfli 
acute leaves thaiv in tlmt Bpecies ; Indeedli, D. Wnlliciiii witli tUo itiflcmscoiioif of 
Z>. ru[?ositm kna foliai^e inorg rt^semlilijig tUnt of D. timJiellatum. Tk«* fstiptil^B of D. 
Wnllickii do not fall immndinteT.y nfter tha imlolding of tho leaf next abovo, as in the 
ease of B. umbeUutwn and. i>, rugoaum. 
De^modinm (Dendrolobium ) CephalotesW&i]. m stated by "Dr. Miqnel 
to occur in Java. No Malaya n specimens of tlio species, which is very 
common throughout India and Indo-Chiua, have yet reached Calputta, 
Its presence, however, would not he surprising and the species sliouid be 
looked for by collectors in the Malay Peninsula. 
SuBQEN- 4, EuDKSMODiiTM. ^rect Jierbs OT U'idershruhs vviili large 
l-:^-foliolftte leave.s. Floiu^rs often 2 or several from a node in long 
i-auemes simple or panicled, bracts deciduous and ]iods distinctly jointed. 
§ PoDOCARFiUM Bth. Joints of pod indehiscent, longer than broad, 
the lowest one distinctly stalked, constrictions reaching from lower 
neai'ly to straiglit upper snture, 
6. Des!MODiom laxum DC. Prodr. IT, 336, A bush 2-4 feet high 
with angidar erect fine!y*pnberaIou8 branches. Leai'es 5-8 in. long, 3- 
foliolate^ petiole 1-2*5 iu., channelled above, finely sparsely puberulous ; 
leaflets niembranons, gi'een and glabrous above, paler and sparsely hir- 
sute on the nerves beneath, terminal narrow ovate, 4-6 in long l'5-2 in. 
wide» narrowed gi-adtiaOy to apex, cuneate at base ou a pctiolule '75 m. 
