18^7.] O. K\ng~Materiah for a Flora o/ the Mahiydn Peninsula. 143 
visible on "both Bnrfaces, cross-nervation sHghtlj visible beneath ; 
stipels aubiiJate *2 in. long; etii)ules linear Riibpei-sititent '25 in. lonjr. 
Injiorescenee in copiouB ascending terminal and axillary racemes 6-12 
in, lung, of 30-40 rather cluse-set few-fld. fascicles ; bracts and bracteolea 
minute setaceons ; racbis adpi ef^sed-puberiilons as are the fastigiate 
pedicels '2-'25 in* Calyx finely pubescent, '03 in., teeth lanceolate lotigtr 
than campanulnte tube. Corolla white, '15 in, iong. Fod snbfalcate, 
'5-'75 in. lon^^ "J in. across, 6-8-jointedi indented on upper Butnre, jointa 
indlehiscont slightly longer than broad, aiiniilely puberulous with hooked 
hairs. Walb Cat. 5680 ; Miq. Flor. Ind, Bat. I, 247 ; W. & A. Prodr. 
225; Wisjht, Ic. 271; Bak. in Flor. Brifc. Ind, II, 168. httifolimn 
Wight. Ic. t. 272 not. t, 270. Ueflijmrmn ffnugeHcum Linn, Sp, PU 
74G; Eoxb. Flor. lud. III^ 349. H. coUiimm Roxb. Flor Ind. IN, 349. 
Pknakg j Pinara Bukit, CjitHs 2771 ! Nicobars ; Teressa^ etc, 
JelineJc 233 ! Kimfg Collectors! 
13, Desmodidm viRGATUM Zoll. Nat. en Genoesk. Arch. 111, 58. 
A Blendt-r niidt'rshrub 1-4 feefc high with aiif^'Ied ad pressed- pubescent 
stems and brandies. Xe a res 4-6 in. hjuf^, l-fuli(tlate. petiole '25 in. long 
cliannelled above, densely riis ty-to men lose ; mcndiranous or subcoria- 
ceoiis, pale-green glabrous above, ndpre^ised-puljernlous beneath ; ovate- 
acnte, base rounded or truncate, margin slightly sinuate, 3-5 in. long 1-2 
in. witle, lateral nerves 8-Sl pairs sligtitly visible on both surfaces { 
stipels subulate '2 in. long; stipules short triangular, '15 in. long. 
Infiormcence in copious a.sconding terminal and axillary racemes 3-8 in. 
long, of 20-30 elose-Bet few-fid, fascicles ; bracts and hracteoles minute 
setaceous, rachia densely rusty- tome ntose ; pedicels very short, '08 in.^ 
glabrescent. Calyx glabrescent, *08 in., teeth lanceolate longer than 
camp-mulate tube- C'uro?/*^ paloplnk, "2 in. long. J snbfalcate, *5-*75 
in. long, "1 in. across, 6-S- jointed, indented or upper snture» Joints in- 
deliiscent as long as bi oad^ densely cJothed witli short hooked haira. 
Zoll., Flora (1847) 097. D. luti/aliain VAli. vinjalum Miq. Flor. Ind* 
Bat, I, 247. D. ganfjeticum var. ticumifiatnm Miq. Flor lud. Bat. t, 
248. D. latifolium Bak. in Flor, Brit. Ind. 11, lts8, in part, Inirdly 
of DC. 
Pesak ; Batu Knran, ScortecMni 1594 ! DisraiE. Chittagong^ 
Burma, Java. 
This lias th© hfibit and foUiiga of D. gantjeticum^ but in flowers nnd PRpedfilly 
in fruits, it more resombloa D, latifolium to which indeod Mifniol and Biiker hu-vo 
reforred it. 
SuuGE^^ 5. Pteroloma Desv. Shrubs with 1-folioIate ieaves and 
winged petioles. Flowers racemose, br-aets minute and keel acute. 
14. Desmodiuai TiiiQUETUUM DC Prodr II, 32l>. a sbi-ub with 
