2. 0, mocrodwa. 
8, Oi gratiiis. 
4i. 0, fi,it\d<i* 
1897.] G . King — Matermhfora Mora of the Malayan Pmiinmla. 147 
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the two npp6r teeth usually distinctly eabconnate into an tipper lip. 
Corolla slightly exaerted, pe(als suheqnal in length, all short-clawed ; 
stnnrlard orbicukr sonietinics etnarginate ; keel petals free, and win^ 
oblonpc, obtuse. ^ Stamem free or only faintly subconnate at tlie very 
base, mach iueurved and exserted when the flower expands ; anthers 
oblong-, versatile. Ovary subsKJ^sile \ style long, filifoiiii, circinate at llm 
tip with an obliqne stigma on the inner face. Pad thickly fleshy or 
woody, or thinly woody, turgid 2'Valved continuous within, the snturea 
without wings. S^^ds l>right red, with or without arillus. Species 
about 25, cosmopolitan in the tropics. 
Climber; (learos quite gUibruns beuoiitl]) 
trees t— 
Sesda large with a black fldnate basal aril j (leaves rai- 
nntely sparaely jinbescetit nitdorueatlij : — 
Panicles fastigiatej flowers whita, pedicels atont; pode 
3 in, wide, seed 1 in. long 
raniijlea lax, flowers yellow, pedicels slender j poda 1-26 
in, wid^e, se&d "75 in. long 
Seeds small without; any aril :— 
Lenvea qeite glabrous beneath; (pod '6 in. broad, '4 in, 
thick-, valvoB thinly wnndy) 
Leavi'S puheacent beneath : — 
Leaflets distinctly potiolulute ; pedicels shorter tb an 
caljx; pod with tbinly woody values '0 in. broad, 
■4 in. thick i — 
Leaflets (9-13) small (not eieeeding 2 5 in.) flhorfcly 
ocuniinate (dark gieen thinly pnbeBCeiifc beneath).,, 6. 0, parvifi^ra. 
Leaflets larger (4 in lonf?) Acnto or snbobtuse :— 
Leaflets thinly pabosc<*nfc beneath, pjilo-greon, 
• 7-9; branches thin i panieles lax, bracts small; 
pubescence grey 
Leaflets densely pobeecctifc benoBth, dark-green, 
11-13. • branches Tcry thick; panidea fastigiate, 
bracts conspicuous; pobcscenco rnsfcy 
Leafleta sessile ; ppdipek nlmoat equalling calyx ; pod 
with thtckly woody valves 1'35 in. wide, 1 in. thick .,. 8, 0, venom. 
1. OitMOSiA SCANDBNS Pmin. A large climber over 100 feet long 
with stem 6-S in. in tliara. ; bi anches glabrous. Leaves 12-15 in, long ; 
leaflets ovate-obloug or the ternnnal slightly obovato, coriaceous, 
bright-green, quite glabixjus on both surfaces, apex shortly Hcuminate 
base rounded, G-'S in. long, 2'5-3 in, across ; secondary nerves 13-lS, 
fine ultimate reticulations rather distinct beneath. Racemes in ample 
terminal panicles, J 2 in. long G in. across, with pale- tawny shortly 
pnberulous rachis and brandies, pedicels "2 in. long, pale- tawny silky, 
shorter than the calyx, wifch a miuute deciduous basal and 2 subulate 
6. 0. anma.tr an^. 
7. O. ttticrospertna. 
