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1897.] G. King~3faferiah for a Flora nf ile ^falttJon Teniitsuln. 233 
above, paler beneath, eecondary veins 4-5 paii-s and intermediate rel.i- 
culfttiona faint ; petiolulea '2 in. long. Inf!orescence a terminal oraxilliwy 
panicle of simple or occasionally brnncbcd racemes, 1-1"5 feet long^, 
with terete glabrous main-rachis ; single racemes 4t-S in. lo»g ; pedicels 
closO'Set, slender, 'B in, long, jointed a little above the middle, Galijx 
yellow, quite glabmua, leatlievj, anterior sepal ciicullate> obtuse, "25 in. 
long, the rest orbicular, tube shallow. CoroUa '45 in. across, pale-green, 
standard 2-lobec1, shoiter but wiilt^r than tlie other subequal orbicular 
4. Siamejis far exserted, pubertiloiis at base, decHijate, uncqnal, Ovarj/ 
declinate» 1-2-ovulcd. Pod tUin, S-ii'i) in. long, 1'25 in, wide (iiielml- 
ing wing '3 in. wide), faintly i-cticiilated ; seeds usually solitary, very 
rarely 2. 
Andamanb; common. Distrih. Eastern Ilimaluya, India, Indo- 
Ohina. 
a. MeZOKEUEON MTMENOCARPDM W. ik A, Prodr. I, :i$3. A largo 
climbei', bmnches finely puberutoaa, with a few scattered recurved 
bi-own prickles. Leaves 1-1*5 feot long, pinnae 1-10, 3-4 in. long, leaflets 
10—14, alternate or subopposite* I'igidly sabcoriaceous, obovate, apex 
obtuse or rounded, base ciineate unequal, '5-1 in. long, ■25-*6 in. wide, 
pubernlous above, puberolous to densely pubescent beneatli, secondary 
veins 5-6 paii-s very faint ; petioliiles 45 in,, long. Injlorescence a large 
teiminal thyrsoid panicle of unbiancbed racemes extending intna the 
axils of the uppeimost leaves, 2 feet long, 8-iO in, wide, the single 
racemes 6-8 in, hmg> pnberulous m are the main-racbis and slender 
pedicels, "Sd-'o in. long, jointed *15 in. under base of calyx. Cali/.n 
densely pnberulous, leatheiy* aiitorior sepal eucuUate subacute, '25 in. 
Jong, the others orbicuIaB, Corolla 'b in, across, yellow, petals ovate- 
orbicular, upper small, Stameits far exserted, hirsute at base, decHnafce, 
unequal. Ovartj declinnte, about S-ovuled ; stigma slightly fringed. 
Fud thin, 4 in. long, when ripe 1 in. wide (including posterior wing 
*25-"3 in wide), f:untly wide-ratioulated, 5-seeded. Omsalpinia hymeuo- 
carpa Wall, Cat 5832. Mezoneuron 2>iibescens Bak. in Eior. Brit. Ind. If, 
259 not of Desf. 
An DAMANS ; very plentiful near Port Blair, King's OoUectors ! Dld- 
TEiB. Burma; Ceylon, 
Itesemblea M. andamanicum l>ufc ts eaaily distio^uished hj its leaves and its 
caljs being pubosaeni* by ita pedicels being sliorterj and by its poda bolug Binaller 
and uot ao diatinctly reticalated. 
3. Mezoneuron Ednstleri Prain. A large climber, branches gla- 
brous, with a few brown scfittered recurved prickles. I/eave$ 6-8 in, 
long, pinniB 4-6, 4-5 in, long, leaflets 6-8, alternate, subcoriaceo us, ovate, 
euneate at apex and base, almost equally decurrent on the short petiolule, 
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