2.S4 G. ^ng ^ MakriaU for a Flora of the Muhnjan Peninmla. [No. 1, 
'5-l'25 in, loDg, "SS-'Va id. wide, glabrous on both snrfnces, dark-greon 
above, g-Iftnceficeiifc beneath, Becoiidary veins few, faint, widely reticulated; 
petiolulea *15 in, long. lujtorescence a large terrniual thyrsoid panicle of 
un branched raeemea 1'6— 2 feet long, 8-9 in. wide, tbe single mcemes 
8-10 ill. long, faintly puberulons as in the main^rachia ; pedicels Blender 
"35-"45 in. long, distinctly puberulons, jointed "2 in. under base of calyx, 
Calyx quite glabrous, leathery, anterior sepal deeply ciienllate obtuse, 
'25 in. long, the rest orbicular, all glaml-dot(ed ns is the shallow tube. 
Corolla "5 uk vlgvobs, bright-yellow, petals ovate-orbicular, upper BTaaller 
than the others. Stame^ts far cxserted, hirsute at bape, declinate, uu- 
ecpinl. Ovary declinate, about S-ovuled ; stigina slightly fringed. Pod 
o«Jy seen very young ; wing half as wide as body of pod. 
Perak ; Suiigah Ryali, Kmistler 895 ! 
A fipeciefj very near M. andamankttm, with which it agreoB in nnmber, aizo, nnd 
dtsroakion of lenflets, rmd which it clnsely resembles in flowers. The. different 
shnpo of t'le leaflets, however, find especinlly the rmich shorlot* diBtfrnoo hotweou tlio 
joint in the pedicel niid tlie base of the calyx, with the much Bhorter pubetuloug 
pedicels, mark it na abnndimtly diatiivct. The wing, too, of the very young pod h in 
If. Kttnstteri atmo^at twice tia wide a.s the wing in the corresponding atage of the pod 
lu if. anduinaHieitm, 
4. MKzoNEunox andamanicum Plain, Journ, As. Soc. Beng. LXI, 
2, 131. A Ifirge climber, bi'anches glabrous with a few scattered 
priokles. Leaves 1-1'5 feot long, pinnie 4-10, 5-7 in. long, leaflefs 8-10, 
altoniate, rigidly But>coriaceous, obovate, sligblly rettise, iiaso cuneato 
slightly uneqaally dccnrrent on the sliort petiolule, '5-l'5 in. long, 
■35-1 in, wide, glabmuB on both surfaces, dark-green above, pale beneath, 
secondary veins few faint widely i^ticnlated ; petiolnles "15 in. long, 
Injlorcscence n>]m-gQ lerraiiiai tliyrsoid panicle' of unbrnnehed raceniPS 
extending into the axils of the uppermost leaves, 2-2'5 feet long, 1 foot 
wide, the single racemes 10-12 in. long, quite glabrous as nre the main- 
racliis and the aleuder pedicels 'b^-7o in. long, jointed '3 in. under base of 
calyx. Oaly.v quite glabrous, leathery, antenor sepal deeply cacoliute 
obtuse, '2-5 la. long, the rest orbicular all retilculaie-veined and yelhjw 
glaud-dotted as is the shallow tube. Corolla 5 in. across, rather pale- 
yellow, petals ovate-oi bicnlar, the upper smaller than the others with 
a thickened claw prolonged into a ligular ciliate ritlgo, the rest with 
olaw hirsute internally and with lamina recl-blotclied at base and pink- 
veined. Sfame7is far exserted, hirsute at base, declinate, 2- seriate, free, 
unequal. Otwri^ declinate, ovules about 6 j sligma si tj^hlly fringed. Pod 
thin, 5 in, long, when ripe 1-1'5 in, wide (including posterior wing 
•25-'35 in. wide), finely wide-reticulated, distantly 3-5-fieeded. , 
Andamaksj very common near Port Blair, Prain ! Mmt! Kmg's 
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