XLVII. LEGUMINOS^E. 
Eriosema.] 
565 
long as tube. Corolla exsert, standard orbicular, base auricled; 
wings and beaked keel shorter. Stamens diadelphous; anthers 
uniform. Ovary sessile; ovules 2; style filiform glabrous. Pod 
oblong, turgid 1- to 2-seeded. Seeds oblique. Species 50, Africa, 
Malaya. 
(1) E. chinense Vogel PI. Meyen. 31; Baker , in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. ii. 219; Prain, l.c. 44. 
Shrub 1 to 1-5 ft. tall, branched, pubescent. Leaves 1 to 
2 in. long, 3 to 1*4 in. wide, i-foliate, linear-oblong to linear-lanceo¬ 
late, sub-coriaceous sparsely hairy above, grey-tomentose beneath; 
nerves brown-tomentose. Stipules linear, -2 in. long. Flowers 
1 to 2 axillary, sub-sessile or on pedicels *5 in. long. Calyx pilose, 
*2 in. long. Corolla yellow, *4 in. long, hairy outside. Pod oblong, 
*4 in. long pubescent with red hairs. Hab. Rare, possibly an 
alien. Malacca (Griffith). Perak (Wray). Distrib. Tropical Asia, 
Australia. 
7 . FLEMINGIA, Roxb. 
Slender shrubs. Leaves 1- to 3-foliate, gland-dotted below. 
Inflorescence various. Calyx-tube short, teeth narrow, acuminate 
lowest longest. Corolla hardly exsert. Stamens diadelphous. 
Ovary sub-sessile; 2 ovules; style filiform, glabrous. Pod oblong, 
turgid, 2-seeded. Seeds not strophiolate. Species 25, tropical 
Africa and Asia. 
Leaves 1-foliate. 
Flowers in small cymes in large folded bracts in long 
terminal racemes. (i) F. strobilifera 
Leaves 3-foliate. 
Flowers in axillary racemes; bracts small . . (2) F. congesta 
(1) F. strobilifera R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew ( ed . ii.) iv. 350; 
Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 227; Prain, l.c. 42. 
Shrublet 2 to 4 ft. tall. Branchlets velvety. Leaves 4 in. 
long; petioles *5 in. long; leaflet 1, sub-coriaceous, glabrous above, 
silky beneath, ovate acute, base rounded or truncate; nerves 10 
to 12 pairs, 3*5 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide. Stipules lanceolate, -3 in. 
long. Inflorescence of terminal racemes 3 to 6 in. long; rachis 
zigzag pubescent. Bracts deeply cordate cuspidate, 1 in. long, 
1*25 in. wide, pale green turning brown. Cymes shorter, hidden. 
Calyx -25 in. long, pilose green. Corolla, standard green lined 
pink, keel green lined pink, tip crimson, wings crimson. Pod -35 in. 
long, downy. Hab. Common in dry open spots, roadsides, etc. 
Singapore, Changi. Johor, Kota Tinggi; Tanjong Surat (Feilding). 
Pahang, Pekan. Negri Sembilan, Permatang Bertam. Selangor, 
Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Temengoh. Penang, common. Tringganu, 
Ismail Rantau (Down). Kelantan, Kwala Lebir. Perlis, Kanga. 
Distrib. Indo-Malaya. Use .* Leaves beaten on children’s legs to 
strengthen them. Native name : Seringan. 
