Diodea.] xlvii. leguminos2E. 571 
(1) D. reflexa Hook. fit. Niger Flora 306; Baker, l.c. ii. 196; 
Brain, l.c. 59; King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. ix. 30, pi. 40. 
Liane 20 to 30 ft. long. Leaves 9 in. long; leaflets sub-cori¬ 
aceous glabrous above and nearly so beneath when adult, ovate 
acuminate, base rounded truncate, 5 in. long, 3 in. across; petioles 
4 in. long; petiolules '25 in. long. Stipules lanceolate. Racemes 
over a foot long, gradually lengthening, often produced when the 
plant is leafless, tomentose. Flowers sub-sessile. Bracts linear 
pubescent reflexed caducous, *5 in. long. Calyx campanulate, 
1 -4 in. long. Corolla pink or violet and white, 75 in. long; standard 
orbicular emarginate. Pods 1- or 2-seeded, oblong-obovate flat¬ 
tened, 3 to 4 in. long, 2 in. wide, '5 in. thick along the top edge, 
yellowish silky becoming glabrous. Seed discoid, dark brown, 
1*25 in. across. Hob. Thickets and rocky open spots. Singapore, 
Reservoir. Pahang, Kwala Pahang. Malacca (Maingay). Perak, 
Chanderiang (Kunstler). Perlis, Bukit Lagi, Kanga. Distrib. 
India, tropical Africa and America. Native name : Kachang Laut. 
Scented of musk. 
(2) D. javanica Benth. PI. Jungh. 236; Pram, l.c. 60. 
Big woody climber. Leaves 6 to 7 in. long; leaflets ovate 
rather smaller than in the last species, velvety beneath, as are the 
petioles and petiolules. Racemes as in D. reflexa, but more velvety. 
Calyx teeth one-third length of tube. Corolla rose pink or pinkish 
blue. Selangor, Batu Tiga (Curtis). Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunst¬ 
ler); Ayer Larut (Wray). Distrib. Ceylon, Burma, Java. 
14 . PUERARIA, DC. 
Twining shrubs or herbs. Leaves trifoliate. Flowers fairly 
large in fascicles on long racemes. Calyx and teeth long or short, 
upper two connate. Corolla exsert; standard spurred at base 
as long as the blunt wings and keel. Stamens monadelphous. 
Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; style filiform, much incurved 
beardless. Pod linear, flattish. Species 12, Indo-China. 
(1) P. phaseoloides Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 125 ; Baker, 
l.c. ii. 199; Prain, l.c. 161. 
Slender twiner 20 to 30 ft. long, pubescent hairy. Leaves 6 
to 8 in. long; leaflets membranous thinly hairy above, velvety- 
tomentose beneath, triangular ovate, base cuneate broad, laterals 
oblique, blunt or sub-acute, 3 to 4 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles 
3 to 4 in. long. Stipules lanceolate small. Racemes 1 ft. long, 
puberulous (peduncle 5 in. long). Flowers in scattered pairs. 
Calyx campanulate, -25 in. long, hairy, upper teeth broad, lateral 
ones triangular, lower lanceolate, all setaceous. Corolla mauve 
and white, *6 in. long; standard orbicular, spurred, white with a 
blue spot. Pod eventually glabrous, narrow linear flat, 3*5 in. 
long, ’2 in. wide. Seeds 16, dark brown, ‘15 in. long, ‘i in. wide. 
