584 xlvii. LEGUMiNOSiE. [ Millettia . 
flattened or thick. Seeds lenticular or reniform. Species i 34 » 
Africa, Indo-Malaya, China, Australia. 
Woody climber; calyx silky; corolla mauve; pod 
velvety . . • • 
Trees; leaves simple; pod velvety .... 
Leaflets 3 to 5 pairs; pod brown velvety; flowers 
white ....•••• 
Leaflets 3 to 5 pairs; pods glabrous. 
Leaflets quite glabrous ; pod not winged 
Leaflets quite glabrous; pod winged on edges 
Leaflets silky pubescent beneath; pod not winged. 
(1) M. sericea 
(2) M. unifoliata 
(3) M. albiflora 
(4) M. decipiens 
(5) M. pterocarpa 
(6) M. Hemsleyana 
(1) M. sericea Benth. Miq. PI. Jungh. 248; Baker, in Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. ii. 104; Prain, l.c. 88; Dunn, l.c. 169. 
A big woody climber. Leaves about 8 in. or less long; petioles 
3*5 in. long; leaflets 3 to 4 pairs, elliptic shortly acuminate 
blunt, base rounded, coriaceous, coppery golden beneath with 
minute scales; nerves fine, conspicuous beneath, 3 to 4 in. long, 
•2 in. wide. Racemes axillary 5 to 6 in. long. Flowers numerous, 
pedicelled. Calyx tubular, *15 in. long, brown silky. Corolla 
*5 in. long; standard brown outside, violet mauve darker at base, 
with yellow green central bar; wings mauve. Pod 3 to 7 in. 
long, 1 in. across, brown velvety turgid when ripe. Seeds 1 to 3, 
dark brown, 1 in. long, 75 in. through. Hab. Common in woods. 
Johor, Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall). Malacca, Ayer Panas; Batu 
Tiga. ’ Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Negri Sembilan; Bukit Tampin, 
Perak, Larut (Kunstler); Simpang (Wray); Goping (Kunstler). 
Penang, Penara Bukit at 1000 ft. altitude (Curtis). Distrib. 
Sumatra, Java. Native names : Akar Mumbo; Akar Mumbol. 
var. malaccensis Prain, l.c. Leaflets larger, 6 to 8 in. long, 
coppery beneath and rather less rigid. Pods longer, flat. Singapore 
(Lobb). Malacca (Hervey, Maingay). 
(2) M. unifoliata Prain, l.c. 93. 
Glabrous tree 20 to 30 ft. tall. Stem 10 to 15 in. through. 
Leaves simple, coriaceous oblong-lanceolate acuminate or caudate, 
base cuneate reticulate, midrib and 6 to 9 pairs of nerves elevate, 
5*5 to 7 in. long, 1-5 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles 'i to -2 in. long thick. 
Racemes 3 to 6 in. long axillary with fascicles of 3 to 4 flowers, 
distant. Flowers white. Calyx *2 in. long, campanulate, hairy 
inside; teeth short blunt. Pod linear 6 in. long, 1 in. across, flat, 
yellowish-velvety. Hab. Forests, local. Dindings, Lumut; Pang- 
kor (Curtis). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 
(3) M. albiflora Prain, l.c. 92. . 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall, 2 to 3-5 in. through. Leaves deep shining 
green 8 to 12 in. long; leaflets coriaceous 3 to 6, lanceolate acuminate, 
base cuneate, glabrous, finely reticulate 5 to 10 in. long, i'5 to 
2*5 in. wide (lower ones smaller); nerves 6 to 9 pairs elevate; 
petioles ’I in. long. Panicles slender shortly branched, at ends of 
