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XLVII. LEGUMINOSiE. 
[Fordia. 
24 . FORDIA, Hemsl. 
Small trees with imparipinnate leaves of 8 to 12 leaflets. 
Flowers in stiff racemes borne on the old wood, or in small axillary 
fascicles. Calyx campanulate. Corolla pink or white, rather 
small. Ovary 2-ovuled. Seeds strophiolate. Species 6, China, 
Borneo, Sumatra. . 
(i) F. pauciflora Dunn Kew. Bulletin, 19IC P* 2 37 - Millettia 
cauliflora Brain, l.c. 94. . 
A slender shrub 6 to 8 ft. tall, *4 in. through. Leaves 18 in. 
long, in a terminal tuft; leaflets 5 pairs membranous glabrous, 
lower ovate, upper elliptic, all caudate, base rounded or cuneate, 
lower i*5 to 3-5 in. long, 1-4 in. wide, upper 4 to 6 in long, 1*6 to 
2 in. wide; nerves depressed above, elevate beneath; petiolules 
■15 in. long; rachis pubescent or glabrous. Flowers 2 or 3 in a 
short fascicle on the stem. Calyx *2 in. long. Corolla pink or 
white silky *3 in. long. Pods solitary curved, linear acuminate, 
narrowed at base, 4*5 in. long, 75 in. wide, thm Hab. Rocky 
woods, chiefly limestone. Perak, Larut (Kunstler); Lenggong, 
on limestone rocks (Ridley). 
25 . ADINOBOTRYS, Linn. 
Woody climbers or trees. Leaves alternate imparipinnate; 
leaflets opposite, 5-toothed. Standard round, short-clawed, wings 
oblong semi-sagittate. Stamens free from standard diadelphous. 
Ovary stipitate. Pod egg-shaped dehiscent. Seed 1, large (rarely 
2) not flattened. 
Climber; flowers golden velvety with large bracts . (1) A erianthus 
Big tree; flowers glabrous, deep purple . . (2) A. atropurpureus 
( 1 ) A. erianthus Dunn, l.c. 194- Millettia eriantha Benth. 
PL Jungh. 250; Brain, l.c. 88. 
Woody climber almost glabrous except inflorescence. Leaves 
8 to 11 in. long; leaflets, 2 to 3 pairs obovate-oblong or elliptic 
cuspidate, 2 to 4 i n - I 2 5 f° 2*5 in. across, dark green, 
stiffly coriaceous; petiolules '25 in. long. Racemes numerous, 
crowded, at first cone-like with large (deciduous) golden silky ovate 
acute bracts, 2 in. long, eventually 6 in. long; pedicels “15 in. 
long. Calyx campanulate, -4 in. long, brown red with bronze 
fur. Corolla standard rich coppery red, centre greenish yellow 
outside dull red with golden fur. Stamens pink. Pod ovoid 
flattened, turgid 2 in. long, 175 in. wide, woody rugose hairy, 
beaked. Seed 1. Hab. Woods. Singapore, Bukit Mandai; Gar¬ 
den Jungle. Malacca, Batu Tiga (Holmberg); Jus (Goodenough). 
Pahang, Pulau Jellam, Pahang River. Negri Sembilan, Bukit 
Tumiang (Cantley). Penang, Telok Bahang (Curtis). Native 
names : Akar Pua;*Akar Koyah; Akar Kuayah; Akar Pera. 
