600 XLVii. leguminos^e. [ Kunstleria. 
oblong, 1*25 in. long, dark brown. Hab. Dense jungle at 800 to 
1500 ft. altitude. Perak, Larut Hills (Kunstler). 
(3) F. Forbesii Prain, lx. hi. 
Woody climber 6 to 10 ft. tall. Branches rusty-pubescent. 
Leaves 8 to 10 in. long ; leaflets 5, elliptic, coriaceous stiff, glabrous 
above, red-tomentose beneath, base rounded peltate, tip acute; 
nerves 6 to 9 pairs, elevate beneath, 3*5 to 5 in. long, 2 to 2*5 in. 
wide; petioles 3*5 in. and petiolules *25 in. long, red-pubescent. 
Panicles strict velvety, 12 to 18 in. long, 5 to 6 in. wide. Calyx 
campanulate, velvety, *15 in. long; teeth lanceolate, upper tri¬ 
angular bifid. Corolla lake-red, *25 in. long. Hab. Perak, Selama 
(Kunstler). Distrib. Sumatra. 
(4) K. Ridleyi Prain, lx. in. 
A very big liane. Branchlets puberulous. Leaves 6 to 8 in. 
long; leaflets 5, elliptic coriaceous, glabrous, base rounded, tip 
blunt; nerves 5 to 6 pairs, slender prominent, reticulations con¬ 
spicuous, fine, 2 to 3*5 in. long, 1*25 to 2 in. wide (terminal one much 
the largest) ; petioles 2 to 3 in. long; petiolules *2 in. long pubes¬ 
cent. Panicles 12 to 18 in. long, 4 to 6 in. across pubescent. Calyx 
campanulate rusty, *15 in. long; teeth triangular, upper deltoid 
bifid. Corolla *25 in. long, purple black. Pod golden-pubescent 
reticulate 6 in. long, 1*25 in. wide. Hab. In lowland woods, not 
rare but local. Singapore, Garden Jungle; Selitar (Ridley). 
(5) K. Derryi Prain, l.c. 112. 
Liane. Branchlets rusty-pubescent. Leaves 6 to 8 in. long, 
*75 to 1*5 in. wide, base of terminal deltoid, of laterals rounded, 
tip cuneate ; nerves 6 to 7 pairs prominent beneath, stiff chartaceous, 
pubescent on nerves above, entirely so beneath ; petioles 2*5 to 3 in. 
long. Panicles strict, 12 to 15 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide, pubescent. 
Calyx campanulate, *15 in. long; teeth triangular, upper notched. 
Corolla dark purple, *25 in. long. Hab. Malacca, Machap-Tebung 
Road (Derry). 
32 . GEISSASPIS, Wight and Arnott. 
Annuals. Leaves of two pairs of leaflets. Flowers in terminal 
racemes with large membranous persistent ciliate bracts. Calyx 
2-lipped, upper lip entire, lower toothed. Corolla exsert, yellow. 
Standard round. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary short-stalked; 
ovules 2; style incurved. Pod of 1 to 2 joints, turgid, edge flat, 
reticulate veined. Species 3, India, Africa. 
(1) G. cristata W. and A. Prodr. 218; Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
ii. 181. 
Densely caespitose trailing. Branches *5 to 2 ft. long. Leaves 
*5 in. long; leaflets obovate retuse, *4 in. long, *2 in. wide. Heads 
1 in. long; bracts *5 in. long, *2 to *3 in. wide, reniform green to 
brown with red cilia. Flowers very small, yellow. Pod joints 1 to 
2*15 in. long. Hab. Sandy open country, edges of rice-fields in the 
