XLVII. LEGUMINOS^E. 
Destnodium.] 
611 
■i in. across, 6- to 8-jointed, indented on upper suture, puberulous 
with hooked hairs. Hab. In woods; not common. Johor, Pulau 
Aur (Kelsall). Malacca Hill. Penang, Penara Bukit (Curtis). 
Province Wellesley, Bukit Juru. Setul. Kedah, Gunong Geriang. 
Perlis. Kelantan, Kota Bharu. Distrib. Africa, India, China, 
Malaya. 
(17) D. virgatum Zoll. Nat. en Geneesk. Arch. iii. 58; Prain, 
l.c. 143. 
Slender shrublet, 1 to 4 ft. tall, pubescent. Leaves i-foliate; 
petioles *25 in. long, tomentose; leaflet membranous, glabrous above, 
puberulous beneath, ovate acute, base round or truncate, 3 to 5 in. 
long, 1 to 2 in. wide; nerves 8 to 9 pairs. Stipules short, triangular, 
*15 in. long. Racemes slender erect, tomentose, 3 to 8 in. long; 
flowers in 20 to 30 fascicles. Calyx glabrous, - o8 in. long. Corolla 
pink, -2 in. long. Pod sub-falcate, '5 to 75 in. long, *i in. across, 
6- to 8-jointed, indent on upper suture, densely hairy, hairs hooked. 
Hab. Forests, rare. Perak Batu Kurau (Scortechini). Distrib. 
Burma, Java. 
Much resembles D. gangeticum, but is easily distinguished by its pink 
flowers. 
(18) D. triquetrum DC. Prodr. ii. 326; Prain, l.c. 143. 
Shrublet. Leaves i-foliate; petioles winged, 1 in. long, *3 in. 
wide; leaflet oblong-lanceolate acute, base broad, truncate or 
rounded, coriaceous, glabrous; nerves 15 to 20 pairs, 1*25 to 5 in. 
long, 75 to 1 in. wide. Stipules *5 to 75 in. long, - 2 in. wide, 
lanceolate-acuminate. Racemes axillary and terminal, strict 6 to 
10 in. long. Flowers 20 to 40 in axils of scarious bracts. Calyx 
•15 in. long, hairy, teeth unequal, upper deltoid, lower linear. Corolla 
*3 in. long, purple. Pod 1 to 2 in. long, -25 in. wide, flat, joints 6 
to 8, hairy. Hab. Woods. Pahang, Kwala Tahan (Seimund). 
Perak, Telor Pinang, Ipoh (Curtis); Sungei Rayah (Kunstler). 
Kedah, Alor Sta. Lankawi. Perlis, Kanga. Setul. Distrib. India 
and Cambodia. 
(19) D. gyroides DC. Prodr. ii. 316. 
Shrub 10 ft. tall. Branches pubescent. Leaves 2‘5 to 3 in. 
long, 3- or i-foliate; petioles 75 in. long; leaflets membranous, 
oblong or ovate-oblong blunt, glabrous above, thin pubescent 
beneath, 175 to 2 in. long, 1 to 1*25 in. wide; nerves 6 to 8 pairs 
(lateral leaflets when present *5 in. long, *4 in. wide). Racemes 
dense strobilate with large bracts *25 in. long. Calyx *i in. long, 
teeth triangular. Corolla *35 in. long, *2 in. wide, purple. Pod 
1 to 1-5 in. long, *2 in. wide, falcate, joints 6 to 10, not separating, 
dehiscing along the indented lower suture, tomentose. Hab. Perak, 
Kinta (Kunstler). Tomoh (Machado). Distrib. Indo-Malaya, Indo- 
China. 
