XLVII. LEGUMIN0S2E. 
615 
Ormosia.] 
var. Ridleyi Prain, l.c. Leaves more coriaceous and velvety 
beneath. Panicle much larger. Flowers pedicelled distinctly. 
Fruit unripe dense-velvety. Singapore, Selitar (Ridley). 
(9) O. venosa Baker, l.c. ii. 254; Prain, l.c. 152. 
A big tree with densely velvety branches. Leaves 4 to 6 in. 
long; leaflets 7, obovate-oblong, blunt, base cuneate sub-sessile, 
densely tomentose beneath; nerves 10 to 12, strongly elevate, 
above glabrous, 3 to 4 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide. Panicle 4 to 5 in. 
long, 3 in. wide, densely tomentose; pedicels as long as calyx. 
Calyx *25 in. long, velvety, teeth triangular. Corolla *35 in. long, 
white; standard *3 in. across. Ovary velvety. Pod oblong or 
obovoid, 1*5 in. long, 1-35 in. wide; valves woody thick, black 
and glabrous outside. Seeds 1 to 2, ovoid, -5 in. long, red. No 
aril. Hab. Malacca (Maingay). 
Cultivated Papilionace^e 
Cajanus indicus Spreng, Syst. Veg. iii. 248; Prain, l.c. 47. 
An erect shrub about 6 ft. tall. Leaves 2 to 5 in. long, appressed 
hoary silky; leaflets 3. Racemes axillary of few yellow flowers, 
veined red. Pod 2 to 3 in. long, downy with depressions between 
the 2 to 6 seeds. Native names : Dal ; Kachang Kayu. Occa¬ 
sionally cultivated in gardens. 
Dolichos Lablab Linn, Sp. PI. 725; Prain, l.c. 54. A twining 
bean with trifoliate leaves and racemes 6 to 8 in. long on peduncles 
nearly as long. Flowers showy, purple or white. Native names : 
Kachang Karkaras or Kachang Jariji. Use : The pods form the 
local “ French beans/’ 
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus DC. Prodr. ii. 403 ; Prain, l.c. 55. 
Twiner, roots tuberous. Leaves trifoliate. Racemes lax, 4- to 
6-flowered; peduncles long. Flowers large, showy, azure-blue. 
Pod 6 to 12 in. long, 4-winged; wings denticulate. Native names ; 
Four-angled bean; Kachang Botol; Kachang Botor. Cultivated 
for its pods, eaten as a vegetable. 
Centrosema Plumieri Benth. Ann. Wien Mus. ii. 118; Pram, 
l.c. 57. Twiner, trifoliate. Racemes 2- to 6-flowered. Flowers 
very large; standard orbicular, white, centre crimson. Pod narrow 
6 in. long, lower suture winged. An occasional escape from gardens 
into roadside hedges. Singapore and Perak, “ The Butterfly Pea.” 
Arachis hypogaea Linn. Sp. PL 741. The ground nut, “ Kachang 
Goring,” an annual tufted herb with yellow flowers and well-known 
fruit, is cultivated in Singapore, Province Wellesley, the Dindings 
and Penang. 
Lourea vespertilionis Desv. Prain, l.c. 132; “ Malay Peninsula , 
Norris,” is a rare plant even in gardens, and has no claim to be 
admitted to the flora. 
