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8. UK. tetraptera, A^M/r in Journ. Asiat. Soc, Beng. xlii. 2, GO ; leaflets 7 



iSubcoriaceoiis obovate-oblong exstipellate at first densely softly pubescent on 



"botli sides, standard glabrous, stamens mouadelpbous, pod glabrous indebiscent 



^tli each sutiure produced into a broad hard horizontal wing on both sides. 



Pongamia tetraptera, Ilort, Calc. Legiun. indeterm., Wall. Cat, 597C. 



Birma; forests of Pegu, &c. Wallich, Griffith, Kur:;. 



An erect tree, with branchlets clothed with dense drab-brown short pubescence. 

 Leaflets obtuse, 3-4 in. long, flexible and densely soft-pubescent at first, but becoming 

 rigid and glabrescent when mature ; petiolules under \ in. Flowers in short close 

 nearly sessile racemes in the axils of the leaves ; pedicles fascicled, x^'^ ^^' (^<^^!/'^' 

 ■| in., thinly clothed with adpressed hairs; teeth deltoid. CoroWa pale blue. Pod 

 ■sublignose, quadrangular, straight, linear 3-4 in. long, nearly an inch thick, the wings 

 ^— I in. broad in the middle, narrowed to each end. 



9. US. pubinervis, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlii. 2^ 68 ; leaflets 

 • elliptic-obovate obtusely acuminate glaucous and pubescent on the midrib beloW; 



standard glabrous on the back^ ovary pubescent^ pod unknown. 



Mahtabax, Kttrz. 



An erect tree 20-25 ft. high, the young parts puberulous. ietz/^ft. witha puber- 

 nlous rachis ; leaflets (number not stated) 2-3 in. long, thinly chartaceous. Eacemes 

 leaf-opposed, slender, simple, 2^3 in. long; pedicels capillary, pubescent, solitary or 

 fascicled. Calyx reddish, broaderthan deep, ^V-^in.long, slightly pubescent, obscurely 

 toothed. Corolla yellowish-white ; standard above J in. long. — Kur:: loc. cit. 



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nX. xnonticola, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlii, 2, 07 ; leaflets 

 ong shortly acuminate fulvo-pubescent beneath, standard glabrous, ovary 

 jn-ufrineo-nubescent, nod imknown. 



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ilARTABAx, alt. 7000 ft., Kurz, 



A robust climber, resembling ilf.^„^,^^cw/^^M, wiwi vcxxu^uao ijj.ciu».in;o o^v* 



gineo-pubescent glabrescent branchlets. Leaflets petioluled, with adpressed fulvous 

 pubescence on the ribs. v^Jnimt^o Mti« ;« cm,v,^i^ <i.^i;fn„,r ■^.^^^^...., yi -t;*, ^r^^rf nrislnff 



above the scars of 



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■Kurz loc. cit. 



labrescent branchlets. Leaflets petioluled, with adpressed fulvous 



ribs. Flowers blue, in simple solitary racemes 4-7 in. long, arising 



the fallen leaves. Calyx ^-^ in., longer than broad; teeth obscure, 



5t. Standard ^ in., petals much smaller than tlxo^doi M.vachv car pa* 



11. ai. pachycarpa, Benfh. PI Jung. 250; leaflets 11-13 subcoriaceous 



oblanceolate-oblong cuspidate exstipellate finely downy below, standard glabrous 

 • on the backj stamens monadelphous, pod woody rugose glabrous. 



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Forests of Khasia, Sikkim, and Assam up to 4000 ft. Maiacca, Griffith. ■ 



A large climber, with the branches and leaves below more, or less densely clothed 



•with pale brown pubescence. Leaves 1 ft. or more long; leaflets 6-8 in. long, gh^- 



brous, opaque above, sometimes subcaudate, the pubescence below short, loose, deciJu- 

 -ous; petiolules ^-^ in. Bacemcs copious, 6-9 in. long, most of the nodes with- short 



branchlets. Calyx ^~\ in., distinctly pedicelled, densely downy ; teeth very short. 



Corolla \-\ in. long. Pod 1-3-seeded, rugose, 1-1:^ in. broad, reaching 4-5 in. long. 



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12. UK. cinerea, Benth. PL Jung. 240 ; leaflets &-7 obovate-oblong cuspi- 

 -vdate membranous stipeUate soon glabrescent beneath, standard densely silky ou^the 



back, sEuiens diadelphous, pod thick linear velvety torulose. Pongamia cinere*; 



Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5888. P. palustras, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5889; P. pani' 

 .culata, Gra?i. in Wall Cat, 5904. P. j^eterocarpa. JFa//. ilf>S& r.P. oblonga? 

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