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240 L. LEGUMiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) [Pongania. 



style incurved, jsfla'brous, stiorma capitate. _Po^ woody, flattened, oblong, inde- 

 xed or thickened at the sutures. — Distrib. A single species, 



hiscent, not at all wi 

 with the hahit of D 



1. P. g^labra, Vent Jard. Malm. t. 28; DC. Proclr. ii. 416; Wall Cat 

 5878; W. 8f A. Prodr. 2G2; Wight Ic. t. 59; Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. FLU] 

 Bedd. Fl Si/lv. t 177. Galediipa indica, Lam. ; Bo.vb. Fl. Ind. iii. 239. G. 

 arhorea, Borh. Ilort. Beng. 53. Rohinia mitis, Linn. Sp. 1044. Dalbergia 

 arborea, Willd. Sp. iii. 90i. Legum. indet. Wall. Cat. 5079.— Bheede HoH. 

 Mai. vi. t. 3, 



Central and East Himalayas, to Ceylon and Malacca, especially near the coast. 

 - — DiSTRiB. Malay isles, N. Australia, Polynesia, Seychelles. 



A tall erect tree or climber, with glabrous branches and leaves. Leaflets b-J, op- 

 posite, sul)coriaceous, oblong or ovate, pointed, stalked, 2-4 in. long. Flowers in imple 

 peduncled axillary racemes, nearly as long as the leaves ; pedicels 2-4-nate, \ -5 in-* 

 with a pair of minute bracteoles in the middle. Corolla ^ in. ; standard silk;,, m the 

 back. Pod woody, glabrous, l-\ in. thick, 1^-2 in. long, ^\-ith a short decurve .>oint. 



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Climbers, rarely erect trees. Leaves odd-pinnate, with exstipella ^ mei^* 

 Flmvers copious, usually fascicled, showy, in axillary or terminal race "5 or pa- 

 nicles. Calyx campanulate, nearly truncate. Corolla much exserted ■ ^^ ndard 

 broad ; keel obtuse, the petals cohering slightly. Stamens usually moi;* ■'.' j ?"*^^_^ 

 the upper one free in § Aganope ; anthers versatile. Ovary sessile. '■ -- '^^ 

 style incurved, filiform, stigma capitate. Pod rigid, thin, flat, inc ' '^'"* ■ ^*' v" 

 long if one-seeded, strap-shaped if few-seeded, with a distinct win^ [^ |^*^ 

 upper or both sutures. — Distkib. Species about 40, belting the worla in tne 

 tropics, but most abundant in our area. 



Sect. 1. Bracbypterutu, W.^A. Porf thin, strap-shaped, nan- \(^}^' 

 or less broad), winged along the upper suture. Stamens monadelphous. jeajlets 

 comparatively small. Climbers or erect trees. 



1. D. scandens, Benth. in Jmiim. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl 103; sr axdent, 

 leaflets 9-18 obtuse or acute equal at the base, flowers in very long racei? ^s wita 

 distant nodes and many flowers to a fascicle with unequal pedicels. I^'^^^S^i 

 scandens, i?arfe. Car. P/. ii. t. 192 ; FL Jwrf. iii. 232 : DC. P/w?r. ii. 417; 1» «"• 

 Cat. 5857 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 264 ; Wight Ic. t. 275. D. timoriensis, DC. Prodr. 

 ii. 417. Pongamia coriacea, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5905. Brachypterum scandens, 

 Dalz. ^' Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 7Q.—Rheede Hort. Mai. vi. t. 22. 



Eastern Himalayas, Bkngal, Western Peninsula, Chittagong, Siah, CeyI'ON. 

 — DiSTRin. Malay isles, China, N. Australia. 



A wide-climbing shrub, with branchlets and leaves below at first obscurely grey 

 downy. Leaves ^-^ ft. long ; leaflets rigidly subcoriaceous, oblong or obovatj-oblon^ 

 short-stalked, bright green, 1-2 in. long. Flowers in very copious ghort-pe*J^^^ 

 simple axillary rucemes, often twice as long as the leaves, with raised ^*^^^' ^^ „ 

 duced sometimes into short branches, bearing each a cluster of pedicels ^-4 ^°- ^.^^ 

 the difitTent flowers from the same node expanding at different times. ColjJ^ h * *' 

 thinly grey-silky ; teeth obscure. Corolla pale rose, 3 times the length of the ca p- 

 Ovules ^-%. Pod 1-3 in. by |_^ in., narrowed to both ends, 1-4-seedeJ, g^^'^^'^ "" 

 turgid, and smooth against the seeds, the wing not more than ^ in. broad. 



2. D. parviflora, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv., Suppl. 105 ; f^^^J^^Jj 

 leaflets 7-9 subacute equal at the base, flowers in simple racemes ^^^.^^^^ ^^ 

 the leaves, pedicels 1-3-nate subequal. Brachypterum elegaus,X'^"^^V '. 

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