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246 t. LEGUMlNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) [Derm. 



densely pubescent "branclies, pedicels exceeding tlie calyx^ corolla middle-sized, 

 pod finely pubescent with the wing down the lower suture distinct or obscure. 

 Bmfh. in Jouim, Linn. Soc, iv. SuppL 109. Robinia ferruginea, Roxb. FL Ind. 

 iii, 329- Pongamia ferruginea, Wall Cat. 6885. P, oblonga, Wall Cat, 

 5893. 



Ea-stehx Himalayas, tropical zone, Assam and Silhet. Birma, Wallich, 

 Branchlets clothed with dense forruginous pubescence. Leaflets 4-6 in. long, cus- 

 pidate or subobtuse, rounded at the base, subcoriaceous, green and glabrous ^^^^^ 

 finely pubescent, especially on the main raised veins beneath. Panicles axillary, pedun- 

 eled, ^1 ft. long, with slender ascending branches, clothed with dense ferruginous 

 ubpscence; pedicels \ in., fascicled and nodes often produced into branchlets. talijx 

 „ in. ; teeth deltoid, minute. Corolla rose-red, three times the length of the calyx; 

 standard emarginate, ^ in. broad. Young pod densely brown-silky; old nearly gla- 

 brescent, 2-3 in. by 1 in., oblong or ligulate-oblong, rigid in texture, obscurely veined 

 on the faces, the sutures much raised, the wing of the upper ^-^ in. broad, the wing or 

 the lower one sometimes not perceptible. 



21. D. canarensis, Bake^^ ; leaflets 15-21 middle-sized oblanceolate- 

 oblong pubescent beneath, flowers in terminal panicles with pubescent branches, 

 standard ciiUose, pod winged down the lower sutm^e. Pongamia canarensis, 

 Dalz, in Hook, Kew Journ. ii, 37, Brachypterum canarense, Dalz Sc Gtos. 

 Bomb. FL 7G. 



CoNCAx, near Garsuppa, BalzelL . ■. 



Leaves a ft. long ; leaflets 2-2^ in. by ^ in., glabrous above. Panicles terminal^ 

 shorter than the leaves ; racemes simple, the branches ferrugineo-pubescent ; pedK^ 

 fciscicled in threes. Corolla reddish. Ovary hirsute, 2-3 ovuled. Pod flat, ^^^v.^ 

 elliptic, pointed at both ends winged on both sides, 1^ in. long. Bal^ell, loc. cxt- 

 Appears .to connect Paraderris ^ni Bijyteroderris. 



Sect. III. Agranope, Miguel Habit of Euderris, but the racemes in 



ample tliyrsoid panicles, with the nodes not produced into branchlets, and tn 

 upper stamen distinctly free from the rest down to the base. 



22. D. siziuata, TMcaifes Enum: 93; leaflets sulx)btuse half as long 

 agaiu as broad, pedicels a'? long as the calyx, pod large deeply indented ^^^f^ 

 the seeds narrowly winged down the upper suture. Benth. in Joni^n. Ltnn.^' 

 iv., Suppl 113. Pongamia sinuata, Wall Cat. 5011. P. grandifolia, Grah. «« 

 Wall Cat. 5882, not Zoll Sf Moritz. 



Pegu, Martabax, Tenasseutm, Malacca, Ceylon. — Distrib. Malay isles. ^^ 

 A robust climber, with glabrous branches and leaves. Leaflets 5-7, ovate- 

 obovate-oblong, 4-6 in. long, rigidly coriaceous, all but the main veins ^^^^^^|g 

 Panicles ^1 ft. long, with numerous ascending thinly brown-silky branches : P^-V^ 

 ^~\ in. Caly.r ^ in., thinly silky, broadly eampanulate, circumscissilfi above the - 

 Corolla \ in., turning dark purple when dried ; standard erect, with a round eca -^ 

 blade. Pod very different from tliat of any of the other species, I-4-seeded, ^' ^^ 

 by 1-1 J in., smooth, firm, finely veined, the wing usually not more than ^^ m. b 

 and sometimes not perceptible. 



23. ». thyrsiflora, Bmfh. in Jouni. Livv. Soc. iv. Siij^l H.*'' '*^^S 

 acute twice as long as broad, pedicels close very short, pod comparatively s ^^^ 

 not indented between the seeds, both sutures distinctly winged, .j^^^^^c^ 

 thyrsiflora, Bent/i. Bl Jumjh, 249. Araerimnum oboyatam, HannlL m 

 Pongamia ? Wall Cat. 9054. Aganope floribunda, Miq. Fl Jnd. Bat. i. J^^' 



Easterk Hxmatjlyas and the Khasia Mts., ascending to 4000 ft.; Eastern Pe>^' 

 " .SULA. — DisTRiB. Malay isles. . ^ 



A robust climber, with glabrous branches and leaves. Leaflets 5-9i oljl(^n& 



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