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obovate-oblong, rigidly subcoriaceous, 4-6 iu. long, the veinlets distinct in the dried 

 specjmens. Panicles ^-1 ft. long, with very numerous ascending or spreading 

 branches, clothed with dense brown-silky pubescence, the upper ones growing 



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Of the following species of § Euderris the fruit is unknown. 



. D. ACUMINATA, Benth. PL Jung. i. 252. (Pongamia elongata, Grah. in Wall. Cat 

 0886, non 5915. P. acuminata, Grah, in Wall. Cat 5001.) A large climber, with 

 glabrous branches and leaves. Leaflets 5-7, elongate-oblong, 4-6 in. long, with a 



ong very distinct cusp, green on both surfaces, with the main veins raised below. 

 nace^nes 6-9 in. long, the flowers fascicled at the distant nodes, the rachis, pedicels 

 and calyx with a little brown pubescence; pedicels ^^ in., equalling or exceeding 



ri^**'^' ^^'^^^^^ rose-red, | in. long. Ovary silky, 5-6-ovuled.— Nipal, Wallick; 

 a^ a plant with 9-11 leaflets of similar shape, and shorter closer racemes of con- 

 ^-erably larger (| in. long) bright purple flowers in SiKKm. Hook, fil This last 

 eiosely resembles A mh^rontf^m. h^\f th^ stRnrlMrd is not eallose. 



. mier&ptera, but the standard is not callose. 



D. SECUNDA, Baker. CPongamia secunda, Grdh. in Wall, Cat 5890. Amerimnum 

 secundum, Hamilt. MSS.) Leaflets 7, oblong with a long cusp, 2-3 in. long, rigidly 

 onaceous, glabrous rather shining above, the veins immersed. Racemes like those of 

 rlr^^!^^^^**' ^ut in a terminal panicle and in the axils of upper leaves ; rachis and 

 P^icels finely brown-silky, the latter densely fascicled, exceeding the calyx. Calyx 

 15 in. Corolla reddish, f in., the blade of the standard oblong, not callose. Ovary 

 «i^y.— AssAii, Hamilton, 



lea^' f^^YSTACHYA, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc, iv. Suppl 114. Branches and 



\^ ■ ^ glabrous. Leaflets 5-7, subcoriaceous, acuminate, pale green on both 



unaces, twice as long as broad, 3-4 in. long, with a distinct point. Ra/^emcs long and 



cuw^\^'^ ft. long, from the upper leaves and forming an end panicle, the nodes 



eiVT "^' ^^^^"^""^ ^°^^ ^^^^c^le^S' the rachises finely obscurely pubescent ; pedicels 



Corui t^e calyx, crowded on the branchlets. Calyx | in., slightly pubescent. 



gJl .j^~^ in., rose-red. Ovary silky, with about 4 ovules.— Khasu, 2-4000 ft., 



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IV/w'" ^^^^^^*^i'iA, Benih, PL JungK i. 252, ex parte, (Pongamia ovalifolia, W. # A, 

 }Z\}^\ ^^3^^ ^^'' t- ^'^^•) A climber, glabrous in all its parts, with general 



oUu . ^^^ ^^*^^^^ ^^ry like halherqia voluhilis. Leaflets 9 

 CoDim!* ^^^^^e'nate, li-2 in. long, membranous, with rai 



long-stalked, oblong, 

 ised veinlets. Racemes 



aC'' ^^'^W. i ft. long, sometimes geminate, with nodes produced and very 

 J^unclant small bright red flowers ; pedicels twice the calyx. Calyx i in broadly 

 cajf °^l^te- Corolla i in. ; standard with a long claw and a broad blade, not 

 "»«. Ovary slightly hairy, 2-ovuled.— Western Peninsula, Wight. 



tinl^'JJ^jQllowing are probable species of § m])teroderris, of which the flowers are 



iru£" ^'T'^^R. Benth, in Journ. Linn, ^oc iv. 8x1^1- l^^- ^ robust climber, 

 obtn'!r throughout. Leaves long-petioled ; leaflets 5-9 cbovate-oblong, 3-5 in. long 

 ii^^P^^^^ted, bright green above, v-ry glaucous below, rigidly coriaceous with 

 ^^e^ed veins. Porf oblong. 1 seeded, thicker than in the other species, \\-\\ m. 

 and'^? '"" ^""^^ 'futures raised and furnished with a narrow distinct wing.-hiKKiM 

 Cipl^'l^^' ^^^^^- fi^' # Thomson. A diflTerent type of the pod to the admitted 

 ^ ''» like that of Pongamia glabra in shape and texture, but with a double wing. 



Poin^;^^'^'^'^'' -S^^'^- A slender glabrous climber, irq/^^//^ 5-7, oblong, obtusely 

 immlr^^'^.^^ly mounded at the bLe, l-lj in. long, rigidly subcor.aceous ^ith 



veins, pale grey-green on both surfaces. Raceme much exceeding the leaves 



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