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between the petals attached to 5 yellow glands. Anthers oval, 
2-celled. Pistil: germen inferior, cylindrical: style a little 
longer than the stamens: stigma capitate, 5-furrowed : capsule 
cylindrical, 5-celled, each cell containing a single row of 
seeds: there is a large pore between each pair of cells. 
This beautiful plant is usually found near water, or float- - 
ing on its surface often to a great extent; it, however, roots 
readily in soil, if that soil be moist. Its blossoms expand in the 
course of the night or early in the morning, and, long before 
evening, there is scarcely one to be seen, particularly during 
diwa eather. In the northern provinces of India it is compara- 
tively rare: in the southern it may be found in almost every tank. 
SuppL. Tas. XL. Jussizea repens. Fig 1, Immature capsule 
cut through transversely :—magnijied. 
XLI 
PONGAMIA RELIGIOSA. 
Volubilis, foliolis uni-bijugis cum impari ovato-oblongis acu- 
minatis glabris. (Suppx. Tas. XLI.) : 
Pongamia religiosa. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 416. 
Galedupa religiosa. Roxb. Cat. Calc. 53. 
Robinia religiosa. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 3. p. 1133. Smith in 
Rees’ Cycl.— Pers. Syn. Pl. v. 2. p. 311. sia 
Tephrosia religiosa. Spreng. Syst. Veget. t v. 3. P. 932. 
A twining ramous shrub; the trunk and branches rounded : 
bark rough, brown, tuberculated, flower-bearing. Famuli 
. Smooth and green. Pefioles alternate, elongated, smooth, except 
at the base, which is enlarged and wrinkled. Leaves pinnate; 
leaflets one or two pairs and an odd one, smooth, bright green, 
oval, oblong, obtusely acuminate, retuse, or emarginate at the 
apex. Flowers on long axillary racemes, bearing near the base 
a smaller bracteal (?) leaf: partial peduncles 3 or 4-flowered. 
ers numerous, pure white. Calyx cup-shay ed , truncated, 
obsoletely 5-toothed. Corolla papilionaceous. Petals on 
short claws. y ezillum orbienlar,. erect, or slightly reflexed. 
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