272 BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



The remaining species of Papilionacece here given are either trees 

 or climbing shrubs, with odd-pinnate leaves and indehiscent pods. 



27. Dalbergia. Leaflets alternate ; flowers small, white or pale 

 jmly half opening ; pod thin and flat, 1 to 5-seeded. 



(1) D. latifolia. The blackwood tree. Leaflets 3 to 7, roundish, 

 either with a small point or notched ; flowers yellowish-white, in 

 small close panicles; pod lanceolate. Sissa, Kalruka, tdli. Common 

 in S. Konkan and S. M. Country, also on the Ghauts. The Sissu 

 or Shisham of N. India is a different tree, D. Sism : it is thought 

 by Dr. Brandis to be indigenous in Guzerat. 



(2) D. paniculata. Bark light grey, smooth; leaflets 5 to 6 pair, 

 ovate or obovate; flowers in large panicles, tinged with blue ; 

 calyx greenish- white ; pod lanceolate, pointed. Pasi, pddri. 

 Mawal districts and Matheran, N. Konkan. In the Panch Mahals 

 it is a common and pretty tree, rather resembling the Karanj. 



28. Pongamia. Leaflets opposite; pod woody, oblong, flattened. 



P. glabra. Leaflets 5 to 7, ovate, smooth, rather large ; flowers in 

 axillary racemes, pale, deciduous ; the standard large ; calyx entire, 

 brown; pod more or less oval, with short beak, 1 or 2-seeded. 

 Karanj, Sukhchain. One of the commonest and handsomest trees 

 in the Konkan : not seen much at any great distance from the 

 sea. 



29. Derris. Climbers ; leaflets opposite ; calyx often coloured ; 

 pod thin and flat, more or less winged. 



D. uliginosa. Smooth ; leaflets 3 to 5, oval, rather blunt and 

 fleshy ; flowers small, pretty, pale rose-colour, in erect panicles ; 

 calyx reddish brown, with shallow teeth ; pod neai-ly round, veined, 

 winged at the upper edge and with a hooked point. 



Common near the sea, but also found in other parts. 



SUB-ORDER 11.— C2ES ALPINE j®. 



The species of this sub-order are mostly trees or shrubs, very 

 often of great beauty ; but there are only 8 genera represented in' 

 Western India, and these vary a good deal, so that it is not easy 

 to mention any species as typical of the whole sub-order. 



1. Ccesalpinia. Prickly shrubs with showy yellow flowers ; calyx 

 deeply cleft, the lowest lobe largest and hooded ; petals spreading. 



(1) G. bouducella. A large climber; pinna3 4 to 8 pair; leaflets 

 about 4 pair, smooth, oblong, obtuse ; flowers in racemes, each with 

 a lanceolate bract ; cajyx rusty ; pod ovate, swelling ; very prickly 



