^^ris,] XL. LEGUMINOS.E. ' 273 



5 or 7, ovate or oval-oblong, 1^ to 3 in. lon^, shortly and obtusely acumi- 

 nate, somewhat coriaceous and shining. Axillary racemes 1 to 3 in. long, 

 the terminal one longer. Flowers 4 to 5 lines long, on short pedicels, the 

 clusters rather crowded. Standard broadly ovate ; wings and keel scarcely 

 shorter, but narrow-oblong. Ovules usually 4 to 6, all in the lower part of 

 , the ovary. Pod very flat and thin, 1 to l^ in. long, very obtuse at both 

 ends so as to become nearer square than round, but very oblique, sometimes 

 as broad as long, but in some varieties narrower. Seeds I or 2. — Pongamia 

 uliginosa.DQ. Prod. ii. 416. 



_ N, Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brow?i ; Albert river, Ileune ; 

 titzmaunce river, F. Mueller, 



Queensland. Cape York, W, SilL 



. t'oiiimon in E. ludia and the Archipelago, extending frqm S,E. Africa to S. China, 



70. PONGAMIA, Vent. 



Calyx truncate. Standard orbicular, with inflexed auricles at the base ; 

 Keel slig;litly incurved, obtuse. Upper stamen free at the base, connate 

 With the others in a tube in the middle ; anthers uniform. Ovary nearly 

 sessile, with 2 ovules ; style incurved, stigma small, terminal. Pod broadly and 

 Obliquely oblong or slightly falcate, thick but flat, 1 -seeded, iudehiscent, the 

 sutures obtuse, without wings. Seed reniform.— Tree. Leaves pinnate, 

 TOnout stipellse. Flowers in axillary racemes. Bracts very deciduous; 

 b'-acteoles minute or none. 



e genus is limited to a single species widely diifiised over tropical Asia. 



1- P. glabra. Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 28, Glabrous except a veiy slight 



puoescence on the iutlorescence. Leaflets 5 or 7, ovate, shortly and obtusely 



eliminate, usually broad, about 3 in. long, on a rather long petiole, but va- 



jole m size. Eacemes loose, about 3 to 5 in. long. Flowers in pairs, the 



peaiceis 2 to 4 lines long. Standard about \ in. diameter, lower petals 



nor er. Pq^ usually ] | to 2 in. long and about 1 in. broad, sessile or 



arly so, often somewhat falcate or with a very short incurved point.— 



^enth. Syu.Dalb. 117. 



ft," ^'^***"alia. Fitzmaurice river, F. Mueller i Raffles Bay, A. Cunningham 

 E^lgeS R *■ ^''P^ ^'""^ ^^^ ^'"'^''°y ^*'""'^' M'Gillivray; Port Denisoii, Fitzalan ; 



J ^rl'J"-''°r- I^afletTsmall and narrow.-Giilf of Carpentaria, LeicMardt; Cape Grafton, 



■^^^yham ; Port Denison, Fi/za/an. , . ,,,,,. ^T, 



lills ! J '^' °'^*'"^s througliout Southern India on the coast and plains to the foot of the 

 ' '''•^ '^ '^^«ndant in the Archipelago. 



. Tbibe IX. SopHORE^.— Trees woody clunbers or rarely tall shrubs, or, 

 .°ne or two species not Australian, almost herbaceous. Leaves pinnate, 

 Stam '''""if ^'''''^^^'' "^""^'y ^^^^^>""* stipelte, or reduced to one large leaflet, 

 ens all free or scarcely united at the base. 



»i»i!fl^j-'' ^'"y "'^«'- J^Merghct, differin£r only in the free stamens; from Todah^ie^ 

 WIV ^f^^'fg'iished by the habit and foliage. It also forms the passage from Pap- 

 Smtes^l- \f'^*'''^««^'^'^. presenting the greatest diifereaces in the radicle from short and 

 tte almn..^''' *° l°ng "^nd accumbent even in the same genus. Barklya has at first sight 



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