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XLVII. LECiUMINOSiE. 



[Derris. 



ovate acuminate or caudate, base round 3 to 5 in. long, i"5 to 

 2*5 in. wide, polished. Racemes 3 to 5 in. long of several flowers. 

 Calyx '15 in. wide campanulate, edge ciliate. Corolla pale rose 

 pink or white pink-tinted, -4 in. long; standard orbicular 

 sub-cordate ecallose. Stamens i-adelphous. Ovary puberulous. 

 Pod round or oblong, i to 2 in. long, i"25 in. across, rather thin 

 and flat, yellowish. Seed i flat, i in. long and as wide. Hab. 

 Climbing over bushes in mangrove swamps, common. Singapore, 

 Kranji; Jurong; Pulau Ubin (HuUett). Johor, Tana Runto; 

 Pulau Dayong (Feilding) . Malacca, Pulau Besar (Griffith) . Pahang, 



Fig. 54. — Derris uliginosa. 



Kwala Pahang. Bindings, Pangkor (Curtis). Penang, Pulau 

 Betong (Curtis). Kedah, Pulau Song-Song; Alor Sta. Distrib. 

 E. Africa, Mascarenes, to W. Polynesia. Native name : Akar 

 Ketuil. 



(6) D. elegans Benth. PI. Jnngh. 252 ; Baker, I.e. ii. 242 ; 

 Prain, I.e. 103.. 



A slender liane about 60 ft. long. Branchlets pubescent. 

 Leaves 8 to 12 in. long; leaflets green coriaceous 5 (rarely 3 to 7), 

 terminal one largest, oblong to lanceolate, 3 to 8 in. long, i"5 to 

 4 in. wide, glabrous above, red-pubescent beneath when young or 

 always red-pubescent ; nerves 6 to 8 pairs, prominent beneath. 

 Racemes solitary or fascicled 2 to 3 in. long, villous. Calyx '15 in. 



