27. Dalbebqia.] 43. PAPILIONACEJE. [28. Debbis. 



lanceolaria in leaf that it is quite possible that a mistake was made in 

 identification; on the other hand it is possible that it has been mistaken 

 for lanceolaria by other observers. In addition to the characters given 

 in the key, it is easily recognized by the bands of phloem in the wood 

 (vide Brandis in Indian Trees), Gamble llnd. Timbers) states that it is 

 easily recognized by its tall grey stem. 



5. D. Volubilis, Rotib. Nari Siris, 2L, S. 



A sarmentose and scandent shrub with long green branches, 7-13- 

 f oliolate leaves and pale-purple flowers in ample terminal panicles. 



Valleys Singbhum, Gangpnr, Manbhum, S. P. Fls. Feby. Fr. May- 

 June. 



L. 3-10" long. Lflts. oblong attaining 3£'' by 1£" but usually only 

 f -1£" on flowering branches, obtuse or retuse, apiculate, nearly glabrous. 

 Panicles rusty pubescent or tomentose up to 20" long, lateral branches 

 3-5". Fls. H' f pedicelled, dense. Pods oblong 2-3*" by H"> stipitate, tip 

 rounded. Seeds 1-2, ellipsoid slightly reniform T V'. 



6. D. tamarindifolia, Roxb. 



A large shrub scrambling or climbing by means of its 

 recurved peduncles, with the branchlets and leaf-rachis 

 fulvous pubescent. L. 4-7" with 12-20 prs. of oblong leaflets 

 |-1" long. Fls. white in brown-pubescent panicles. Pod 

 lf-3", 1-3-seeded, linear-oblong. 



Ravines in the northern Santal Parganahs (north of Banjhi). Fls. 

 March'April. Fr. April-May. 



Lflts. sub-sessile oblong with oblique base somewhat gibbons on the 

 upper side, appressed fulvous-hairy beneath, apex rounded or retuse. 

 Fls. in congested sessile axillary panicles with corymbose branches 

 (F.B.I.), or in lateral short ovate dense racemes (Roxb.). The old inflor- 

 escences in the S. P. appear to have been large and terminal, probably 

 due to the falling of the upper leaves. 



38. Derris, Lour. 



Derris is very closely allied to Millettia, the habit is 

 identical, and except for the greater adhesion of the wing and 

 keel the flowers are similar. The pod differs by, always being 

 winged either on one or both sutures and is usually thin. 

 The pod is always indehiscent. 



Lflts. lanceolate 1-3''. Pod £" or less broad . . . 1. scandens. 

 Lflts. oblanoeolate li-7i". Pod over £" broad ... 2. cmeifoli*. 



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