28. Derbis.} 43. PAPILI0NACJ2JS. [29. MillEtia* 



1. D. scandens, Benth. 



A very large evergreen climber with leaves 3-6" long, 

 3-6 prs. of lane, or ell. lanceolate lflts. 1*3" long and rose 

 cold, fls. with slender pedicels fascicled on the nodes of 

 slender axillary racemes 6*10", i.e., much longer than the 

 leaves. 



Pods narrow 1-3" by §-|" winged along the upper suture, 

 1-4-seeded. 



Prain states that this is found in all the Bengal provinces, but I have 

 no record of it from Ch. Nagpur. It occurs, however, in Bankura. Fls. 

 Jidy. Fr. c. s. 



2. D. cuneifolia, Benth. 



A large woody climber with tubercled branches. Leaf- 

 rachis 3-10" long, thick at base. Lflts. 4-5 rarely 3 prs., 

 oblanceolate, oblong-obovate or narrow-ell. attain 7|" by 3", 

 but may be only 1 J" by J" at the"base of the rachis. Racemes 

 very short, 1-4" only. 



Ravines in the Santal P. near Banjhu Fls. April-May, Fr. Nov.- 

 Jany. 



L. odd or even-pinnate. Young Ijlts, slightly ferruginous-pubescent, 

 base rounded, sec. nerves 8-10 prs., slender, finely reticulate between. 

 Petiolule %' blackish. 'Fruiting calyx |* diam. Pod about 2%'' by V very 

 thin, very narrowly winged down both sutures (or, down the upper suture 

 only, FJ3.L), venose, sessile in the calyx. 



29. Millettia, W. $ A. 



Large woody climbers or sub-erect in youth, with odd- 

 pinnate leaves and opp. leaflets, Fls. in axillary or terminal 

 simple or panicled racemes. Petals with long daws, standard 

 broad, keel not beaked. St. mon- or di-adelphous. Ovary 

 sessile linear few-ovuled. Style filiform incurved glabrous. 

 Stigma capitate. Pod linear or oblong, 1- or few-seeded. 



Standard not auricled. St. diadelphous. Pod torulose, 

 dehiscent 1. racemoao. 



Standard auricled. St. monadelphoua. Pod flat, very 

 tardily dehiscent 2. auriculata. 



