-|.02 MiViii. i-KciNnxosT:. 



Tlie tree siippliea tlie gum Kino ol' European pliamuacy and the timber is hard and 

 durable. It makes excellent sleepers for railway purposes. See Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. 1. c. 



Yar. acumiiuitiis, Prain, in Joiini, As. Soc. Beng. v, 66(1898) p. 455. 

 Leafltts ovate, ciispidately acuminate ; pods larger. P. Wallichii (-sp.), 

 Wight & Am. Prodr. p. 267 ; /'. iiidicu-f, Woodr. in Joiirn. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 426 {not ot Willd.). 



This is apparently the variety alluded to by Bentham in Jonrn. Linn. 

 Soc. V. 4 (1860) Suppl. p. 77. " As Dr. Prain points out {I c), the true 

 Pterocarpvs indicium is not indigenous in Peninsular India. 



Konkan: Sfocksl, Lawl Deccan: Kartriz Ghat near Poona, JFyor/z-ow. Kanaka: 

 Yellapur, Tu^bo/ ck Prain (/. c.).— Distiub. India (Rnjiiiahal liills, Rajputana). 



57. PONGAMIA, Vent. 



A tree. Leaves imparipinnate. Leaflets opposite, exstipellate. 

 Flowers in axillary lax racemes ; pedicels 2~-4-nato along the rhachis ; 

 bracts very caducous; bracteoles minute or 0. Calyx campanulate, 

 nearlv Irnncate; teeth obsolete. Corolla much exserted ; standard sub- 

 orbicular; wings obliquely oblong, slightly adhering to the keel; keel 

 obtuse, the petals cohering at the tip. .Stamens monadelphous, the 

 vexillary stamen free at the base, connate with the others in the middle ; 

 anthers versatile. Ovary subsessile; ovules 2 ; style filiform, incurved; 

 stigma small, terminal. Pod woody, obliquely oblong, flattened, not 

 winged at the sutures, indehiscent. 8eed 1, reniform. — Distkib. 

 Tropical Asia and Australia ; species 1. 



There is considerable diversity of opinion as to the name which should be borne by 

 this genus. Adanson (Fain. PI. p 32l') proposed the name Pongam (wiiieh is the 

 Tamil name of the only species) in ITti.'l Lamarck (Encyc. Method, v. 2, p. 594) 

 gave it tlie name of Gcdcdupa in 1786. Eoxburgli (Fl. Ind. v. 3, p. 2-39) and more 

 recently Taubcrt (Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf.) adopted this name. Lamarck (Illustr. 

 t. 603) transformed Adanson's name into Punc/amia in 1797. which Yentennt in 180."^ 

 altered into Pongamia. 



1. Pongamia glabra, Vent. Jard. Malm. (1803) p. 28. A tree 

 reaching 40-60 ft. high ; branches spreading, glabrous ; bark soft, 

 greyish-green. Leaves 5-9 in. long, pale-green ; petioles l|-2in.long; 

 stipules small, oblong, obtuse, caducous. Leaflets opposite, 5-9 (usually 

 5), 2|-5 by Ig-S in., ovate-oblong or elliptic, acute or (usually) shortly 

 acuminate, glabrous, base acute or rounded ; main nerves 6-8 pairs, 

 prominent beneath; petiolules J in. long. Flowers in short axillary 

 racemes shorter than the leaves ; pedicels yV-yV "^- ^^"gi ^" fascicles of 

 2-4 along a glabrous or puberulous rhachis ; bracteoles ovate, acute, 

 -jij in. long. Calyx ^ in. long, purplish, brown-pubescent, truncate or 

 obscurely toothed. Corolla g in. long, pinkish-white; standaid sub- 

 orbicular. ^~\ in. broad, emargiiiate, appendieulate at the base, the claw 

 very short. Pods l|-2 by |-1 in., about | in. thick, oblong or slightly 

 obovoid, compressed, narrowed at the base and with a short decurved 

 mucro at the apex, glabrous. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 240 : Grab. Cat. p. 55; 

 D.ik. & Gibs. p. 77 ; Wight, Icon. t. 59 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 91 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 76 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 426 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 322. Oaledupa indua, 

 Lamk. Encyc. v. 2 (1786) p. 594 ; Koxb. Fl. Ind. v. .3, p. 239.— Flowers : 

 Apr.-June. Vrny. Kamnj. 



