404 XM'Ul. LEGL'-MINOS.i:. 



str.ip-sbiiped, narrowly winged on the upper suture, fus(^ous- pubescent. 

 Seeds 1-8. FJ. 13. I. v. 2, p. 241 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 76 ; Watt, 

 Diet. Eeoii. Prod. v. 3, p. 81. Bmchifjiterum robnstam, Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bo. Fl. p. 77. Dalbergia rohusta, Rjxb. Hort. Beng. p. 53; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 244. 

 Rare. Ko.nkan : Stoc/i6 !, Dahd/ '. 



2. Derris scandens, Benth. in. Jouru. Lian. Soc. v. 4 (1860) 

 Sappl. p. 103. A verv large climber often reaching 100 ft. in length ; 

 stems smooth, dark-purple ; young parts pubescent. Leaves 3-6 in. 

 long; rhachis deeply chaunelled. glabrous; stipules small, caducous. 

 Leaflets opposite, 0-19, rigidly subcoriaceous, I2-2 by ,| in. (the lowest 

 l)air the smallest), elliptic-obloug or obovate-oblong, subacute or very 

 shortly acuminate, often slightly emarginate, glabrous and shining above, 

 more or less pubescent beneath, reticulately veined, base rounded or 

 subacute ; petiolules g in. long. Flowers uumei'ous, in short-peduncled 

 axillary racemes 10-18 in. long, arranged in fascicles from the nodes of a 

 pub^^rulous rhachis, the flowers from the same node expanding at 

 different times; pedicels fihform, i-| in. long; bracteoles beneath the 

 calyx 2, orbicular, 4^- in. long, ciliolate. Calyx jy-g- in. long, thinly 

 grey-silky ; teeth oljscure. Corolla g in. long, white or pale pink ; 

 standard i in. broad, the claw long ; wings ciliate at the base above 

 a long slender claw. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary pubescent. Pods 

 1-3 by |-^- iu., tapering to both ends, pointed, straight, narrowly 

 wiu2[ed on the upper suture, finely appressedly pubescent, somewhat 

 turgid opposite the seeds. Seeds 1-4. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 240 ; Trim. Fl. 

 Cevl. V. 2, p. 91 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 76 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (1897) p. 426; Watt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. v. 3, p. 81. Dcd- 

 henjia scandens, Roxb. Cor. PI. v. 2, t. 192 ; Grab. Cat. p. 55. Brach;/- 

 pterum scandfrn, Beiitli. in Ann. Wien. Mus. v. 2 (1840) p, 101 ; Dak. 

 & Gibs. p. 76. — Flowers : June-Aug. Veek. Moia-urili. 



KoNKAX : Dalzell cj- Gi'i60)i, Sfoc/a], Capf. Gchurne\; Wassind, Cookc\ Deccan : 

 Mawal districts, Grahaiii. Kanauv: Karwar. Woodrow; N. Kanara, from the sea- 

 coast inland, nowhere common, Talhot. — Distrib. India (Bengal, C. India, Cbiltagong, 

 Birma, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, S.E. Asia to N. Australia. 



3. Derris uliginosa, Benth. in PI. Jungli. (1851-55) p. 252. A 

 large climber; braia-hes glabrous; bark dark-grey, covered with 

 scattered lenticels. Leaves 5-8 in. long ; rhachis striate, glabrous. 

 Leaflets 3-7 (usually 5), 2|-4 by 1-j— 2 iu. (the terminal the iai-gest), 

 subcoriaceous, ovate or ovate-oblong, acute or acuminate, sometimes 

 slightly emarginate, glabrous on both surfaces, highly ])olished on the 

 upper, minutely reticulately veined, base rounded or cordate; petiolules 

 |-i in. long. Flowers in axillary racemes 3-6 iu. long, the nodes of 

 the rhachis produced into short stalks about ^ in. long, each bearing 

 ] or more subequal slender pedicels ].^ in. long ; bracts and bracteoles 

 minute, ovate-oblong, subacute. Calyx j^, in. long, glabrous or nearly 

 so, with truncate or obscurely toothed ciliolate margin. Corolla ;V in. 

 long, rose-colored; standard | in. broad (broader than long), reniform, 

 emarginate, without callosities at the bnse. Stamens monadelphous. 

 Ovary pubescent. Pods 1-1| in. long, variable in shape, sometimes 

 orbicular and as broad as long, or oblong and about | as broad as long, 

 thin, flat, reticulately veined, shortly apiculate, glabrous, narrowly 



