XI;VIII. IJXiL'MlNO.S i;. 4Uo 



wiuged oil the upper suture, p;ile-ycllo\v when ripe. Seed 1 , reiiifonu, 

 coui])i-e,ssed. l''l. B. I. v. 2, p. 241 ; Dul/,. He (Jibs. p. 77: Jieutli. iu 

 Jourii. Jjimi. Noc. v. 4 (18GU) «upi)l. p. K»7 ; Trim. F\. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 92 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Jiomb. p. 7G ; Woodr. iu Joiirn. Jiomb. Nut. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. -12(;. Poii(j(()nia nU(/lnos(i, DC. L'rudr. v. 2, p. 4IG ; Gr;ih. Cut. p. 5o. 

 (Itdahipa uli(jlnosa, lloxb. Jlort. lii'iig. p. 53; Fl. lud. v. 3, p. 243. — 

 Flowers : Fob.- Mar. Vkun. KajarvcL 



I'oiincl along tlic seti-eoiist aiul on llic edge of muddy sidtwaler civuks. Ko.vkax : 

 Jjtiwl, .SVo(7i-.< I, Dithclll; Bombay oa the vorge of liigli-w.iter iii;ii-k, (irahiin; easl 

 side of Neat'8 tongue, Salselte, Graham; MuiiibiM (Tanna districts), liaiiji'. — DisTiun. 

 India (iniuldy sea-c<xist3 and creeks of tlie ^^'. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Cliina, N. Australia, 

 Polynesia, ISIadagascar, Zambesi-laiid. 



I. Derris oblonga, Benth. in Joura. Linn. Soi-. v. 4 (iSGO) f'Siqiid. 

 [). 112. A woody climber; young parts puberulous ; bark dark-grey, 

 leiitieellate. Leaves 4-S in. long ; rliichis glabrous, striate ; petioles 

 1-2^ in. long ; stipules J iu. long, ovate, acute, densely pubescent. 

 Leaflets 9-15. subcoriaceous, 1^-2^ by i-j-| in., oblong-lanceolate (the 

 terminal ol'teii oblanceolate), subobtuse, often emarginate, glabrous on 

 both surface.-;, paler beneath, base acute ; petiolules ^ iu. long. Flowers 

 iu lateral short lax racemes 3-4 in. long, the nodes prolonged iuto stalks 

 ', in. long, each beariug 2-3 liliform pubescent pedicels as long as, or 

 slightly shorter than the stalks ; bracts minute, ovate, acute, pubescent ; 

 bracteoles 2, a little below the base of the calyx, minute, ovate -oblong, 

 subobtuse, silky-hairy. Calyx g-l iu. long, silky-pubescent ; teeth 

 iiiiuute, triangular, the upper often wanting. Corolla g in. long, white 

 tipped witii pink, or entirely plain pink ; standard ^ in. broad, oblong, 

 emarginate, with 2 callosities at ihe base. Stamens inonadelphous. 

 Ovai'y pubescent. Pods ^-2 by |-^, oblong, compressed, with a 

 decurved point, narrowed at the base, wiuged on the upper suture, 

 reticulately veined, glabrous. Seed 1. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 242; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. p. 7G ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 426. 

 A rare plant. Konkax : Stocks'. 



5. Derris Heyneana, Benth. PI. Jaiu/h. (1851-55) p. 252 (in 

 aduot.). A woody climber ; branches glabrous. Leaves 5-8 iu. long ; 

 rhacliis glabrous, striate ; petioles 1 ~k in. long. Leaflets 5-7, sub- 

 coriaceous, 2-3| by 1^-2, elliptic-oblong or obovate-oblong. usually 

 bluutly acuminate, reticulately veined, glabrous, ba-e rounded or 

 subacute ; maiu uerves 6-8 pairs ; petiolules \ in. long. Flowers iu 

 axillary panicles 6-15 iu. loug, arranged iu alternate rather distant 

 coiymbs of 3-10 flowers, along a rufous-pubescent rhaehis and its 

 branches ; pedicels slender, rufous-pubescent, usually longer than the 

 calyx; bracteoles 2 on the pedicel a little below the calyx, alternate, 

 about ^2 ^"- lo"g' ovate-oblong, subacute. Calyx -1- iu. long, clothed 

 with reddish-brown pubescence, the mouth ciliate ; teeth obscure. 

 Corolla l- in. long, pale pink ; standard ^ in. broad, suborbicular, 

 emarginate, without callosities at the base. Stamens inonadelphous. 

 Ovary silky ; ovules usually 4. Pods 2-4 by 1-14 in. (including the 

 wing), reticulately veined (when 1-seeded ovoid or obovoid, when 

 2-3-seeded strap-shaped), glabrous and polished, winged on both sutures 

 the wing of the upper suture \-'^, that of tlie lower i iu. broad. 

 Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 244 : Dalz. & Gibs. p. 77 ; Beuth. iu Jouru. Liuu. Soc. 



