406- \LVIII. l,KGUMT>OS.T^. 



V. 4 (IbUU) yiippl. p. liU; Talb, Trees, iJomb. p. 77 ; Wooilf. iu Joui-u. 

 Bomb. Xat. v. 11 (1897) p. 42(3.— Flowers : Dec-Mar. 



KoNK.vN : Stoc/i.t'., Law'., IVoodroiv. K.vnaiia : moist furests of N. Kanara, 7'cdboi ; 

 Ainsbi Ghat, Talbot 1223 !— Distkib. India (W. Peninsula). 



(3. Derris brevipes, Bal-cr, la [look. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2 (1878) 

 p. 244. A climber ; branches glabrous, leuticellate. Leaves 6-8 in. 

 long ; rhat'his glabrous ; petioles 1-2 in. long. Leaflets 5-7, moderately 

 tirm, 2-3| by g-l| in., elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate (the terminal 

 sometimes obovate-oblong), subacute or bluntly acuminate, quite 

 glabrous on both surfaces, the upper surface shining ; petiolules \—f\ in. 

 long. Flowers in copious fastigiate axillary and terminal panicles, iu 

 short few-flowered racemes aloug a densely rufous-pubescent rliachis; 

 pedicels usually shorter tlian the calyx, densely rufous-pubescent ; 

 bracteoles 2, close beneath the calyx, minute, broadly ovate or sub- 

 orbicular, obtuse, hairy. Calyx Jq— i in. long, densely silky with rufous 

 pubescence; teeth very short, l)roadly triangular. Corolla y'^^ iu. long ; 

 standard \ in. broad, obovate-oblong, einarginate, without callosities at 

 the base. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary silky. Pods broad, oblong, 

 1-seeded, Ij-lj by 1 in., persistently brown-silky, with a narrow wing 

 down the upper and a very obscure one down the lower suture {Baher). 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 70. Derris Hojneana, var. hrevlpes, Beuth. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 4 (1860) Suppl. p. 110. — Flowers : Feb. 



The description of the pod is that given by Mr. Baker iu Fl. B. 1. 

 1. c. I have not seen the fruit. There is no fruiting specimen in 

 Herb. Kew. 



Kosk.\n: Lritcl, Sfor/,-gl; higher Gliats of the Konkan, Talbot KAx.vit.v : on the 

 top of Dui-sing the higiiest peak of tlie >'. Kanara Ghats, 3400 ft. high, Talbot — 

 DiSTRiB. India CSl y sore, fide Baker 1. c.) 



7. Derris canarensis, Baker, In IJook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2 (1878) 

 J). 246. A scandent shrub. Leaves nearly 1 ft. long ; rhachis 

 channelled ; stipules semiovate, broad, clothed with ferruginous hairs. 

 Leaflets 15-21, oblong-lanceolate, 2-2| by | in., glabrous above, strigose 

 beneath ; petiolules short. Flowers in terminal rusty-toraentose 

 racemes shorter than the leaves, the nodes of the rhachis prolonged 

 into short stalks, each bearing 3 pedicels of equal length with the 

 stalks. Calyx bibracteolate, wide, cup-shaped, with a ring of hairs 

 inside the mouth. Corolla pink ; standard with 2 callosities at the 

 base which run down the short claw. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary 

 hirsute; ovules 2-3. Pods 1-H in. long, flat, eUiptic, pointed at 

 both ends and winged ou both sides. Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 77 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1807) p. 426. Powjamia canarensis, 

 Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. v. 2 (1850) p. 37. Brachyptermi camrense, 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bo. Fl. p. 76.— Flowers : Apr.-May. 



The above description has been taken from those by Dalzell & Gibson 

 iu the works cited. 



A rare plant. Kanaka : Gairsoppa Falls, JJabell c^ Gibson ; along the Ghdts of 

 N. Kanara froni the Ainshi Ghat to the Mysore frontier in moist forests, locally 

 common, Talbot. 



There are no specimens of this plant in Herb. Kew. nor have I seen any. The 

 description by Mr. Baker in Fl. B. I. was, as well as mine, taken from Dalzell's 

 published ones. Dr. Praia says (Journ. As. Soc. Bang. v. 66 [1898] p. 462) that he is 

 unable to ^op.•u•atc the autlicnfic specimens of Brachypterwra canaren.^c, Dalzoll. from 



