M.viii. m;(;u.\iixi;s.i:. 407 



till- Kuiikau spc'ciiiioiis of Slocks ivfoiTed l)y Bentliam (Journ. Liim. Soo. v. 4 [16G<tJ 

 Siippl. p. li;j) to Dcrrix ohlonga. It is not improbable, tlierofnro, tlmt Ikn-h ohhnuia 

 innv belong to tliis spoeiea which is the older of the two. 



8. Derris platyptera, Bal-er, in J fool-, f. Fl. IS. [. v. 2 (1878) 

 p. 245. A robust t-liiiilx'r ; braiu-lu'S glabrous, lenticellate. Leaves 8-- 

 14 in. loMfr ; rh;icliis f^labrous, striate. Ijoallets 5-0, subcoriaeeous, 

 3-5 l)y 14-24 in., oblong or oblong-Luiceolate, siibaoiito or obtusely 

 acuminati", reiiculately veined, glabrous, base subacute or rouiuled ; 

 main nerves oS pairs; i)etiolules ^ in. long. Flowers in copious 

 tbyrsoicl axillary and terminal panicles reaching 12 in. long, with 

 numerous ascending silky branches; pedicels ^-\- in. long, silky-hairy, 

 closely arranged, but not fascicled, usually in opposite pairs along the 

 branches of the panicle ; bracts at the base of the pedicels jL in. long, 

 broadly ovate, hairy, falling before the opening of the flower; bracteoles 

 closely appressed to the base of the calyx, minute, not exceeding t^'.j in. 

 long, broadly ovate, acute, ciliate. Calyx ^-|; in. long, silky ; teeth 

 obsL-ure, or very short and broadly deltoid. Corolla -J in. long; standard 

 ]- in. broad, without callosities at the base, the claw short. Stamens 

 diadelphous, the vexillary stamen quite free. Ovary pubescent ; ovules 4. 

 Pods 2-4 by 1:}-!^ in., oblong, acute at both ends, thin, flat, glabrous, 

 reticulately veined, not sinuate between the seeds, distinctly winged 

 along both sutures. Derris thyrsi for a, Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 77 {not of 

 13enth.). D. Wallichii, Prain* in Journ. As. 80c. T3eng. v. 66 (1891) 

 p. 99. — Flowers : Dec. 



Mr. Baker {I.e.) places this plant in the section with monadelphous 

 stamens, but these are unmistakably diadelphous. The distinct pedicels 

 and short bracts place it under D. WaUichil, Prain, but the name 

 D, platyptera has the claim of priority. 



A rare plant. Kax.-^r.v : on the Ghats, Talhut ; Gairsoppa Ghats, Talhot. 268 I — 

 DiSTiiin. India (Silhet, Khasia, Assam. Andamans, W. Peninsula). 



59. SOPHORA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs (rarely perennial herbs). J^eaves iniparipinnate. 

 Leaflets usually exstipellate. Flowers showy, in terminal racemes or 

 panicles ; bracts and bracteoles minute or 0. Calyx- teeth short. 

 Corolla much exserted ; standard broadly obovate or orldfular, usually 

 shorter than the keel; wings oblong, oblique; keel oblong, obtuse, 

 nearly straight, the petals cohering. Stamens free, or rarely sub- 

 connate at the base into a ring; anthers versatile. Ovary shortly 

 stalked; ovules many: style incurved; stigma minute, terminal. Pod 

 moniliform, woody or membranous, terete or slightly compressed, usually 

 indehiscent ; joints turgid. Seeds obovoid or globose, estrophiolate. 

 — DisTBiB. Throughout the warmer regions of the globe ; species 

 about 22. 



1. Sophora Wightii, Bal-er, in J/ool: f. Fl. B. I. v. 2 (1878) 

 p. 25U. A shrub ; young branches clothed with persistent velvety- 

 broxvn pubescence. Leaves 6-8 in. long ; rhachis brown-pubescent ; 

 stipules ^ in. long, rigid, subulate. Leaflets 11-15, alternate, sub- 

 coriaceous, I5-3 by ^-g in. (those near the base of the rhachis the 

 smaller), lanceolate, acuminate, green and glabrous .above, softlv 



