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feet in. diam. Leaves 8-10 in. long, pale-green, leaflets nsaally 5-7, 

 more rarely 7-9, oblong or ovate, rarely ovate-lauceolate, acute, base 

 caneate or deltoid; subequal, 3-7 in. long, l-3'5 in. wide, subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous on both, surfaces or, rarely, slightly piiberalous on the nerves 

 beneath, lateral nerves about 8 pairs rather prominent beneath as is the 

 midrib, rachis about 5 in. long glabrous as are the petioliiles '25 in. long. 

 Flowers in rather short axillary racemes 4-6 in. long with peduncles 

 1-1*5 in. long, usually simple ; nodes tumid bearing 2-4 subequal filiform 

 pedicels, rachis and pedicels sparsely puberulous, pedicels •25-35 in. 

 long, bracteolate at base and 2-bracteolate towards apex. Calyx wide- 

 campanulate '12 in. deep, "15 in. wide, mouth truncated. Corolla 'So- 5 

 in. long, white with violet or pinkish flush, standard orbicular, silky on the 

 back, subcordate and 2-auriculate at the base. Stamens monadelphous. 

 Ovary finely pubescent, ovules 2, rarely 1. Pod turgid woody glabrous, 

 1*5-2 in. long, •8-l*25 in. wide, "25 in. thick, brownish-green with a 

 short decurved point ; seeds 1, very rarely 2, testa Avhite, marbled with 

 slightly raised brownish lines radiating irregularly from the hilum, 

 *7 in. long, "5 in. wide. 



Var. typica ; leaflets usually 5, occasionally 7, oblong or ovate 

 2"5-3*5 in. wide, quite glabrous beneath ; racemes always solitary simple, 

 pedicels "35 in. long, their bracteoles only sub-opposed and situated 

 slightly above the middle. Pongamia glabra Yent. : DC. Prodr. II, 416; 

 Wall. Cat. 5878 ; W. & A. Prodr. 262 ; Wight, Ic. t. 59 ; Bedd. Flor. 

 Sylvat. t. 177; Miq. Flor. Tnd. Bat. I, 147; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. 

 II, 240. Pongamia grandifolia Zoll. & Mor. Syst. Verzeichn. 3 ; Miq. 

 Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 147. Pongamia mitis Kurz, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 XLV, 2. 128. Bohinia mitis Linn. Sp. PI. ed. II, .1044. Galedupa 

 indica Lamk Encyc. Meth. II, 594 (excl. syn. Cnju galedupa Rumph.) ; 

 Roxb. Flor. Ind. Ill, 2^9.. Balhergia arborea WiUd. Sp. PI. HI, 901. 

 Galedupa arborea Roxb. Hort. Beng. 53. — Rheede Hort. Malab. VI, t. 3 ; 

 Rumph. Herb. Amb. Ill, t. 117 ; Lamk 111. t. 603. 



In all the provinces, very abundant on the banks of every tidal 

 river and along the mai-gins of all Mangrove-swamps. — Distrib. ; of the 

 genus ; often planted in inland districts. 



Var. xerocarpa ; leaflets 7-9, very rarely 5, lanceolate 1-1*35 in. 

 wide, usually sparsely puberulous on the midrib and main veins beneath, 

 racemes occasionally 2-3 in same axil and sometimes sparingly branched, 

 the pedicels "25 in. long with tlie bracteoles opposed and situated close 

 under the calyx ; ovules sometimes solitary. Pongamia xerocarpa Hassk. 

 Retz. ed. nov. 208. Malaparius flavus Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 1082 in 

 addend., hardly Malaparius Rumphius. 



Pahang ; Ridley 1362 ! Kedah ; Kunstler 1740 ! Perak ; Trang, 



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