Order 42. Leguminosce. 93 



4. D.paniculata. A tree with light-grey smooth bark, leaflets 

 5 or 6 pair, ovate or obovate, flowers in large panicles tinged 

 with blue, and with bright yellow pollen, calyx segments 

 unequal, greenish-white, pod lanceolate pointed. Pdsi, pddri. 



Mawal districts, Matheran, N. Konkan and Pauchmahals ; in the 

 latter district it is a common and pretty tree, rather resembling the 

 Kiranj. It is deciduous, and the new leaves appear just after the 

 flowers. 



*D. lanceolaria. A tree, leaflets 11 to 15, oval, panicles large, 

 flowers larger than in other species, pale blue, pod lanceolate, bright- 

 brown. Ddndus, gengri, Tiardni. 



42. PTEBOCARPUS. 



P. marsupium. A tree, leaflets 5 to 7, ovate, waved, panicles 

 large, terminal, calyx large, white, 2-lipped, petals yellowish, 

 pod with woody centre, and waved membranous wing. Bibla, 

 honi. 



Ghorabandar. Konkan, Bangs, and S. M. country (D.). 

 43. PONGAMIA. 



P. glabra. Leaflets 5 to 7, ovate, smooth, rather large, 

 flowers in axillary racemes, pale, deciduous, the standard large, 

 calyx entire brown, pod more or less oval, with short beak, 1 

 or 2-seeded. Kdranj, Sukhcliain. 



One of the commonest and handsomest trees in the Konkan : not 

 seen with us at any distance from the coast. Extends to China, the 

 Fiji Islands, and tropical Australia. Oil is extracted from the seeds. 



44. DERRIS. 



1. D. scandens (JBrachypterum s. D.) A large and hand- 

 some climber, all smooth, leaflets about 11, oblong or lanceolate 

 petioled, flowers like Kdranj in long racemes, standard deeply 

 divided, calyx brown, with 2 bracts, pod lanceolate pointed, with 

 a narrow margin along the upper edge and 2 rather large seeds. 



Konkan and Ghauts. Extending to Burmah, China, and N. 

 Australia. 



2. D. uliginosa. Smooth, leaflets 3 to 5, oval, rather blunt 

 and fleshy, flowers small, pretty, pale rose-colour in small erect 

 panicles, calyx reddish-brown, with shallow teeth, pod nearly 

 round, veined, winged at the upper edge and with a hooked 

 point. 



Common in the Konkans near the sea : but found in other parts 

 also apparently. 



D, Tieyneana, smooth, woody, leaflets 3 to 7, oval entire, flowers 

 very pretty, white or rose-colour, smaller than the last, calyx red, 

 pods smooth, oblong, veined, winged on both edges. Parpoli Ghaut, 



