Derris.'] L. LEGUMINOS.E. (J. G. Baker.) 245 



3 times as long as the calyx. P. paniculata, Wight, Herb. 920. P. Heyneana, W. $ 

 A. Prodr. 263. Western Peninsula, Wight. 



16. D. marg-inata, Benth. PI Jungh. i. 232; leaflets 5-7 large subcori- 

 aceous obovate-oblong glabrous, racemes copiously panicled with glabrous branches, 

 pedicels 3-4 times the calyx, corolla middle-sized, pod glabrous very distinctly 

 winged down the lower suture. Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 111. 

 Dalbergia marginata, Roxb. Jfort. Beng. 53 ; Fl. Ind. in. 241 ; Wight. Ic. t. 87. 

 Pongamia emarginata, Watt. Cat. 5909. P. reflexa, Grah. in Watt. Cat. 5898. 



EASTERN HIMALAYAS, tropical zone, KHASIA and SILHET, ascending to 3000 ft. 



A showy climber, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves ^-f ft. long ; leaflets mode- 

 rately firm, rather glossy above, - ft. long, narrowed into a distinct cusp, the veins 

 little raised. Panicles as long as the leaves, with several spreading slender lax- 

 flowered branches ; pedicels usually solitary, ^ in. long. Calyx ~~ in., broader than 

 deep when expanded. Corolla pale red, - f in. long ; standard in. broad, not callose. 

 Pod thin, flat, ligulate-oblong, glabrous, flexible, finely veined, 3-4 in. by 1^-1 \ in., 

 the upper wing 5^ in. broad, the lower narrower, 



17. X>. platyptera, Baker; leaflets 5-7 large subcoriaceous oblong sub- 

 acute glabrous, racemes copiously panicled with silky branches, pedicels as long 

 as the calyx, corolla middle-eized, pod glabrous very distinctly winged down the 

 lower suture. 



MALABAR ; near Calicut, Wight. 



Branches glabrous. Leaves i-f ft. long; leaflets obtusely pointed, 3-6 in. long, 

 broadly rounded at the base, thin, flexible, finely reticulato-venulose ; petiolules in. 

 Panicles as long as the leaves, with numerous short ascending fine silky branches ; pe- 

 dicels close, but not fascicled. Galyx in., subtruncate, fineiy silky. Corolla under 

 I in. Pod 3-4 in. by 1 in., including the wings, thin, flat, glossy, glabrous, reticulato- 

 venulose, one-seeded, narrowed to both ends, the upper wing \ in. broad. 



18. D. amoena, Benth. PI. Jungh. i. 252 : leaflets 5-7 subcoriaceous gla- 

 brous middle-sized not glaucous beneath, racemes in copious panicles with glab- 

 rous branches, corolla small, pedicels exceeding the calyx, pod glabrous narrowly 

 winged down the lower suture. Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Sujrpl. 110. 

 Pongamia amoena, Watt. Cat. 5912. 



MARTABAN, Wallioh.. TENASSERIM, Griffith. MALACCA, Maingay. 



A climber, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves about ft. long : leaflets moderately 

 firm, glossy above, 3-4 in. long, oblong-cuspidate, the veins not prominent. Panicles 

 equalling or exceeding the leaves, the nodes often produced into branchlets, the flowers 

 close and pedicels densely fascicled ; pedicels ^ in. Calyx -^ in. Corolla under 

 5- in., bright red. Pod thin, glabrous, ligulate-oblong, flexible, finely veined, 3-4 in. by 

 l-l in., the upper wing ^ in. broad, the lower distinct, but much narrower. 



19. D. Xttaing'ayana, Baker ; leaflets 5-7 oblong rigidly coriaceous 

 middle-sized glabrous glaucous beneath, flowers in panicled racemes with glabrous 

 branches, corolla middle-sized, pedicels equalling or rather exceeding the ^alyx, 

 pod glabrous narrowly winged down the lower suture. 



SINGAPORE, Maingay. 



Closely allied to D. amwna, with which it agrees in general habit, pod and inflo- 

 rescence, differing in its rather larger more rigidly coriaceous leaves glaucous beneath, 

 and larger flowers, which are f in. long with a standard with a round ecallose wing, 

 rounded suddenly to a long claw. 



20. D. ferrug-inea, Benth. PL Jungh. i. 252 ; leaflets 5-9 large- obovate- 

 oblong finely ferrugineo-pubescent beneath, racemes copiously panicled with 



