>erris.] LEGUMINOSAE. :*S7 



lower wing very narrow, the apex sometimes obtuse, slightly 

 hooked, the few veins prominent ; leaflets 5-7, elliptic-ovate, 

 coriaceous, greyish-green when dry, 1-1*5 in. or more long, 



75-1 in. broad 4. Benthamii. 



Pods obtuse at both ends, especially at base, ferruginous- 

 tomentose, about 2 in. long, 1 in. broad ; leaflets 5-7, elliptic- 

 obovate, abruptly obtusely acuminate, shining above, coriaceous, 



up to 4- in. long by 2 in. broad 5. brevipes. 



Wings of pod broad, the pod flat, glabrous, reticulately veined, the 

 ;i]M>x acute and hooked: 



Pod 2-4 in. long, 1-1-5 in. broad, ovate or oblong, seeds 1-3; 

 flowers small, monadolphous, in lax panicles; leaflets 5-7, ovate 

 or lanceolate, obtusely and often emarginately acuminate, 



coriaceous, 2-2 '5 in. long 6. Heynenmi. 



Pod 4-5 in. long, 1-1'25 in. broad, oblong, 1 -3- seeded ; flowers 

 large for the genus, diadelphous, in long panicles of racemes ; 

 leaflets 7-9, ovate- or lanceolate-oblong, rounded at base, obtusely 

 acuminate at apex, reticulate, coriaceous, 3-4*5 long, T5-2 in. 

 broad 7. eualata. 



1. DERRIS SCANDENS, Benth. ; F. B. I. ii. 240.. Dalbergia 

 scandens, Roxb. Cor. PL 1. 192 ; W. & A. 264 ; Wt. Ic. t. 275. 



Almost all forest Districts, from the N. Circars south- 

 wards, chiefly in open places. 



A large climbing shrub with white or pink flowers on 

 drooping branches, the pod sometimes up to 5-seeded. 

 Yern. Tel. Nalla tiga ; Tarn. Tekil. 



2. DERRIS ULIGINOSA, Benth. ; F. B. I. ii. 241. Pongamia 

 uUgmosa, DC. ; W. & A. 262. 



Sea-coast forests and tidal river banks on both sides of 

 the Peninsula. 



A large evergreen climbing shrub with rose-coloured 

 flowers and rather large leaflets. 



3. DERRIS CANARENSIS, Bak. in F. B. I. ii. 246. D. oblonga, 

 Benth. ; F. B, I. ii. 242 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. t. 29. 



W. Coast, in evergreen forest and along backwaters. 

 A large climbing shrub with pink flowers. 



4. DERRIS BENTHAMII, Thw. D. paniculata, Benth. ; F.B.I. 

 ii. 242. D. Wiglitii, Bak. in F. B. I. ii. 247. 



W. Ghats, in the Sivagiri Hills, Tinnevelly (Wight). 

 A slender glabrous climber. 



