Derris.]_ LEGUMINOSE. 407 
552. Mintertia AURICULATA Bak.; F. B. I. ii. 108. M. extensa 
B. I. ii. 109. Robinia miele I. iii, 829, 
Chota <a very common 
A very se stout, woody climber. Santal. Hehel}. 
Kol. Hél 
553. Miierris ; FRUTICOSA, Benth.; F. B. I. ii, 109. Robinia 
Sruticosa F. I. iii. 3 
N. Bengal, very common near base of hills. 
A very large, stout, woody climber 
253. Pongamia Vent. 
A tree; leaves odd-pinnate, alternate; stipules small; leaflets 
opposite; stipels 0. Flowers in fascicles of 2-4 on the rachis of 
axillary racemes; bracts small, caducous; bracteoles minute, 
caducous. Sepals 5, connate in a warrant tube; teeth obso- 
ve 
filament connate in the middle with the ‘ans sSiheis uniform, 
Versatile. Ovary subsessile, 2-ovuled; style filiform, ineurved, 
ardless ; stigma terminal, capitate. Frwit an obliquely oblong, 
indehiscent, compressed lomentum, not winged on either suture. 
Seed solitary, rather thick, reniform ; hilum small. 
554. Pon NGAMIA GLABRA Vent. ; F. B. I, ii. 240; E. D. P. 1121. 
Galedupa indica F. I. iii, 239. 
Sundribuns ; C. and E. Bengal, on banks of tidal creeks 
and rivers, elsewhere commonly planted, especially in 
Chota Nagpur. 
A tree. Vernac. Karanj. 
254. Derris Lour. 
Large climbing shrubs, rarely trees ; leaves odd-pinnate, ae 
nate; stipules small - ; leaflets opposite ; stipels usually 0. Flow 
usually fascicled on ‘ba rachis of axillary or terminal racemes or 
use, Stamens nr vexillary filament free slaee connate in 
