340 LEGUMINOSAE. [ Derris. 
stylose mucro, 1-2-seeded, oi glabrous, 1-14 in. long, narrowly 
ae along the outer sutur 
B.—Frequent in the tidal rae and the low littoral lands, from Arracan 
down te Tenasserim and the Andamans.— Fl. March-May ; Fr. RS. 88= 
4. D. elegans, Bth.—A large scandent shrub, all softer younger 
parts more or less rusty pubescent; leaves unpaired-pinnate, 3-1 ft. 
long, while young rusty pubescent; leaflets in 1 or 2 pairs only, 
oblong to oblong-lanceolate, on a thick glabrous petiolule about a 
line long, bluntish, 3-5 in. long, acter entire, hae pubescent, 
few plastered or the lowe r ones racemulose, forming a very short 
rusty-villous raceme u ilies rising from above the scars of the 
leaves or from the leaf-axils themselves; calyx wide, rusty pubes- 
cent, about 14 lin. deep ; corolla glabrous, nearly 5 lin. long ; ovary 
tawny villous ; pods almost as in D. uliginosa, but rusty puberu- 
lous or pubescent, 14 in. long by about an inch broad. 
Has.—Not unfrequent in the swamp forests of the Irrawaddi alluvium and 
along marshy streams of Tenasserim.—F}. Febr.-March.—s :1.—SS.—All. 
5. D. elliptica, Bth.—A large scandent shrub, the younger 
parts all rusty pubescent ; leaves 4-1 ft. long, ee 
pubescent corolla 3 in eae, appressed tawny ge ey 5. OVARY 
wny vi villous ; pods snigede. compressed, rather acute, about 2 in. 
joa by 1 broad, 1-2-seeded, puberulous and glabrescent, narrowly 
winged along the vexillar suture. 
Has.—Tenasserim.—Fl. March ; Fr. Aug. 
6. D. sinuata, Thw. — Myouk-gong-nyin.—A large scandent 
shrub, sll: po parts glabrous ; —_ up to a foot long, unpaired-pin- 
nate, glabrous ; leaflets in 2-3 pairs with an odd one, more or 
ovate or broadly ovate, on a 2 lin. long petiolule, notched or almost 
- notehed-apiculate , 8-4 in. long, thin coriaceous, entire, glossy ; 
flowers pale purplish, rather large, on 1-2 lin. ie minutely 
pedicels, —= collected in svt boat 2 
“almost glabrous panicle ; x wide, minutely ve sng : 
. ‘deep; covlia glabrous, about ban fo. long; veil en free; - 
