Derris.} L. iegdminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 241 



Ceylon, Thwaites. 



A climber, quite glabrous in all its parts, even the pedicels and calyx. Leaflets 

 rigidly subooriaceous, oblong or obovate-oblong, 1 J-2 in. long, green above, rather 

 glaucous beneath. Bacemes axiUary, short-pedanoled, 2-4 in. long ; pedicels twice the 

 length of the calyx. Cali/x campanulate, ^ in. ; teeth deltoid, minute. Corolla i in., 

 the ela-ws of the petals as long as the calyx. Ovules 2. Pod ligulate, glabrous, 

 1|-2J in. by | in. 



3. D. robusta, Benth. in Joum. lAnn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 104; erect, leaflets 

 7-19 usually acute oblique at the base, flowers in elongated racemes, pedicels 

 unequal several to a fascicle exceeding the calyx. Dalbergia robusta, Hoxb. 

 SoH. Beng. 53 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 417 ; Wight Ic. t. 244. D. Krowee, Bx>xh. Fl. 

 Ind. iii. 229. D. Orowei, DC. JProdr. loo. cit. Brachypterum robustum, Dalz. 

 Sf Oibs. Bomb. Fl. 77. 



EASTERN Himalayas, Westeen Peninsttla and Cbyi/ON. 



An erect tree, 30-40 ft. high, with branchlets and leaves below obscurely grey- 

 silky. Leaves J-^ ft. long; leaflets 1-2 in. long, not so coriaceous as in D. scandms, 

 green and glabrous above, grey and obscurely sill^y beneath. Racemes like those of D. 

 scandens, but seldom exceeding the leaves, the flowers densely fascicled and nodes 

 liable to be produced in the same way ; pedicels ^-J in., finely grey-downy. Calyx 

 ^ in. long ; teeth minute, deltoid. Corolla whitish, 3-4 times the calyx ; standard 

 erect, with a round blade. Pod 1-5-seeded, narrowed to both ends, glabrous, 1-2^ in. 

 long, f in. broad, the wing more distinct than in D. scandens, sometimes ^ in. 

 broad. 



4. D. dalberg'loldes, .5aA;e7- ; erect, leaflets 25-33 obtuse rather oblique 

 at the base, racemes close shorter than the leaves, pedicels unequal densely 

 fascicled. 



Maktaban, Parish. Tenasseeim, Heifer. Malacca, Mamgay. — Disteib. Java. 



A small spreading tree, 1 5-20 ft. high, with branchlets, pedicels and calyx brown- 

 silky. Leaves 6-8 in. long ; leaflets close, short-stalked, not more than an inch long, 

 rounded at both ends, emarginate, rigidly subooriaceous, glabrous, dark green above, 

 pale green beneath, the veins immersed. Flowers in copious short-peduucled racemes, 

 like those of Z). scandens and robusta, but the nodes more crowded ; pedicels and calyx 

 each about ^ in. long ; teeth minute, deltoid. Corolla rose-coloured, 4 times the 

 length of the calyx ; blade of the standard oblong. Pod just like that of D. 

 robusta. 



Sect. II. Euderris. Eobust climbers, with the habit of Millettia and Lon- 

 chooarpus. Zeafiets large. Flowers showy, in copious axillary racemes or 

 panicles, with the nodes often produced into short branchlets. Stamens mona- 

 delphbus. Pods flattened, broader than in the last group and distinctly winged 

 down one or both sutures. 



* Pod distinctly loinged dovm the upper suture only. 



t Leaflets few; standard not ocdlose at the base. (Euderris, Benth.') 



6. D. uli^lnosa, Benth. PI. Jvmgh. i. 252 ; branches glabrous, leaflets 

 3-5 middle-sized rigidly subcoriaceoiis oblong subacute, flowers middle-sized in 

 short-peduncled axillary racemes which are sometimes obscurely panicled.' Benth. 

 in Joum. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 107 ; Dalz. Sr Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 77. Pongamia 

 uliginosa, DC. Prodr. ii. 416 ; Wall. Cat, 5879 ; W. ^ A. P-odr. 262. P. reli- 

 giosa, Wt. in Hook. Bat. Misc. iii. 301. P. triphyUa, Wt. loc. cit. Svppl. t. 41. 

 Galedupa uliginosa, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 63 ; Fl. Ltd. iii. 243. Eobinia uligi- 

 nosa, Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 1133. Dalbergia heterophyUa, WiUd.; DC. Prodr. 

 ji. 417. 



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