246 L. LBG0MiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) [Derris. 



densely pubeacent branches, pedicels exceeding the calyx, corolla middle-sized, 

 pod finely pubescent with the wing down the lower suture distinct or obscure. 

 JBenth. in Joum. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 109. Robinia femiginea, Moxh. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 329. Pongamia ferruginea, TVall. Cat. 6885. P. oblonga, Wall. Cat. 

 5893. 



Eastern Himai.atas, tropical zone, Assam and Sithet. Bibica, Wallick. 



Branchlets dothed with dense ferruginous pubescence. Leaflets 4-6 in. long, cus- 

 j>idate or subobtuse, rounded at the base, subcoriaceous, green and glabrous above, 

 finely pubescent, especially on the main raised veins beneath. Paniclef axillary, pedun- 

 cled, ^1 ft. long, with slender ascending branches, clothed with dense ferruginous 

 puhfiscence; pedicels^ in., fascicled and nodes often produced into branchlets. Cali/x 

 J in. ; teeth deltoid, minute. Corolla rose-red, three times the length of the calyx ; 

 standard emarginate, j- in. broad. Young pod densely brown-silky ; old nearly gla- 

 brescent, 2-3 in. by 1 in., oblong or ligulate-oblong, rigid in texture, obscurely veined 

 -on the faces, the sutures much raised, the wing of the upper J-^ in. broad, the wing of 

 .th^ lower one sometimes not perceptible. 



31. D. canarensls, BaJcei- ; leaflets 15-21 middle-sized oblanceolafe- 

 oblong pubescent beneath, flowers in terminal panicles with pubescent branches, 

 standard caUose, pod winged down the lower suture. Pongamia canarensis, 

 Dalz. in Hooh. Kew Jowi-n. ii. 37. Brachypterum canarense, Dalz ^ Oibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 76. 



CoNCAN, near Garsuppa, Dalzell. 



Leavfs a ft. long ; leaflets 2-2^ in. by ^ in., glabrous above. Panicles terminal, 

 shorter than the leaves; racemes simple, the branches ferrugineo-pubescent;' pedicels 

 fascicled in threes. Corolla reddish. Ovary hirsate, 2-3 o^Tiled. Pod flat, oval or 

 elliptic, pointed at both ends winged on both sides, 1^ in. long. Lalzell, loo. cit. — 

 Appears .to connect Paraderris and Lipteroderris. 



Sect. III. Ag-anope, Miquel. Habit of Eudeiris, but the racemes in 

 ample thyrsoid panicles, with the nodes not produced into branchlets, and the 

 upper stamen distinctly free from the rest down to the base. 



22. D. sinuata, Thwaiies Enum. 93 ; leaflets subobtuse half as long 

 again as broad, pedicals as long as the calyx, pod large deeply indented between 

 the seeds narrowly winged down the upper suture. Bmtli. in Jaam. Linn. Sac. 

 iv., Suppl. 113. Pongamia sinuata, Wall. Cat. 6911. P. grandifolia, Grah. in 

 Wall. Cat. 5882, not Zoll. §• Moritz. 



Pegu, Maetaban, Tenasseutm, Malacca, Cetxon. — Disteie. Malay isles. 



A robust climber, with glabrous branches and leaves. Leaflets 6-7, ovate- or 

 obovate-oblong, 4^6 in. long, rigidly coriaceous, all but the main veins immersed. 

 Panicles'^1 ft, long, with numerous ascending thinly brown-silky branches ; pedicels 

 ^-^ in. Calyx ^ in., thinly silky, broadly campanulate, circumscissile above the base. 

 Corolla J in,, turning dark purple when dried ; standard erect, with a round ecallnse 

 blade. Pod very different from that of any of the other species, 1-4-seeded, 2-8 in. 

 by l-U in., smooth, firm, finely veined, the wing usually not more than i in. broad, 

 and sometimes not perceptible. 



23. D. thyrslflora, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Sv^l. 114; leaflets 

 acute twice as long as broad, pedicels close veiy short, pod comparatively small 

 not indented between the seeds, both sutures distinctly winged. Millettia 

 thyrsiflora, Benth. PI. Jungh. 249. Amerimuum obovatum, Samilt. MSS. 

 Pongamia ? Wall. Cat. 9054. Aganope floribunda, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 151. 



Eastern Himalayas and the KsAsrA Mts., ascending to 4000 ft.; Eastern Pknin- 

 .sula. — DiSTEiB. Malay isles. 



A robust. climber, with glabrous branches and leaves. Leaflets 5-9, oblong or 



