345, 
GENUS LVI. DERRIS. 
Monadelphia Decandria. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Derris, askin, in reference to the consistence off 
the legumes. 
Gen. Cuar. Climbing shrubs, unarmed.: leaves unequally pin- 
nated: racemes axjHary and lateral: calyx tubular,,-5-toothed > 
corolla papilionaceous: keel linate: legume oblong, obtuse, much 
compressed, 1-seeded = seed oblong,. flat. 
(1) D. utrervosa. (Dee.). 
Ident. Bec. prod. II. p. 416. 
Syx. Pongamia uliginesa, BW’. & A. prod. 1. ». 262.—Gale-. 
dupa wliginosa, Roxb. fl. Ind. III. p. 248.—Robinia uliginosa, 
Willd.—Tephrosia uliginosa, Spr.—Dalbergia heterophyNa,. Willd, 
Dec. prod, 11. p, 417. . i ; : 
Ergrav. Rheede Mal. VIII. t. 46. v7 
Spec. Cuan. Twining shrub: leaflets ¥~2-pair, ovate or. oblong, 
bluntly acuminated, glabrous: ragemes axillary, elongated, longer 
than the leaves, often with 1—2 trifoliolate leaves on their lower 
half: pedicels arranged along minutely bracteated: partial pedun- 
eles : vexillum without callosities = ovary 6—7-ovuled :. legume oval 
or orbicular, reticulated, with a recurved hooked point, 1-seeded =: 
flowers white or pale rose-coloured. 
Peninsula. Bengal. Flowering in April and Muy. 
(2) D. Heynsana. (Benth.)- 
fdent. Dalz. Bomb. flor.. p. 77.. 
Spec. Car. Climbing shrub, glabrous. or slightly. clothed with: 
reddish tomentum:; leaflets 5-7, ovate or oval,obleng, obtusely 
acuminated : panicles large,. drooping: legume thickish, strongly 
reticulated, linear-cblong,. 2-3-seeded,. winged :. flowers small, pale- 
pink. - . = 
Western parts of the Peninsula. 
(3) D. cungirorra. (Benth. ) 
Ident. Walp. Annal. 1V. p. 583.—Mig. fl. Ind. Bat. F. p. 146.. 
Syn. Galedupa marginata, Roxb. fl. Ind. IE]. ». 241.—Pon- 
gamia marginata,, Wall.—P. obovata, Wall. 
Srec. Cuan. Glabrous: leaflets 2-3 pair, with an odd one- 
which is larger, lower ones eHiptic, upper ones obovate-oblong, 
or sub-lanceolate, roundish or obtuse at the apex and slightly emar- 
ginate: racemes shorter than the leaf, axillary or lateral, solitary, 
somewhat panicled, roughly. pubescent : pedicels slender, fascicled > 
