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strongly nerved on the underside ; racemes terminal, many-flowered'; 

 flowers small, purplish; leajumes oblong inflated, one-celled; seeds 

 numerous. NearVingorla. The pods are very like those of Crotalaria. 



31. ABRUS, Linn. 



1. Precatorius, Linn. syst. p 533.-r-T wining ; leaves abruptly 

 pinnated ; leaflets 8 to 20 pair, linear oval-obtuse ; racemes axillary 

 peduncled, nearly as long as the leaves, many-flowered ; flowers 

 rose-coloured ; legumes oblong compressed, 4 to 6-seeded ; seeds 

 called Goonch (Vahl.) by the natives, bright red, polished, with a 

 black spot, used for weighing. Supposed to be narcotic, but this 

 is denied by the author of the flora of Jamaica (Dr. Macfadyen), 

 who says they are only indigestible. The roots possess exactly the 

 properties of the Liquorice roots of the shops. Very common in 

 hedges, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 258 ; Syn. Glycine abrus, Linn. sp. 1025. 



32. PTEROCARPUS, Linn. 



1. Marsupium, Roxb. F) Ind. iii, 234. — A tree; leaves 

 unequally pinnated ; leaflets 5 to 7 alternate, elliptical emarginate, 

 3 to 5-inches long; panicles terminal, large, flowers numerous, 

 yellowish white ; legume obtuse at the base, surrounded by a waved, 

 downy membranaceous wing, rugose and woody in the centre ; 

 seed solitary. A dark-red gum resin called " Kino" is produced 

 from wounds in the bark. Native name " Bibla." Common in 

 some parts of the Concan; Parnera hill-fort and Dang jungles. 

 " Honee" is the name in the Southern Maratha Country. 



33. BRACHYPTERUM, W. and A. 



1 . ScANDENS, W. and A. Prod. 264. — A woody climber ; leaves 

 unequally pinnated ; leaflets 3 to 5 pair, opposite, oblong lanceolate ; 

 panicles axillary, longer than the leaves ; flowers numerous, white ; 

 legume linear lanceolate, 2 to 3-seeded, with a narrow margin 

 along the seminiferous suture. Common throughout the Concan. 

 Syn. Daibergia scandens, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 232; Cor. t. 192; 

 Rheed. Mai. vi, t. 22. 



2. B Canaeense, Dalz. — Like the last; leaflets 7 to 10 pair; 

 panicles terminal, shorter than the leaf, composed of simple racemes 

 of beautiful pink flowers, which are fascicled in threes on a common 

 peduncle ; ovary hirsute, with 2 to 3 ovules ; legume very flat, oval, 

 or elliptic-pointed at both ends, and winged on both sides, 1 to 1^- 

 inch long. At Garsuppa; in flower in April. A much handsomer 

 species than the preceding. Syn. Pongamia canarensis, Dalz. m 

 Hook. Jour. Bot. ii, p 37. 



