Deebis. j LEG UMIJSOS^. 26jr 



44. PONGAMIA, Vent. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 239. 



A tree. Leaves odd-pinnate ; leaflets opposite, exstipellate. 

 Flowers racemed. Calyx can panulate, nearly truncate. Corolla 

 much exserted ; standard broad, silky; heel obtuse, the petals co- 

 hering at their tips. /S'^a»^e7^.s 1-adelphous, the upper filament fr«^e 

 low down ; anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary subsessile, 2-ovnled ;. 

 style incurved, glabrous, stigma capitate. Pod woody, somewhat 

 turgid, oblong, indehisceut, not winged nor thickened at the sutures. 

 A single species, mostly found on sea-coasts from the Mascerene 

 Islands to Malaya, N. Australia and W.. Polynesia. 



P. glal)ra. Vent. Jard. Malm. 28, t. 28 ; W. Sf A. Prod. 262 ; D. Sf G*. 



Bomb. h'l. 11 ; Royle ill 191 ; Brand, for. Fl. 153 ; F. B. I. ii, '2.40 ; Wat^ 

 ED.; Prainin Journ. As, 8oc. Beng. LXVI, 94, 456. Galedupa indica' 

 Lamk. ; Pioxh. Fl. hid. in, 239. 



A moderate-sized glabrous almost evergreen tree. Baric soft, greyish- 

 green. Leaves 8-ll> in, long, pale-green ; leaflets usually £-7, oblong or 

 ovate, obtuse cr shortly acuminate, 2-4 in. long, subctriaceous, midrib 

 and lateral nerves rather prominent beneath. Flotvers in simple ped- 

 . uncled axillary racemes nearly as long as the leaves ; nodes tumid, 

 ~ bearing 2-4 pedicels ; lachis and pedicels sparsely puberulous ; pedicels 

 with 2 bracteoles at the base, and with 2 others towards the apex. 

 (Jalyx widely campanulate, mouth truncate. Corolla ^ in. or less, white 

 tinged with violet or pink ; standard orbicular, silky on the back, 

 Bubcordate and 2-auriculate at the base. Ovary finely pubescent. Pod 

 l-g-2 in long, with a short dectirved point, turgid, woody, glabrous, 

 brownish-green, l-rarely 2-seeded. Seeds white, marbled with brownish 

 lines. 

 I'orests of N. Oudh, Bundelkhand, Merwara. Often planted in other 

 parts of the area. Distrib. Along the base of, and in outer valleys of 

 the Himalaya from the Eavi eastwards to chittagong, 0. and S. India. 

 and in Ceylon ; also very common as a sea-coast tree in the Andaman 

 and Nicobar Islands, Malay Penins. and Islands, extending to China and 

 . N. Australia- Dr. Prain is of opinion that it only occurs in inland 

 disticts as a planted tree. Flowers in April and iviay, and the pods 

 ripen during the following April. The seeds yield a valuable 

 medicinal oil, and the leaves and root are also used medicinally. The 

 leaves are given as fodder to cattle. The wood is white, turning 

 yellow on exposure, not durable. 



45. DERRIS. Lour. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 240. 



Climbers, rarely erect trees. Leaves odd-pinnate; lea/lets 

 opposite, usually exstipellate Flowers copious, usually fascicled^ 

 showy, in axillary or terminal racemes or panicles. Calyx^ 



