Pongamia.'] 



37. leguminosj:. 



13.) 



crossed by numerous close wavy, light coloured, concentric lines. Weighs 

 about 50 lbs. to the cub. ft. ; seasons well ; full of gum resin which stains 

 the wood when damp. Used for many purposes. 



24. PONGAMIA, Vent. 



Tree. Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets opposite. Flowers racomed. 

 Calyx eampanulate, nearly truncate. Corolla exserted^ standard 

 broad, keel obtuse. Stamens monadelphous, anthers oblong, versa- 

 tile. Style incurved, stigma capitate. Pod woody, indehiscent, 

 1-seeded ; seed reniform, thick. 



P. glabra, Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 28 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 2i0; Dalz. & Qibs* 

 Bomb. Fl. 77 ; Bedd. FI. Sylv. t. 177 ; Brandis For. Fl. 153. Koorangah 

 kanagtif Jionge, K. ; Karanj, M. 



From the Himalayas to Oeylon and Malacca. Throughout the presi- 

 dency in moist sitaations along rivers and nalas ; often planted as a road- 

 side tree ; very common near the sea coast. Fl. May-J uue. Fr. next 

 April. A moderate sized tree. Bark soft, grey. Wood moderately hard, 

 white, turning yellow on exposure, not dm'able. Pores mediam sized in 

 irregular concentric bands of white tissue. Med. rays fine, conspicuous. 

 Weighs about 40 lbs. to the cub ft. Used for oil mills, fuel, etc. The 

 seeds yield a red-brown oil used for burning and native medicinal purposes. 



25. DERRIS, Lour. 



Usually robust climbing shrubs or trees. Leaves imparipinnate, 

 exstipellate. Flowers showy, copious, in axillary or terndnal 

 racemes. Calyx campaoulate, nearly truncate. Corolla much 

 exserted, standard broad, keel petals slightly cohering. Stamens 

 usually monadelphous. Style filiform, stigma capitate. Pod 

 iiidehiscent, winged along one or both sutures. 



Flowers in axillary racemes. 



Pod thin, strap-shaped, several seeded. 



Climber. Pod winged along the upper suture ... 1, Z>. smndens^ 

 Pod broad, flat, 1-2-seeded. 



Leaflets few. Standard not callose at the base... 2. D, uliginosa,. 

 Leaflets many. Standard with 2 callosities at 



the base of the limb ... ... ... 3. Z). ohlonga^ 



Flowers paniculate. 



Leaflets 5, obtuse. Pod winged down both 



sutures ... ... ... 4. D. Reyneana. 



Leaflets 15-21, small, pod winged down the lower 



suture ... ... ... ... 5. Z> canarensis. 



Leaflets 5-7, large. Pod broadly winged down 



the lower suture ... ... ... Q. D. platyptera, 



1. D. scandens, Benth. in Jour. Linn. Soc. ly. Suppl. 103; Fl. Br. 

 I. 2. 240 ; Brandis For. Fl. 154 Braehyptenim scandens, Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 76. 



Eastern Himalayas, Bengal, Western Peninsula from the Konkan south- 

 wards to Ceylon. Throughout the Konkan and North Kanara from the 

 sea-coast inland, nowhere common. Fl. R. S. June- Aug. Fr. Sept. A 

 handsome climber. The bark yields a coarse rope fibre. 



