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37. LEGUMINOS^. 



[Derris. 



2. D. uliginosa, Benth. PI. Jungli. I. 252 ; Fl. Br.I. 2. 241 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 77. 



Eastern Himalayas, Western Peninsula and Ceylon. Common in North 

 Kanara and the Konkan, along the banks of tidal rivers and near the 

 coast. Fl. C. S. 



3. D. oblonga, Benth. in Jonr. Linn. Soc. IV. Suppl. 112; Fl. Br. 

 I. 2. 242. Konkan, Stocks. Dr. Prain remarks about specimens of 

 D. canarensis, sent to him. "Exactly equal Ritchie's 1,720, which is 

 D. canarensis, but apparently also equal Thwaites' 1,493 and Stock's 19, 

 which are both 1), oblonga, Benth." 



4. D. Heyneana, Benth. Pi. Jungh. I. 252 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 244 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 77. 



Moist forests of the Konkan and North Kanara ; in the Supa ghdt 

 forests at 3000 feet elevation. Fl. and Fr. C. S. I have the variety 

 paniculata " from N. Kanara, and it certainly differs specifically from 

 D. Heyneana. It is D. paniciUata, Wgt. Herb, No. 920, and has quite 

 glabrous petals, also the leaflets are certainly not smaller than those af 

 I), Heyneana. Fl. Jany.- March. 



5. D. canarensis, Baker. Fl. Br. I. 2. 246; Brachypterum canarenssy 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 76. 



Along the ghats of North Kanara from the Ainshi ghat to the Mysore 

 frontier in moist forests, locally common. Fl. H. S. Apl.-May. Fr. 

 E-. S. ; remains long on the stem. See note under D. ohlonga, Benth. 

 A fine stout climber with rusty-pubescent branches. Leaflets 15-21, 

 glabrous above, glaucous beneath. Flowers pink in terminal leafy pani- 

 cles, consisting of racemes shorter than, the leaves ; pedicels fascicled in 

 threes. Fruit flat, elliptic, glabrous, narrowly winged down both sutures. 



6. D. platyptera, Baker. Fl. Br. I. 2. 245 ; D. thyrsiflora, Benth. 

 Talb. List of Trees, p. 77, 1st Ed. 



Southern ghats of North Kanara, in evergreen forests. Fl. Dec. 

 Fr. Feb. Dr. Prain at Calcutta and Sir D. Brandis at Kew are of 

 opinion that the Kanara plant is D. platyptera^ and not D. thyrsiflora, 



D. robusta, Benth. in Jour. Linn. Soc. lY. SuppL 104; Fl. Br. I. 2« 

 241 ; Brachypterum rohustum, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 77. 



A deciduous tree of the outer Himalaya, from the Ganges eastwards to 

 Assam, Eastern Bengal and Pegu. Given by Dalzell as indigenous in 

 the Bombay Presidency, as it was found in Dr. Stock's herbarium. This 

 tree has not been found in thia presidency as far as I know since 

 Dr. Stock's time. 



26. SOPHORA, Linn. 

 Trees or shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers showy^ raeemed or 

 panicled. Calyx oblique^ broadly campanulate ; teeth deltoid, short. 

 Corolla much exserted, petals equal with long claws. Stamecs free 

 or obscurely connate at the base. Style incurved, stigma capitate. 

 Pod moniht'orm with turgid joints. 



