OS G, King — Mater iah for a Fhra of the ^falayan Peninsula [No. 1, 
R fid lis nud brandios of paniclo ptUbrnag or sparBelj 
pubr;riiloiia f pod (wlioro known) gljihrnuB: — 
Flowers vfhite in laxlj'-tirandiiiig panicles : — 
Lefivea with 10 pairs of prominent Bpreading 
Becon(Jfi7 nonr^a; ovcileB 4 ... ... 9, I?. flj^flW. 
LoavoB with 4-5 pairs of ascending f&mt secondary 
norroa s ovnlcR 2-3 ... ... „, 10. B. Jtoribwtda. 
Flrvtrers pink in fustigintely-branohinfr p^nioles flo'i'^ps 
with Tiuincroiis Hprnadttig biifc not promirient Becoii- 
datynt-rvGs; ovnles 2 ; pod glabrone) ... ... 11. D, ajntena. 
Standard 2-calloBe ah base (§ Paraderris) :— 
Lpnvo and porals pubescont ... ... ,,. 12. D. eUifiica. 
Leaves and petals gl a hroiiH ... ... ... 13. D. malaccent-is, 
§ 1, AcANoris. Robnst C'liniber.ei Willi larf^e leaflets ; flowei-R nflnftlly 
rather small in ample thyrsoid panicles, the node.*? not produced iwto 
stalks J nppep stamen quite free from the oMiei?! down to the base ; base 
of vexillnm without callo'^ities ; pod winged down one or both sutarcs- 
1. Derkis siNDATA Thwaites Ennra. PL Zeylan. 93. A stronpr 
climber with darlc-brown plabmtis brnnches. Leaves 10-16 in. long ; 
iotiflots dark-green 5-7, coriaceous ovate- to oTOte-obiong; or elliptic, 
shortly cuspidate or snbobtuso base TOunded or widely deltoid, 4-5 in. 
long, 2-3 in. wide, glabrons on both smfaces, lateral nerves? 5-7 pairs 
spreading hardly Tisible, mchis 6-12 in. long gkbroaa as are the petio- 
Inles -25 in, long. Flowers in ample thyreoid terminal, or terminal and 
axillary panicles R-16 in. long, branches 1*5-3 in. long at intervals of 
' 5- L in, their nodes not tnroid nor produced into stalks, pedicels 1 in. 
long (in fruit lengthening to *25— "3 in,), Btont^ arranged nsnally in sub- 
opposite pairs -S-'SS in. apart, occasionally all scnttered, rachis and 
its branches glabresoent, pedicel^ adpressed rasty-pnberuloua, with 
small decidons bract at base and 2 very minute triangular decidnoua 
brncteoles close to calyx. Calyx wide-cam panulate thinly silky '2 in* 
long, with ripe fruit '25 in. in diara. circnmscii5sile at base. Corolla "6 
in., standard erect orbicular -5 in. wide, with ecallose cordate base. 
Stamem 2-adelphous, the vexilhiry filament free from the rest to the 
base. Ovary pubescent, ovules 5-7. Pod strap-shaped, coriaceous, dis- 
tinctly reticulated, 2*5-8 in. long, 15 in. wide, upper suture naiTOwly 
winged, wing never exceeding '1 in. in breadth, n snail j much less and 
sometimes barely perceptibh^, always more or leas sinuate between the 
1-5 seeds* Benth. Journ. Linn. Soc. IV, Suppl. 113 ; Bak. in Flor. 
Brit, Ind. IT, 24f.>. Pongamia sinuata Wall. Cat. 5911. Pongamia 
grandifoUa Grab, in Wall. Cat. 5882, not of ZoU. & Mor. 
Peeak j on banks of tidal rivers^ Kunstler 179 ! Scot f echini ! 
Malacca; river banks, Qrxfdh 177.3! Maingmj DiSTRfn. Ceylon; 
Sundribuns: Coasts of Indo-Chiua and the Malay Archipelago. 
