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S. Native of Coromandel, on the mountains. Flowers white. 

 Stamens Tnonadelphous,with a dorsal fissure. Legumes unknown. 

 /?7/5/^ Dalbergia. Clt. 1811. Shrub el. 



5 D. ROBu'sTA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 53.) leaflets 7-9, oval, 



or obovate, obtuse, somewhat mucronulate, minutely pubescent ; vexillum silky on the back. ^ 



racemes spike-formed, tVice the length of the leaves ; 



aggregate. 1^ • S. Native of the East Indies, in Silhet. 



small, white, numerous. Stamens monadelphous, with a dorsal 



fissure. 



Tree Dalbergia. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



13 D. BAiicLA^Yii (Telfair, mss. Hook, exot. hot. 188.) leaf- 

 lets opposite, linear-lanceolate, with revolute margins, silky be- 

 neath : racemes terminal, elongated ; calyx with subulate teeth ; 



. S. Native of the Mauritius, 



pedicels 

 Flowers 



Tree 30 feet. 



FIG. 51. 



Legumes unknown. 

 Robust Dalbergia. Clt. 1816. 



6 D. sca'ndens (Roxb. cor. 2. 

 t. 192.) leaflets 9-11, elliptic-ob- 

 long, acutish, glabrous ; racemes 

 axillary, spike-formed, longer than 

 the leaves ; pedicels in fascicles. 

 ^ . ^. S. Native of Coromandel. 

 Flowers rose-coloured. Legumes 

 linear-lanceolate, 2-3-seeded, gla- 

 brous, tapering to both ends. 



Climbing Dalbergia. Clt. 1812. 

 Shrub cl. 



7 D. volu'bilis (Roxb. cor. 2. 



t. 191.) leaflets 11, alternate, oval, 

 mucronate, glabrous ; panicles ter- 

 minal and axillary, divaricate. Tj . 

 v^- S. Native of Coromandel, on 

 the mountains. Flowers blue. 

 Stamens divided into 2 equal bundles. Legumes linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, 1-2-seeded, glabrous. 



Twining Dalbergia. Clt. 1818. Shrub tw. 



8 D. FROXDOSA (Roxb. hort. beng. 53.) leaflets 9-11, alter- 

 nate, obovate, obtuse, emarginate, glabrous ; panicles axillary, 

 usually nearly terminal, length of leaves ; pedicels and calyxes 

 hardly pubescent. T2 • S. Native of Coromandel. Flowers 

 white. Stamens divided into two equal bundles. Legume broad, 

 hnear, tapering to both ends, 1-3-seeded, glabrous, windess on - 

 botli sutures. - ^ *= 



Frondose Dalbergia. Tree 30 feet. 



9 D. PANicuLA^TA (Roxb. cor. 2. p. 8. t. 114.) leaflets 9-11, 

 alternate, elliptic-obovate, obtuse or emarginate, glabrous 

 nicle terminal ; peduncles, pedicels, and calyxes villous, 

 ^ative of Coromandel, on the mountains. 

 ^^taraens divided into 2 equal bundles. 

 l"2-seeded. 



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*ers white. 

 Legume oval-lanceolate, 



/^flw^c/et^ Dalbergia. Clt. 1811. Tree 30 feet. 



10 D. TiMORiENsis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 417.) leaflets 9-11, 



alternate, glabrous on both surfaces ; racemes axillary, length of 



eaves, fj . s. Native of the Island of Timor. Flowers un- 

 known. D. lnr»r.o^U,.;o 



Paris. 



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Legume linear-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, gla- 

 ^ ous, 1-2-seeded; the seminiferous suture bearing a narrow 



The figure in Rheed. mal. 6. t. 22. is referrible to this 



wing, 

 species. 



Tiwor Dalbergia. Clt. 1826. Tree 15 feet. 



?k^ ,^' i-ANCEOLA^RiA (Lin. fil. suppl. 316.) leaflets 11-15, 

 ornate, oblong, obtuse, pilose and veinless beneath ; racemes 

 axuiary, elongated, and are as well as the 

 .Native of the East Indies. 

 "\to 2 equal bundles. 



stipe. 



alyxes pilose. Tj . S. 

 Flowers rusty. Stamens divided 

 Legume linear-lanceolate, 1-2-seeded, on 



%nT..sAape(f-podded Dalbergia. Tree 30 feet. 

 nat /^^^*^^A (Roth. nov. spec. 330.) leaflets 17-25, alter- 



fa ' ^^^ ' obtuse, somewhat emarginate, pubescent on both sur- 

 »^^ ' 'i ^"^" young they are clothed with tomentum ; racemes 

 P^nicled, sub-secund. 



'"ens equally diadelphous^ ' 



Native of the East Indies. Sta- 



Legume unkiiown 



Stamens 10, monadelphous. Flowers purple ; the pedicels rising 

 2-3-together from the raceme. 



Barclay s Dalbergia. Clt. 1823. Shrub. 



14 D. ru'fa ; leaflets alternate, elliptic, rather oblique at the 

 base, emarginate at the apex, clothed with rufous pubescence 

 beneath as well a>» iSe petioles and branches ; racemes or pani- 



cles of flowers axillaW short. ^ . S. Native of Sierra Leone. 



Habit of Tamarindus (v*^*. herb. Lamb,). 



Tree^v^O feet. 



Rufous Dalbergia. 

 15 D. Afzelia'na 



glabrdw's, smooth ; branches wart 



leaflets small, alternate, obtuse a I: both ends, deeply emar^i^ * 

 at the apex ; panicles axillary, si orter than the leaves; j/^ 

 flat, stipitate, membranous. Ti'f g^, "^Iiiirr of Sierr 



Flowers unknown (v. s. herb. Lamb.). 



one. 



Afzelius's Dalbergia. 



16 D. OBLONGIFOH 



Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 



branches, panicles, and under s 



leaves clothed with 'ufous pubescence ; leaflets alternate, elliptic- 



atboth ends, and slightly mucro- 



. S. Native of 



oblong, glabrous above, obt 



nate at the apex ; panicles twin, axillary. T2 



Sierra Leone. 



Howers unknown, (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



Tree. 



Oblong-leaved Dalbergia. 



17 D. sERicEA ; branches and panicles clothed with rufesccnt 

 pubescence; leaflets alternate, when young clothed with silky 

 down, elliptic, tapering to the base, obtuse and mucronate at the 

 apex ; panicles sub-corymbous, axillary, much shorter than the 

 leaves. b - G. 



Lamb.) 



Native of Nipaul. Flowers small, (v. s. herb. 



Silky Dalbergia. Shrub. 



18 D. margina'ta (Roxb. hort. beng. 53.) glabrous ; leaflets 

 alternate, broad, obovate, coriaceous, margined, rather glaucous 

 beneath ; 



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panicles 2-3-together, diffuse, shorter than the leaves 

 S. Native of the East Indies. 



Margined-levL^etted Dalbergia. 



Shrub cl. 



19 D. cauda'ta ; leaflets numerous, alternate, oblong-lanceo- 

 late, emarginate, mucronate, pale beneath ; racemes axillary, 

 panicled, pubescent, shorter than the leaves ; legumes pubes- 

 cent, 1-seeded at the base, and hooked, ending in a lon^ coria- 



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ceous, 



Lamb.) 



obtuse wing. 



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Native of Guiana, (v. s. herb. 



Tree. 



Tailed-\)odded Dalbergia. 



20 D. Japonica ; leaflets opposite, elliptic, tapering to botl 

 ends, acuminated, mucronate, glaucous beneath ; racemes axil- 



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lary ; flowers secund. ^ . G. Native of Japan, (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 

 Japan Dalbergia. Tree. 



21 D. ? LATisiLiQUA (Desf. cat. hort. par. 198.) leaflets ovate, 

 abruptly acuminated, pubescent beneath ; pedicels pubescent ; 

 legumes broad. ^ . S. Native of South America. The 



of the plant unknown. 



Broad'siliq^ued Dalbcrg'a. Tree. 



22 D. ? heterophy'lla (Wilkl. spec. 3. p. 901.) leaflets 3-5, 



rest 



ovate, glabrous, obtuse ; racemes axillary, longer than the leaves. 

 Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. Stamens 10, monadelphous. 

 Legume reniform-oval, reticulately veined. 

 Variable -leaved Dalbergia. Tree. 



"f" Species, the names of which are only known from Roxburgh's 

 Hortus BengalensiSf p. 53. and 2^' 98. without any description, 



1 Z). eviarginata. 2 D. Zeyldnica. S D. iamarindtfoUa. 

 4 Z). stipulacea. -5 Z). rimosa. 6 /). reniformis. 7 D. alula^ 

 8,D. parvijlora. 9 Z). Cihwei. 10 D. spinbsa. 



Cult. The species will all grow freely in a mixture of sand, 



