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Balbergia,] l. leguminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 231 



SuBGEN. 1. Sissoa, Benth, Stamens usually nine in one tundlej tlie 

 sheath of filaments being slit only along the top. Pod straight, thin, 1-4- 

 seeded. 



* Leajlets large, 



1. D. Sissoo, liojb. Ilort. Beng. 63; FL Ind. iii. 223; erect, leaflets 

 3-5 roundish with a very distinct cusp, flowers in short axillary panicles with 



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the seeds. DC. Prodr. ii. 416 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 2(i4 ; Wall. Cat. 5850 ; Bcnth. 

 «n Journ. Linn. Soc. iv., Sujipl. 40 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 25. D. pendula, Tenm-e 

 Cat. Hort. Neap. 84. 



Plains through India propkb, ascending to 5000 ft. in the Central Himalayas. — 

 DiSTEiB. Afghanistan, Bcloochistan. 



An erect tree, -with finely grey-downy branches. ico/-rachis zigzag; leaflets 

 finn, soon glabrescent, 1-3 in. long. Panicles much shorter than the leaves, the 

 erecto-patent branches densely pubescent. Calyx ^ in. deep, downy ; teeth very 

 f^i' ^^^ ^o"^est rather the longest, lanceolate. Corolla yellowish, twice the length 

 of the calyx ; sttindard with a long claw and round limb. Stamens 9. Pod thin, 

 strap-shaped, pale brown, glabrous, 1+-4 in. by \-h in., obtuse with a stalk twice 

 as long as the calyx. 



2. D. latifolia, Roxh. Cor. PI. ii. 7, t. 113; erect, leaflets 5-7 orbicular 

 Obtuse, flowers in lax axillary panicles with subcoryiuliose branches, pedicels 

 elongated, pod l-.3-seeded not veined opposite the seeds. Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 

 f^i ; DC. Prod,: ii. 416 ; W. ^- A. Prodr. 264 ; Wu/ht Ic. t. 1156 ; Wall. Cat. 

 p7 ; £en/A. in Jmirn. Linn. Soc. iv., Suppl. 38 ; Dalz. 8i Gihs. Bomb. Fl. 77 ; 

 -o«W. Fl. Si/lv. t. 24. D. emarginata, Poxb. Hort. Benfj. 53 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 224 ; 

 »^all. Cat. 5858. 



Common through the Western Peninsula, Sikkim and Ekhar, Hook. JiL Bun- 

 BEtcuND, Edgeworth. 



le A" ^'"*'^^ *^^®' gl'i'l^rous in all its parts. Leaves 4-6 in. long; rachis straight; 



Jinets 1^-2|^ in. long, firm, greenish or glaucous below, often emarginate at the 

 point, cuneatc at the base, the petiolules unusually long. Flowers in lax lirond 

 panicles, shorter than the leaves ; pedicels as long as the calj-x. Calyx ^-^ in. ; teeth 

 of tlT' ™*^^®^ shorter than the tube. Stamens 9. Corolla white, twice the length 

 in t^ T^^^' ^°^ ^™' Vrown, strap-shaped, rather shining, l|-3 in. by J-f in., 



tne place of the seeds distinctly marked but not wrinkled, 

 tin, ^^x ^i^ides ; leaflets rather narrower in proportion to their length and some- 

 »^^' °^:'tusely pointed. D. sissoides, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 6876 ; JF. ^' A. Prodr. 265 ; 



«««*• i« Journ. Linn. Soc. iv., Suppl. 39. D. javanica, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 132? 

 -Nilghiris. Bisirib. Java? ' ^^ ' 



acuf' P'O^ata, Grah. in Wall Cat. 5854; scandent, leaflets 5-7 oblonfr 

 ^"te Mowers in axillary panicles with crowded corvnibose branchlets, pt^icels 

 m- short, pod 1-3-seeded not veined opposite the seeds. Benth. in Jonni. Linn. 

 "'•' ^m^l- 40. D. glauca, Wall. Cat. 5862.. 



Martaban, Wallich. Pkgu, Kur::. ^ , , . „ , 



in i" ""^^ Pl'^nt glabrous, except the branchlets of the panicle, if (//-rachis 2-3 

 . • 'ong ; leaflets firm, greenish or slightly glaucous below, the upper oblong. 3-4 

 br'nT^' , "^^""^^"l gradually to a point, the lower sliorter round-ovate. Panicle 

 DiabT'i "*^ as long as the leaves, made up of distant congested clusters, the 

 htMakT^ spreading or even deflexed. Flower and pod just like those of I). 



- ^ '"\9^^'^^ifolia ; leaflets oblong or obovate-oblong obtuse emarginate 3-5 in. 



Birma, Griffith, Kurz. 



*• I>. ChampionI, Thimites Enum. PI. Zeyl. 95 ; scandent, leaflets 1^ 



