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232 L. LEGUMiKOS^. (J. G. Baker.) [Dalbergia. 



oMong acute, flowers in lax axillary panicles with subcorymbose branches, 



• pedicels as long as the calyx, pod not veined opposite the solitary seed. Benth. 



in Jotirn. Linn. Soc. iv., SuppL 39. D. pseudo-sissoo, Miq. FL Inch Bat. i. 128? 



Ceylon-, Gardner, Walker, &c. — Distrib. Malay isles. 



Branches glabrous, twining. Leaflets firm, glabrous, green on both surfaces, oblong. 

 2-4 in. long, rounded at the base, narrowed suddenly to a point. Panicles as long 

 as or shorter than the leaves, the branches finely grey-downy. Calyx ^ m., sub- 

 glabrous ; te^th short, obtuse. Corolla twice the length of the calyx ; claws of the 

 petals as long as the calyx. Stamens 9. Pod strap-shaped, obtuse, 3-4 m. by 

 ^-^ in., alwajs 1 -seeded. 



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o. D. rimosa, Hoxb. Hart. Beng. b6 ; ^/. Ind. in. :^^t5 ; ereci, j^uu^w 

 5-9 oblong obtuse or acute, flowers A^ery small in axillary and terminal panicles 

 with corymbose branches, pedicels very short, pod thickened and vei\ied opposite 

 the solitary seed. Wall Cat. 5853 ; Wir/ht Ic. t. 262 ; Benth, in Joum. Linn. 

 Soc. iv., SuppL 32. 



Eastern Himalayas, tropical zone, ascending to 4000 ft. ; Khasia, Sixhet, Assam. 



Z^a/'-rachis straight, 2-4 in. long ; leaflets moderately firm, oblong or obovate- 

 oblong, 2-4 in. long, bright green above, grey with a thiu coating of grey short 

 adpressed hairs beneath. Panicles broad and corymbose, with finely grey-do\niy 

 branches, the very numerous small flowers in crowded corymbs. Calyx 24 1^*' 

 finely downy; teeth obtuse, subequal, about as long as the tube. Corolla white, 

 twice as long as the calyx ; claws of the petals very short. Pod oblong, glabrous, 

 2-3 in. by 1-1^ in., much thickened opposite the large seed. Seeds very rarely 2. 



6. D. foliacea, Wall Cat. 5856 A, 0,D; erect, leaflets 9-13 elongate- 

 obloug obtuse or acute, flowers small mostly in ample terminal panicles vn\^ 

 corymbose branches, pedicels short, pod thickened and veined opposite the 

 usually solitary seed, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv., Siqyj^L 41. 



Forests of Ava, Pegu, and Martahan. 



7^m/-rachis straight, 3-4 in. long; leaflets rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous, not 

 glaucous beneath. Panicle f-| ft., the main branches wide-spreading, raUier 

 decurved, the branchlets clothed with thin grey-brown pubescence. Calyx 15 ^jj 

 finely downy, the lowest tooth about as long as the tube. Corolla twice the lengta 

 of the calyx, the claws of the petals short. Pod just like that of B. riniosa. 



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Leff/letsfetCj small. 



7. D. rubigrinosa, Roxb. Cor. PI. ii. 9, 1. 115 ; FL Ind. iii. 231 ; scandent; 



leaflets 5-7 oblong- obtuse glabrous beneath^ flowers in short crowded ^^^^^. j^ 

 panicles^ pedicels very short, petal-claws as long as the calvx, ovaries 3-4-ovuled. 

 DC Prodr. ii. 41G; W. ^- A. Prodr. 2(55; Benth. in ^Jonm. Linn. Soc. iv., 

 Suj>pl. 43. 



Wkstkun- Pkxixsula. — DisTinn. South China. 

 Habit of B. moJiosperma, from 

 and ovary. Branches glalji'ous, t\\ 



. South China. 



which it may bo readily known by the «^^^ 



J' ^^'- «■', u.vining. Leaflets firm, not conspicuously ^'^j^^.^ 



1-2 in. long, rather glaucous beneath. Panicles 1-2 in. long, sessile, the branclue 

 finely pubesceut. Calyx scarcely i iu. long, finely brown-silky, with a pair of s^^j^^ 

 obtuse persistent bracteoles ; teeth short, obtuse. Corolla twice the length of t 



calyx. Pod unknown. 



8. D. con^esta, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5872; scandent, leaflets 7-11 

 oblong obtuse more or less clothed with brown pubescence beneath, flowers 1 

 short crowded axillary panicles, pedicels very short, petal-claws as ionjr *^ L. 

 calyx, pod 1-2-seeded not veined opposite the seeds. W. Sf A. Prodr.^ 2o*>j 

 Benth, in Jmi?^. Linn. Soc. iv., Suppl. 43, D. Gardneriana, Benth. loc. cit* 



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