Balbergia.'} L. LEGUMiNOSiE. (J. G Baker.) 237 



A climber, with even the branches of inflorescence nearly glabrous. Leaflets very 

 firm in texture, greenish on both surfaces, f-1 in. long, obtuse, sliglitly emarginate. 

 Inflorescence mainly terminal, the principal branches erecto-patent, the ultimate ones 

 forming distinct elongated f^corpioid cymes. Flowers much smaller than in any of its 

 neighboiu's and very deciduous, the minute pedicels subtended by lanceolate bracts as 

 kog as themselves. Cal^x ^\ in., subglabrous. Corolla under | in. long. Pod 2-2J 

 ; in. by | in., thin and not turning brown, narrowed from the middle to a very short 

 stalk, the lower suture much more rounded than the upper one. 



24. D. cana, Grah, in Wall. Cat. 5859; scandent, leaflets 15-19 acute 

 glabrescent, flowers in short axillary panicles with corymbose branchlets, 

 pedicels ebracteate as long as the calyx, calyx-teeth shorter than the tube^ pod 

 thin flat one-seeded softly pubescent not at 'all thickened or veined opposite the 

 seed. Kurz in Journ, AsiaL Soc. Beng, xlii. 2, 70. 



MouLMEiN, Wallich. Pegu and Martaban, Kurz. 



•It v"^^^^» leaf-rachises and leaves below thinly clothed with deciduous brown 



^ rlo^^'"^^' ^^^^^^ i-1 ^^- l*^^gJ leaflets rigidly su])Coriaceous, 1^2^ in. long, 

 ^'"ided at the base, narroAVcd to a point, the veinlets rather raised on the undersurface. 



anicles sparse, much shorter than the leaves, the erecto-patent branches finely 

 Drown-silky. Calyx subglabrous, J-i in. ; teeth lanceolate-deltoid. Corolla twice 

 ^ne length of the calyx. Pod strap-shaped, straight, 2-2i in. by ^-^ in., pale dull 



rovn, narrowed suddenly at the base to a stalk twice as long as the calyx. 



leaf? t' ?■ ^**P"lacea, Roxb. Hort. Bmg. 53 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 23.3 ; scandent, 



ttets 17-25 obtuse a-labrona or nfiarlv so. flowers in coDious axillary panicles 



calvx 



firm 



453 ^Benih 



Wight. 



^Lo *" '^^^- Li^n- 'S'wf. iv., Suppl. 47. D. fen-uprinea. Bo.rh. Fl. Ind. 

 \W-A -rrr^- ^i^^gens, W(dl. Cat. 6860. D. cassioides, Wall. Cat. 5863. D. 

 «naa, Wall. Cat. 6866 A, in imrt. D. rostrata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5867. 



Sa^^^P™ Himalayas, tropical zone, ascending to 4000 ft. in Sikkim ; Assam, Khasia, 



CT, Lhittagonq, Pegu, Martabax, Tenassebim.— Distrib. Malay isles, 

 leaflet ^^ glabrous, or at first finely grey-downy. Leaf-rachis 4-6 in. long: 

 leneatl '""^^'^^ly firm, obtuse, 1-1 1 in. long, glabrous, or at first minutely hairy 

 with i^*^*"^ above, subglaucous beneath. Panichs much shorter than the leaves, 

 from thi r ^^"^ ^^"^ ascending branches, the inflorescence readily distinguishable 

 and h '^^^ ^^^^ others by the conspicuous persistent oblanceolate glabrous bracts 



othpr,'^*^^®"^'*^- ^"^^^ subglabrous, ^ in. long; lowest tooth linear, exceeding the 

 ronr,^" V ■^^^'^ purplish, twice the length of the calyx ; blade of the standard 



narrowed 



Pod^lY^'^- ^- Selenolobium, Bcnth. Stamcm in two bundles of 6 each. 

 ooiir[uely orbicular-oblong-, rather recurved, usually 1-seeded. 



less^f^ ?: ™onosperma, I)alz. in Kew Joum. Bot. ii. 36 ; scandeut, spine- 

 Si- *^ ^-^ obtuse moderately small, pod flat. Dalz. S>- Gils. Bomh. Fl. / 8 ; 

 dT:-"'/^"""- Linn- Soc. iv., Suppl. 48. D. torta, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5879. 

 Pj^^ciilata, Wall. Cat. 6848 I, ex parte. 



ilalavTf ^^^^^ Western Peninsula, Ceylon and Malayan Peninsula.— Distrib. 



Awi,rf- •"'''' ^^'I'rpinos, N.Australia. , ^ ^ . 



usaaUv - u^'"""S '^^'^ul^' ^th lithe much-twisted black glabrous branches. Leaflet.'^ 



>nses.V' "'^^^afe-oblong, glabrous, obtuse, often emarginate. 1-H m- long. Flowers 



(lownv r,^"."^*"^*^ 'i^ill^ry panicles, 1-2 in. long, the branches only inconspicuously 



J • pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calt/x ^ in., subglabrous, with a pair of 



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