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PONTEDERIA HASTATA 



DALBERGIA LATIFOLIA. 



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five or six broad 



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terior angles generally obtuse. 



long. 



diets from three to seven, generally fi 



Petiole, the flower-bearing longest, and groov'd a little, near the 



apex swell'd, and there on the fore-part splits, sheath-like, for 

 the passage of the raceme. The other petioles swell near the 



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emb 



they are tapering, sometimes spotted with small purple dots, 

 from eighteen to twenty-four inches long, and not groov'd like 



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the exterior largest, roundish, emarginate, a little waved, above 

 smooth, below covered with a little whitish down, generally 

 about two inches each way. 



Petioles common, round, smooth. 



Stipules none. 



Panicles axillary, small, erect. 



Flowers papilionaceous, small, white. 



Calyx hoary, five-tooth 'd. 



Filaments ten, united into one, open above. 





Flowers very numerous, pedicel'd, surrounding closely every part Anthers twin, singly globular. 



of the raceme, those nearest the apex begin to expand first, 

 and continue in succession down ; they are large, and of a 

 beautiful, bright, blue, colour. 



Pedicels round, smooth, about an inch long. 



Petals six, withering : the three interior largest, inverse egg'd ; the 



three exterior, oblong. 

 Filaments six, short, the lower one rather longer than the others, 



two-cleft [a], or double [b). 

 Anthers linear, erect, the lowermost one is much larger, or double, 



blue ; the rest are yellow. 

 Germ above, egg'd. 

 Style single ascending, rather longer than the stamens. 



Stigma downy. 



Is a native of marshy places, or shallow, standing fresh water 

 Flowers during the rainy, and cold season. 

 The figure of this is also smaller than nature. 



112. 



BERGERA KOENIGII 



Linn. Mant. 5 6 3. 



Germ pedicel'd, smooth. 

 Stigma simple. 



Legume pedicel'd, lanced, compress'd, leafy, brittle, when ripe fall- 

 ing, not opening ; about an inch broad, and two and a half, 

 or more, long. 



Seed, generally but one in the centre of the legume, kidney-form, 



smooth, compress'd, brown, size of a very small french bean. 



This is one of our largest mountain trees ; flowers during the wet 

 season ; seeds ripe in February and March. 



The wood of the centre of the trunk and large branches, is what 

 is commonly called Black wood, and used almost universally for 

 making household furniture. Its colour is a greyish black, with 

 light-coloured veins running in various directions, and giving it 

 that beautiful appearance so much admired. It is heavy, sinking 

 in water, close grained, and admits of the finest polish. On the 

 Malabar coast the tree must grow to an immense size, as I have seen 

 planks from thence sometimes full 3i feet broad, and if we allow 

 nine inches of white wood to have been on the outside, the cir- 

 cumference must have been 15 feet, exclusive of the bark. 



Carri-vepa of the Telingas. 



Karuvepelie of the Tamuls. 



This grows to a small tree ; a native of the mountainous parts of 

 the Circars, and is cultivated in gardens for the sake of its leaves. 

 Its flowering time, the hot season. 



The leaves are a principal ingredient in the country stews called 

 Curries ; and when they cannot be had fresh, they are used dry ; for 

 they retain their flavour when dried, and in that state are to be 

 found in every bazar (market). They have a peculiar flavour, which 

 I cannot describe ; at first rather disagreeable, but most people soon 

 become, at least reconciled to the taste, if not fond of it. 



The bark and roots are used internally as stimulants, and exter- 

 nally, as a remedy for certain eruptions, as also for the bite of poi- 

 sonous animals. The green leaves are prescribed to be eaten raw 

 for the cure of the dysentery ; and when bruised, are, like the bark 

 and roots, applied by way of cataplasm. 



113. 



DALBERGIA LATIFOLIA. 



Viroogooduchawa of the Telingas 

 Blackwood Tree of the English. 



Trunk 



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DALBERGIA PANICULATA. 



Patseroo of the Telingas. 



Trunk erect. 



Branches numerous, spreading, forming a very fine, close, shady 



head. Branchlets ascending. 

 Leaves alternate, two-faced, feather 'd, with an odd one, four or five 



inches Ion 



ijlets 



nate, oblong, smooth, often end-nick'd, nearly equal, ab 



ficatio 



half an inch long, and about one broad. 

 Panicles terminal, leafy, large, generally two-faced, ram 



alternate, round, downy. 

 Flowers numerous, small, white, with a faint tinge of blue. 

 Calyx deep blackish purple, and hairy. 

 Wings as long as the banner. 

 Keel half the length of the wings, two-petal'd, only slightly united 



a little at the middle. 



divided into fi 



Anthers twin, singly globular. 



tly as in Dalberg 



This also is a large tree, and a native of the Circar mountains. 

 Flowers about the beginning of the hot season. 



The wood is white and firm, but less useful than that of the 

 former species. 



