234 , DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. -Pterocarpus. 
anttllaby! few-flowered. Filaments in two equal bodies. re 
gat oval, one-seeded. 
A native of Chittagong. 
PTEROCARPUS. Schreb. gen. N. 1159. 
Calyx campanulate, five-toothed. Legume* nearly round, 
leafy margined, varicose, one or more-celled ; cells one- 
seeded. 
1. P. santalinus, Willd, iii. 906. 
Leaves ternate, with sub-rotund, retuse, smooth leaflets. 
Racemes axillary. 
Sans, Chandana. 
Beng. Chundana, or Rukta-chundun. 
A native of Coromandel, Flowering time the hot season. 
For a full description, see Supplementum plantarum, Linn. 
+ eae Willd, iii. 906, &c. 
2. P. marsupium. Willd, iii, 905. R. Corom, pl. ii. No. 116. 
Leaves pinnate; /eaflets from five to seven, alternate, el- * 
‘liptic, emarginate. Panicles terminal. Stamens ten in two 
bodies, coalesced near the base. ; 
Teling. Yeanga-sha. 
Beng. Peet-Sal. : 
‘This species, which grows to be a very large tree, seems 
not to have been taken notice of by any writer that Ihave . | 
met with. ‘It is a native of the Circar mountains. Flowering 
time, the beginning of the rains, and the seed ripens about 
the close of the year. 
Trunk erect, very high, though searcely ever found wt 
Bark, outer coat brown, spongy, falling off in flakes; inward- 
ly red, fibrous, and —_ Branches spreading, horizon- 
* It rather deserves sii name of a compen, igaco varicose, 
ene or more-celled, winged nut, iat 
