220 DiADELPHiA DiiCANDRiA. Dalheig'ia. 



beautifully veined. Filaments eight in one body. Anthers 

 oblong-. Germ sessile, oval, ])rotruded under the style, one- 

 celled, and containing a single ovuluni, attached to the apex 

 of the cell. Style the length of the stamina, ascending. Stigma 

 glandular. Capsule superior, froiu turbinate to oval, entire, 

 one-celled, evalvular, ending in a very large substantial 

 Aving' in the erect shape of a chopping-knife. Seeds solitary, 

 oval, or somewhat obovate, attached to the top of the cell, and 

 round the insertion partially arilled. Integument single, thin, 

 and firmly attached to the embryo. Perispeim none. Emhnjo 

 conform to the seed, inverse. Cotyledons of a softish, yellow, 

 waxy consistence, and yellow colour. P/?/»»^/« of two ob- 

 tuse lobes. Radicle minute, superior. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



DALBERGIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1158. 



Legume pedicelled, membranaceous, not opening sponta- 

 neously, but crumbling to pieces by age. Seeds one or more. 



Mote. The stamina disagree so much in the difterent spe- 

 cies of this very natural family as to render their forming any 

 part of the essential generic character inconvenient. The 

 fruit alone appears to be sufficient, to which may be added 

 the alternately pinnate leaves. 



1. D. Oojeinensis. Roxb. 



Leaves ternate; leaflets sub-rotund. /?acewes terminal, and 

 axillary. Flowers three-fold ; stamens one and nine. Legume 

 linear. 



From seeds received in 17.95 into the Botanic garden at 

 Calcutta from Dr. William Hunter, the suroeon to the Resi- 

 dent at Oojein, two young trees have been reared. In March 

 and April they blossom, when nearly destitute of leaves. 

 The seed ripens in September and October. 



Trunk tolerably straight, crowned with numerous spread- 



