224 DiADELPHiA DECANDRIA. DaWergta. 



for when ils rapid f» rowtli in almost every soil, its beauty, and 

 uses are taken into the account, few trees can be comj)ared 

 with it. 



4. D. emarr/inata. R. 



Leaflets from five to seven, alternate, round, obrordate, 

 emarginate. Panicle axillary, and terminal. Filaments 

 nine, coalesced in one. Lecfitme linear-lanceolate, from two 

 to four-seeded. 



A native of the Andaman Ishmds, from thence introduced 

 into the Botanic garden in 17()0, by Colonel Alex. Kyd. In 

 1809, the largest of the trees was from foity to fifty feet high, 

 and thick in proportion, viz. from forty to forty-five inches in 

 circumference, four feet ahove the ground. They blossom in 

 Septend)er ; and the seed ripens in March, at which lime the 

 trees are destitute of leaves in Bengal. 



Tnink nearly straight. Bark tolerably smooth and of a 

 dirty gray colour. Branches numerous, spreading and di- 

 viding in every direction, so as to form oneof our most shady 

 trees. Leaves alternate, bifarious, pinnate, from six to eight 

 inches long. Leaflets generally five or seven, sub-alternate, 

 short-petioled,round-obcordate, emarginate, very smooth, and 

 highly polished on both sides, but much paler luiderneath, 

 general size about an inch each way for the lower ones, and an 

 inch and a half for the most exterior ones. Petioles and peti- 

 olets round, slender and smooth. Stipules minute, caducous. 

 Panicles axillary, and terminal, shorter than the leaves, ra- 

 nnfications alternate, bifarious, smooth. Floicers numerous, 

 small, alternate, pedicelled, pure white, fragrant. Calyx 

 smooth ; upper two divisions broader, shorter and more unit- 

 ed. Filaments nine, united into one body with a fissure 

 down the back, ^^nthers twin. Germ linear-oblong, pedi- 

 celled. Style short. Legume lanceolate, with generally 

 from one to three seeds. 



In habit it much resembles Dalbergia Sissoo; the most con- 

 spicuous specific difference is in the leaves ; in this they are 



