Dalberyia. diadelphia decandrca. 225 



eniargiuate, in (h;it pciinled ; I may also adil that (lie bark in 

 in this is smoolli, in (liat deeply cracked. Colonel Alexan- 

 der Kyd, who brought the young- tree from the Andaman 

 Islands, in a latter dated October 1801, says, " I remember 

 the trees perfedly well, I brought them from the Andamans. 

 We there looked upon it as a kiiul i){' S'lssoo, and it was by 

 far the most valuable kind of \vood m e had on the Island, as 

 it orew to a very large size, and was well suited tor ship- 

 building. It has v(ry much the appearance of Sissno when 

 cut, but is of a more uniform colour and rather darker; in 

 fact, like very dark coloured oak. It grows in common on 

 the hi'>h <> rounds, with wood oil, and redwood trees, and all 

 the other varieties of trees that are at the Andamans, but 

 seems by no means a very common tree. Captain Blair built 

 a vessel at the Andamans called the Union, and employed as 

 much of this tindjer on her as he could procure, but as this 

 vessel is unforfimately gone to the bottou), there is no find- 

 ing out whether it is a durable timber or not." 



The timber of the young trees in the Botanic garden is con- 

 siderably harder and closer in the grain, than that of Sissoo 

 of the same size, and its growth much slower. 



5. D. alatu. It. 



Arboreous. Lcaftets about throe pair, opposite, linear-ob- 

 lono-, polished. Panicle terminal. Filamnitss'w^le and nine- 

 cleft. Lcfjume linear, with a short polished wing all round. 



Found by Mr. William Roxburgh in the state of a small 

 tree in the forests of Pulo Pinang. 



6. D. parvifloid. It. 



Leaflets from three to four pair, alternate, broad-lanceolate, 

 entire, smooth. Panicles terminal, corymbiform. Bractes 

 round, ciliate. Stamina in one body. Legume falcate, one 

 or two-seeded. 



A native of the Moluccas, and by far the smallest flowered 

 species I have yet found. 



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