'232 DiADELPHiA DECANDRiA. Dalbergm. 



A very laroe, Avoody, twining species, a native of the 

 mountainous countries on the coast, where it runs up and 

 over the highest trees. 



Braric/ies^theW extremities often twine round whatever they 

 meet with in the form of ten(hils. Leaue.s alternate, bifari- 

 ous, j)iiuiate,wiih an odd one, four or five inches long. Leaf- 

 lets about five pair, not opposite, nor alternate, but between 

 the two ; oval, small, pointed, entire, smooth, the exterior larg- 

 est, about an inch long, by three quarters of an inch broad. 

 Stipii/es scarcely any. P«?i/cfe'f terminal, large, bifarious; 

 rannJicaUons generally two-forked, and diverging. Flowers 

 small, very numerous, blue. /?rac/e.« a small one below each, 

 pedicelled, and tno still smaller pressing on the calyx, ob- 

 lono-, nut coloured. Banner orbicular, emarginate; keel be- 

 low two parted. Filaments two, placed laterally, each five- 

 cleft, &c. as in the last. Lef/vme pedicelled, linearly oblong, 

 obtuse, membranaceous, waved, smooth, from two to three 

 inches long, by one broad ; not opening, iVom one to two- 

 seeded. 



16. D. scandens. R. Coroni. pi. ii. N. 192. 



Climbing. Leaflets opposite, oblong-lanceolate. Racemes 

 axillary, as long as the leaves. Legumes linear-lanceolate, 

 two or three-seeded. 



Beng. No^i-b/ta. 



Noel valii. Rheeil. Mai. vi. /. 22. In Wrlld. Sp. PL VahVs 

 Si/mhol. and Martin's Edition of Miller's Dictionarij, this 

 fi'iure is quoted for D. lancf'olaria, which I think it cannot 

 be for very obvious reasons. 



Cheratalee hadoo of the Telingas. 



A common, very large, woody, rlindjing, or tv.ining spe- 

 cies. Flowers during the wet season. 



Branches pen<lulous,remarkably long, and slender. Leaves 

 alternate, piimate, with an odd one, about six inches long. 

 Leaflets from three to five pairs, opposite, oblong, or broad- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, smooth, shining, entire; from t«o to three 



