Dalbergia.] xlvii. leguminos^. 589 



(i) D. parviflora Roxb. Hort. Beng. 98; Prain, I.e. Ixvi. 

 121 {pari) ; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. x. 34, pi. 8. 



Liane 80 ft. long. Main stem spiny. Leaves 6 to 8 in. long; 

 leaflets 5 to 9, ovate-lanceolate, tip blunt acuminate retuse, base 

 rounded glabrous ; nerves and reticulations very fine, 2 to 3-5 in. 

 long, 75 to 1-5 in. wide. Panicles 3 to 4 in. long and as wide; 

 branches and pedicels puberulous. Flowers minute secund. Calyx 

 campanulate; teeth obtuse, upper 2 connate. Corolla white; 

 petals short clawed; standard narrow obovate. Stamens 10, 

 monadelphous, vexillary one shorter. Ovary glabrous; style 

 short. Pod turgid, obovoid flattened, i- to 2-seeded indehiscent, 

 75 to 2 in. long, -6 in. wide. Seed reniform. Hah. River-banks 

 and forests. Pahang, Ayer Hitam, Pekan; Temerloh. Perak, 

 Matang Jambu (Wray) ; Goping (Kunstler). Kedah, Kulim 

 (Haniff). Distrih. Tenasserim, South Siam, Malay Archipelago. 



(2) D. Scortechinii Prain, I.e. Ixx. 444; Ann. Bot. Gard. Cale. 

 X. 40, pi. 15. 



Chmbing shrub, glabrous. Leaves 6 to 8 in. long; leaflets 

 II to 15 elliptic, blunt or retuse, glabrous except midrib above, 

 puberulous beneath, 7 to 1-5 in. long (rarely larger), -35 to 75 in. 

 wide; rachis and petioles puberulous. Flowers minute, white. 

 Panicles terminal, 2 to 4 in. long, 1-5 to 3 in. wide, pubescent. 

 Calyx teeth short, blunt, lowest longer lanceolate. Corolla white, 

 petals short clawed. Stamens 9 in 2 bundles of 5 and 4, vexillary 

 filaments free. Ovary pubescent, short, stipitate. Pod ovate- 

 lanceolate, glabrous, stipitate, 1-5 to 2 in. long, -5 in. wide. Seed 

 I to 3, reniform. Hab. Forests. Singapore, Bukit Timah. Malacca 

 (Maingay). Perak, Bujong Malacca (Scortechini). Penang, Ayer 

 Hitam (Curtis). Distrib. Bangka, Borneo, Java. 



(3) D. Curtisii Prain, I.e. 58; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. x. 41, 

 pi. 16. 



Chmbing shrub. Leaves 6 to 7 in. long; leaflets 7 to 9, oblong 

 or elliptic, base cuneate, tip rounded emarginate, glabrous above, 

 puberulous except midrib beneath, i'5 to 2 in. long, i in. wide; 

 rachis and petiolules puberulous. Panicles 4 to 5 in. long, 3 in. 

 wide pubescent. Flowers minute, white secund inodorous. Calyx 

 campanulate; teeth short, blunt. Corolla white; petals short- 

 clawed ; standard wide oblong emarginate. Stamens 9 in one 

 sheath split above. Ovary long, stipitate pubescent ; style none. 

 Pod glabrous. Hah. Lowland woods. Malacca (Maingay). Perak, 

 Teluk Anson. Penang, Penara Bukit Road at 500 ft. altitude 

 (Curtis). Distrih. Sumatra. 



(4) D. stercoracea Maing. Prain, I.e. 58; Ann. Bot. Gard. 

 Cale. X. 42, pi. 17. D. Junghuhnii Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 



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Climbing shrub 15 to 30 ft. long. Leaves 3 to 4 in. long; 

 leaflets 7 to 9, oblong or elliptic, base cuneate, tip round truncate 



