590 XLvii. LEGUMiNOS^. [Dalbergia. 



or retuse, glabrous above, glaucous puberulous beneath, '6 to i"25 in. 

 long, '35 to 75 in. wide; rachis puberulous. Panicle and cymes 

 terminal and axillary 3 to 4 in. long, "2 in. wide, pubescent. 

 Flowers minute -i in. long, white foetid. Calyx campanulate; 

 teeth blunt short except lowest longer acute. Corolla, petals 

 short-clawed. Stamens 9 in one sheath. Ovary short stipitate, 

 tip pubescent ; style short. Pod thin, membranous, green, glabrous, 

 blunt, ellipsoid, 2-5 in. long, i to i'5 in. wide, i- rarely 2-seeded. 

 Hab. Common, edges of forests and seashores. Singapore, Garden 

 Jungle ; Changi ; Pulau Ubin. Johor, Minyak Buku. Malacca, 

 Sungei Hudang; Bukit Bruang (Derry). Negri Sembilan, Serem- 

 ban (Cantley). Distrib. Sumatra. Native names : Akar Urat- 

 Urat ; Akar Saga Paya ; Bunga Pitaia. 



(5) D. phyllanthoides Bl. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 134. var. 

 sennoides Prain, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. x. 43, pi. 20. D. sub- 

 sympathetica Prain, I.e. Ixvi. 116. D. sennoides Bl. Miq. I.e. 



Climbing shrub 60 to 80 ft. long. Branchlets pubescent. 

 Leaves 1-5 to 3 in. long ; leaflets 9 to 15, elliptic-oblong, tip rounded, 

 base cuneate, green glabrous above, glaucescent hairy beneath, 

 •25 to "4 in. long, '2 to '3 in. wide; rachis pubescent. Panicles 

 axillary small, 3 in. long, i to 2 in. across. Flowers minute secund. 

 Calyx teeth blunt except the lowest acute. Corolla white; petals 

 short-clawed ; standard oblong or obovate emarginate. Stamens 9, 

 usually in one sheath split above. Ovary glabrous or nearly so, 

 short stipitate. Pod glabrous thin, membranous green, tip blunt, 

 base cuneate, stipitate, i- rarely 2-seeded, 2*5 in. long, i in. wide. 

 Hab. Woods at hill bases. Perak ; Waterfall, Thaiping (Wray) ; 

 Penang, Waterfall (Curtis). Distrib. Java, Borneo. 



(6) D. HuUettii Prain, I.e. Ixvi. 119; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 

 X. 50, p. 85. 



A shrub or treelet. Branchlets black puberulous, leafless when 

 in flower. Stipules ovate acute, "25 in. long. Leaves unknown. 

 Flowers white in short clustered racemes, i to i'5 in. long, axillary 

 with tufts of triangular pubescent bracts at base ; pedicels slender, 

 •3 in. long. Calyx campanulate rusty-tomentose, "15 in. long; 

 teeth acute half as long as tube. Corolla petals long-clawed, 

 standard orbicular reflexed, wings and keel-petals hastate. 

 Stamens 9, rarely 10 in one sheath. Ovary glabrous, stipe long 

 pubescent; ovule i. Hab. Open swampy ground. Rare. Flowers 

 when leafless. Singapore, Thomson Road (Hullett) ; Selitar 

 (Ridley). 



(7) D. rostrata Grah. Wall. Cat. 5867; Prain, Joiirn. As. 

 Soc. Beng. Ixx. 245. D. pseudo-sissoo Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 128 ; 

 Prain, I.e. Ixvi. (2), 118. 



Woody climber 15 to 25 ft. long, glabrous, occasionally erect 

 tree-like. Leaves 6 in. long; leaflets stiffly chartaceous, 3 to 4 

 (rarely 5 or 2) oblong, base narrowed cuneate or round, tip cuspidate ; 



