Dalbergia.] XLvii. leguminos^. 5gi 



nerves fine inconspicuous, glabrous, 2 to 4 in. long, i to 2 in. wide 

 (terminal largest). Panicles lax axillary corymbose, grey downy, 

 2'5 to 3-5 in. long and as wide; pedicels -15 in. long. Calyx cam- 

 panulate, '2 in. long, puberulous, teeth sub-equal, wide, triangular. 

 Corolla cream white, tips flushed pink. Petals long-clawed; 

 standard orbicular oblong reflexed. Stamens g, in one sheath 

 split above. Ovary long, stipitate, pubescent i- to 2-ovuled. 

 Pod ligulate firmly coriaceous, blunt 3 to 4 in. long, -5 to •65 in. 

 wide. Seed i, oblong, 75 in. long. Hab. Woods. Singapore, 

 Garden Jungle; Bukit Mandai. Penang Hill 200 to 400 ft. alti- 

 tude (Curtis). Distrib. Ceylon, S. India, Malay islands to Celebes. 



(8) D. xnenoeides Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. Ixvi. 120; 

 Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. x. 64, pi. 41. 



Woody climber. Leaves 5 in. long; leaflets 3, sub-coriaceous, 

 glabrous above, glaucescent appressed puberulous beneath, lanceo- 

 late or ovate-lanceolate, base round or cuneate acute, 3 to 3*5 in. 

 long, I to 1*5 in. wide. Flowers few, sessile in very short axillary 

 racemes, '15 to -25 in. long. Calyx teeth obtuse sub-equal, pubes- 

 cent. Corolla white, petals long-clawed; standard sub-orbicular 

 emarginate, reflexed. Stamens 10 monadelphous. Ovary stipitate 

 glabrous; ovule i. Pod semilunar glabrous firm, 1-5 in. long, 

 •75 in. wide. Seed i reniform. Hab. Perak, Krian (Scortechini). 

 Rare. 



(9) D. torta Grah. Wall. Cat. 5873; Prain, I.e. Ixvi. 120; 

 Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. x. 64, pi. 42. D. monosperma Dalz. Baker, 

 I.e. ii. 337. D. candenatensis Prain, Journ. As. Soe. Beng. Ixx. 



(2), 49- 



Climbing shrub. Leaves 3 in. long; leaflets 5 (rarely 3 or 7) 

 obovate-oblong blunt or refuse, glabrous dark greenish above, 

 appressed pubescent beneath, -6 to "8 in. long, -4 to "6 in. wide. 

 Panicles sessile congested axillary i to 2 in. long, slightly puberulous. 

 Calyx glabrescent, teeth short, triangular, blunt. Corolla white, 

 •2 in. long; petals long-clawed; standard oblong reflexed. 

 Stamens 9 (or 10) monadelphous. Ovary stipitate, glabrous; 

 style subulate; ovules i to 2. Pod flat, brown, rather thick, 

 falcate rounded, -g in. long (i-seeded) or i'5 in. long (2-seeded), 

 •5 in. wide. Hab. Littoral scrub; common. Singapore, Pulau 

 Ubin; Kranji; Pulau Damar. Johor, Tana Runto ; Pulau Tinggi 

 (Feilding). Malacca, Tanjong Kling. Bindings. Perak, Matang 

 (Scortechini). Lankawi (Curtis). Distrib. East Asia to Polynesia. 



(10) D. tamarindifolia Roxb. Hart. Beng. 53; Baker, I.e. 

 ii. 234; Prain, I.e. Ixvi. 117; Ann. Bot. Gard. Cat. x. 69, pi. 48. 



Climbing shrub (or erect tree 20 to 40 ft.). Branches densely 

 pubescent. Leaves 5 to 6 in. long ; leaflets 24 to 41, thin pubescent 

 all over, paler beneath trapezoid-oblong, '6 to "75 in. long, "3 in. 

 wide. Stipules lanceolate, -2 in. long. Panicles sessile or short- 

 peduncled, corymbose dense, densely puberulous, '5 to 2 in. long, 



