592 XLVii. LEGUMiNOSiE. [Dalbcrgia. 



•5 to I in. wide. Calyx glabrescent, greenish yellow, teeth ovate. 

 Corolla white; petals long-clawed; standard ovate, reflexed. 

 Stamens 9 to 10 monadelphous. Ovary glabrous, stipitate ; ovules 

 2 to 3. Pod thin green, brown when dry, reticulate ligulate stipi- 

 tate, 1-5 to 3 in. long, -4 in. wide. Seeds i to 3, nearly straight. 

 Hab. Open forest near water ; Pahang, Tahan River. Perak, 

 Goping (Kunstler). Penang (Wallich 5865). Kedah, Yan. Distrib. 

 Himalaya, Burma, China, Indo-China, Malay isles. 



(11) D. velutina Benth. PI. Jungh. i. 255; Prain, I.e. Ixvi. 

 117; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. x. 74, pi. 55, 56. 



Climbing shrub. Branches red-pubescent. Leaves 6 to 8 in. 

 long; leaflets 13 to 17 oblong blunt or acute, membranous, dark 

 green, rusty-velvety beneath, i'5 to 2 in. long, '6 to '8 in. wide; 

 rachis velvety. Stipules obovate to linear lanceolate, '6 in. long. 

 Panicles dense, axillary corymbose, 4 in. long, 2*5 in. wide, velvety. 

 Calyx pubescent, base gibbous, upper teeth acute, lower obtuse. 

 Corolla white or spotted pink, '2 in. long; petals long-clawed; 

 standard orbicular reflexed. Stamens 9 to 10, monadelphous, or tube 

 partly split above on lower face; filaments alternately long and 

 short. Ovary glabrous ; ovules 2 to 3, stipitate, stipes pubescent ; 

 style long. Pod stipitate thin, brown, i- to 2-seeded, 2 to 3 in. 

 long, "6 to 7 in. wide. Hab. Forest edges. 



var. Maingayi. Leaves glaucescent, glabrous above, beneath 

 branches, rachis, stipules and calyx rusty pubescent. Flowers 

 pink or white. The commonest variety in the peninsula. Singapore 

 Changi, near Tampinis. Malacca (Maingay both varieties), Lan- 

 kawi, Kwah (Curtis), (typical form). Distrib. Ty^e form, Burma, 

 Assam : var. Maingayi Tenasserim, Malay islands. 



(12) D. Kunstleri Prain, I.e. Ixvi. 121; Ann. Bot. Gard. Gale. 

 I.e. 104, fl. 90. 



Liane 40 to 60 ft. long, 3 to 4 in. through. Branchlets pubes- 

 cent. Leaves 10 to 12 in. long ; leaflets 7 to 9, dark green, glabrous 

 above, pubescent beneath, coriaceous elliptic acuminate, base 

 round, 4 to 6 in. long, 2 in. wide ; rachis and petiolules at first 

 pubescent. Panicles 4 to 6 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide, puberulous. 

 Calyx teeth ovate-lanceolate blunt (except lowest, lanceolate). 

 Corolla " dark blue " (probably dark pink) ; petals all long-clawed; 

 standard orbicular emarginate. Stamens 10 usually in one sheath, 

 which is sometimes split on both sides. Ovary long stipitate, 

 pubescent. Style long, slender; ovules 2 to 4. Pod thick corky, 

 pubescent falcate i- (or 2-)seeded, 1-5 to 2-5 in. long, -9 in. wide, 

 •4 in. thick. Seed reniform. Hab. Limestone rocks. Perak, 

 Goping and Kinta River (Kunstler). 



28. PTEROCARPUS, Linn. 



Big trees. Leaves of about 7 coriaceous ; leaflets alternate, 

 racemes axillary panicled. Flowers light j'-ellow. Calyx turbinate, 



