25. Ponoamu.] 43. PAPILIONACEM. [27. Dalbebgia. 



The pods are very largely collected by the natives for the valuable 

 oil which is largely used for skin diseases and for burning. 



A wonderful tree for adapting itself to diverse conditions, growing 

 well with its roots in salt water, or fresh water, or exposed to the hot 

 dry winds of Cbota Nagpur on road embankments. 



26. Pterocarpus, L. 



Large trees. L. with alt. exstipellate lflts. Fl©. yellow in 

 copious panicled racemes. Calyx turbinate curved in bud, 

 teeth short. Corolla exserted. Petals crisped, keel obtuse, 

 petals not or slightly connate. St. 10, monadelphous, or 

 9 + 1 or 5 + 5. Ovary stipitate 2-ovuled. Pod flat orbicular, 

 winged all round, seed 1 rarely 2. 



1. P. Marsupium, Roxb. Hid, K. ; Murga, 8. ; Bia, 

 Kharw. ; Bija-sal, Paisar, H. 



A large or mod.- sized tree with 5-7 close parallel- 

 veined lflts. and terminal and axillary crisped yellow flowers. 



Valleys and north aspects near valleys. Singbhnm, frequent 

 Manbhum ; flazaribagh ; Eanchi ; Palamau ; S. P. (Gumra Protected 

 Forest). Pis. Oct. Ft. DecFeby. Evergeen or nearly so, the leaves are 

 renewed May-June. 



Lflts. oblong obtuse both ends, or apex retuse, 3-5'' long, glaucous 

 beneath. Racemes dense flowered in panicles 6-10" long and broad. 

 Calyx brown-green, longer than, and articulate with , the pedicel. Corolla 

 twioe the calyx, £". Staminal-sheath 2 -fid. Pod 1-lf" diam. 



A red juice exudes on blazing the tree similar to that of Butea. It 

 Boon hardens and forms the Gum Kino of European medicine, an astrin- 

 gent, valuable in diarrhoea. The leaves are a good fodder. 



Var. acuminata, Train. Lflts. ovate acute or acuminate. Pods 

 much larger than in the type. Eajmehal hills, Train. 



The beet tree for planking in Ch. Nagpur and deserves to be 

 largely planted as the supply is very limited. 



87. Dalbergia, L. Bl. 



Trees or shrubs, sometimes scandent. L. with alt. exsti- 

 pellate leaflets. Fls. small in axillary or terminal panicles. 



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