3-foIiolate ; petioles \-^ in. long, appresf^edly hairv ; stipules 4 in, long, 

 oblong-laiiceolate, prolonged to a long acicular point, ciliate. Leaflets 

 14-3| by §-1 in., oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, mucronate, sub- 

 cordate (those near the base of the stem often smaller and sometimes 

 broadly elliptic), all glabrous and reticulately veined above, densely 

 appressedly-silky beneath, ciliate ; petiolules very short, hairy ; stipels 

 subulate. Flowers at first in dense close tei'minal and axillary racemes 

 which afterwards elongate, sometimes reaching in. long ; pedicels 

 elongating after fl.o\vering to |-| in., slender, hairy, in pairs along a 

 hairy rhachis ; bracts ^ in. long, broadly ovate, acuminate, strongly 

 nerved, slightly hairy on the back, ciliate, concealing the flowers when 

 in bud, soon falling. Calyx scarious, |-^ in. long, divided nearly to the 

 base, slightly hairy on the back ; teeth oblong-lanceolate, acute, not 

 imbricate, strongly and closely nerved, ciliate with long, stiff hairs, the 

 2 upper teeth connate for about 4 their length. Corolla rosy ; standard 

 ^ by 5 in. suborbicular or obovate. Pods ^-i in. broad, included or 

 slightly exserted, subcompressed, finely pubescent, slightly moniliform ; 

 joints 3-4, reticulately veined, the reticulations honeycombed. FLB, I. 

 V. 2, p, 160 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 65 : Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. ]1 

 (1897) p. 423.— Flowers : Sept.-Oct. 



KoNKAx : Sfoc/is ! Deccan : Ambenali near Lanoli, Kanifkar ! ; Maliablesbwar, 

 abundant, Cookc\ S. M. Country: Belgaum Districts, Cooke\ ; Parva Ghat, Eifchie, 

 1189!; Ramghat, Balzell cf- Gibson. Kanaka: Dalzelll — Distrib. Apparently 

 endemic. 



Vak, racemosus. Baker, in Hook, f, Fl, B, I, v. 2, p. 160, Dwarf, 

 4—12 in. high. Leaflets 1-foliolate, broadly-elliptic, obovate or sub- 

 orbicular, under 1 in, long, rounded or subacute, Eacemes shorter, 

 with fewer and more distant flowers. Calyx ^-j\ in, long. Pods in- 

 cluded or slightly exserted, A. racemosus (sp.), Benth, in Hohen, PI. 

 Ind, Or. n. 1212; Bedd. Icon, t. 292. 



Deccan : Mahableshwar, Cooke !, Woodrow !. 



30. OUGEINIA, Benth. 



A tree. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate ; stipules free, deciduous. 

 Leaflets large, stipellate. Flowers in fascicled axillary racemes ; pedicels 

 filiform, usually fascicled along the rhachis ; bracts small, squamiform ; 

 bracteoles beneath the calyx minute, persistent. Calyx-tube campanu- 

 late ; teeth obtuse, the tw o upper connate into a broad emarginate lip, 

 the lowest tooth longer than the lateral ones. Corolla much exserted ; 

 standard suborbicular or obovate, clawed ; keel obtuse. Stamens dia- 

 delphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile ; ovules many ; style in- 

 curved, subulate ; stigma terminal, capitate. Pod linear, elongate, flat, 

 smooth, farmed of 2-5 lai'ge, more or less distinct, scarcely dehiscent 

 joints, — Distrib, Eist Indies ; species 1, 



1, Ougeinia dalbergioides, Benth. Fl. Jungh. (1851-55) p. 216. 

 A tree 20-4(» ft. high, with a short crooked trunk ; bark dark brown, 

 deeply cracked ; branches slender, terete. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, 

 often reaching 12 in, long (including the petiole) ; common petioles 

 1^-2 in, long ; stipules \ in. long, lanceolate, acute, caducous, Ijeaflets 

 rigidly coriaceous, the terunnal broadly elliptic or roundish, sometimes 



