xLTiri. r.EGL'MiNosyr:. 397 



Guill. & Per. in their description siiy stamens lU, sometimes 0. In 

 tlieir figure, however, 9 stamens are sliown. I liave t'oiind only in all 

 the specimens I have examined and they are monadelphous, though the 

 staminal-tube is slit some way down on the lower side. 



Very doubtfully wild in the Boiiibay ^l•esidenc3^ — The tree occurs in Kunara, where 

 it goes by tbo name of " Oliinose biat-kwood." It lias been planted as a ruadsido tree 

 in JDharwar and also at Gaucsh Kbiiid near Poona. Dalzell (/. c.) says it was raised 

 in the Botanic Gardens at llewra and Dapuri from seed furnished by Mr. Nuumo and 

 was called " Senaar Ebony." 



The wood is remarkably hard and is used in Seneganibia for many of the pnrposci 

 .served by ebony and according to Guill. & Per. has been imported into Europe. 



4. Dalbergia rubiginosa, Roxh. Cor. PI. v. 2 (1798) p. 9, t. 115. 

 iScandent ; branches terete, glabrous. Leaves imparipinnate, -3-4 in. 

 long; rbachis appressedly pubescent. Leaflets 5-7, coriaceous, 1-2| by 

 h~l\ in. (the terminal mucli the largest), elliptic-oblong, obtuse, emar- 

 ginate, glabrous and shining above, pale, minutely puberulous and 

 inconspicuously reticulately veined beneath, base rounded or subacute ; 

 midrib prominent on the underside ; petiolules y^ in, long, pubescent. 

 Flowers in short crowded axillary panicles 1-2 in. long, with finely 

 pubescent branches ; pedicels yV in. long ; bracts ovate-oblong, sub- 

 acute, pubescent on both sides, ciliolate ; bracteoles suborbiciilar-oblong, 

 concave, rounded at the apex, pubescent on both sides, ciliolate. Calyx 

 i in. long, finely brown-silky; teeth obtuse, about \ the length of the 

 tube, ciliolate. Corolla i in. long; standard obovate-oblong, y'^- in. 

 broad. Stamens 9 or 10 in one bundle. Ovary stalked ; ovules 2-4 

 Pods strongly veined, 1-2-seeded {fide Talbot, 1. c). PI. B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 232; Benth. in Journ. Liun. Soc. v. 4 (1860) Suppl. p. 43 ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. p. 75. 



I have found the number of stamens to be usually 10, though I have 

 found 9, but very rarely. 



Rare. Konkan : Stocksl Kanaiu : N. Kanara, Talbot, i^\; in the evergreen 

 forests from the Ainshi Ghat southward, Talbot. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; 

 S. China. 



5. Dalbergia torta, Gmh. in Wall. Oat. (1828) 5873. A stout 

 scaudent shrub, climbing by means of its divaricate lateral twigs often 

 hooked at the ends -, bark purplish-black, smooth. Leaves 2-3 in. long ; 

 rbachis finely pubescent. Leaflets 5-7 (usually 5), j-1 by 4-f in., 

 elliptic-oblong, obtuse, usually emarginate, quite glabrous above, glau- 

 cescent and more or less minutely puberulous beneath, base usually 

 rounded (that of the terminal leaflet cuneate) ; petiolules -^ in. long, 

 pubescent. Flowers in axillary solitary or twin racemose or subcymose 

 panicles shorter than the leaves; pedicels 2T)~tV ^"- ^oi^g5 bracts and 

 bracteoles minute, persistent, the former ovate-oblong, subacute, the 

 latter orbicular, concave. Calyx ]r in. long, glabrous ; teeth about 

 \ the length of the tube, subequal, obtuse. Corolla \ in. long, white; 

 standard i\7-yo in. broad, narro\\'ly oblong, obtuse, A\"itli a very slender 

 claw as long as the tube of the calyx, and without any callosity at the 

 base. Stamens 10 in one bundle. Ovary glabrous ; ovules usually 2. 

 Pods 1 by 5 in., brown, shortly stalked, crescent-shaped (the upper 

 suture recurved), polished. Seed 1. Dalhcr(jia monosperma, Dalz. in 

 Kew Joiu-n. v. 2 (1850) p. 3G; PI. B. 1. v. 2, p. 237; Dalz. & Gibs. 



