400 XLVIII. LEGUMINOSyE. 



Calyx ^-ir in. long, densely silky ; teeth ciliate, a little more than 

 half as long as the tube, subdeltoid, the lowest slightly the longest. 

 Corolla 3 in. long, bluish-white; standard oblong, emarginate, g-^ in. 

 l)road, veined, with a claw about as long as the tube of the calyx 

 and without any callosity at the base. Stamens in 2 bundles of 5 each. 

 Pods I5--I by 4- J in., narrowed at the base and apex, long-stalked, 

 glabrous, reticulately veined. Seeds 1-2. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 230 ; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 55 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 78 ; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 4 (1860) 

 Suppl. p. 45 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 75 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 426 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 11.— Flowers : 

 Apr.-May. Vern. Phansi. 



KoNKAN : Stocks !, Dohcll ! ; Matheran Gliut, H. M. Birdwood. Deccan : Mawal 

 districts above the Ghats, Graham. S. M. Countkv : Kalghatgi taluka of Dharwar, 

 Talbot. Kanaka: deciduous forests of N. Kanara, Talhot. — Distrib. India (W. Pen- 

 insula, Birina). 



10. Dalbergia spinosa, Boxh. Fl. Ind. v. 3 (1832) p. 233. A stiff 

 erect glabrous shrub ; lateral brauchlets short, horizontal, ending in a 

 hard spine. Leaves crowded in fascicles from the nodes of the spinous 

 brauchlets; rhachis slender, rusty-pubescent. Leaflets 7-11, firm, |-4 

 by g-| in., oblong, obtuse, glabrous ; petiolules very short. Flowers in 

 congested corymbose axillary panicles ; pedicels short. Calyx -jL- in, 

 long, puberulous ; teeth about equalling the tube, the 2 upper obtuse, 

 the 2 lateral smaller and narrower, subacute, the lowest slightly the 

 longest, lanceolate, acute. Corolla i in. long; standard yL in. broad, 

 elliptic oblong, without any callosity at the base. Stamens in 2 bundles 

 of 5 each. Ovary glabrous. Pod 1 in. long, roniform, flat, glabrous, 

 brown. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 238 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 75 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 15. 



This plant has been included on the authority of Talbot {l. c.) wlio has noted it as 

 occurring on the coast of tlie Konkan. I have seen no specimens from the Koukan 

 coast nor from any part of the Presidency of Bombay. — Distrib. India (shores of the 

 E. & W. Peninsulas, Chittagoug). 



Watt mentions a curious property which the powdered roots are reputed to 

 possess, viz. that of absorbing alc-ohol. Ivurz st.ites that " a spoonful of the powdered 

 root in a glass of water is said to destroy in less than half an liour the effects of 

 alcohol, even in cases bordering on delirium tremens."' It seems next to impossible 

 that any substance should be possessed of such a property, but I quote the statement 

 as given. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



11. Dalbergia volubilis, Roxh. Cor. PL v. 2 (1798) p. 48, t. 191. 

 A large woody climber reaching 40-50 ft. high ; branches glabrescent, 

 thickened in places and twisted into spiral hooks. Leaves 4-6 in. long; 

 i-hachis pubescent. Leaflets 11-13, thickly coriaceous, 1-2 by ^-1 in. 

 (the terminal the largest), oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse or truncate, 

 sometimes etnarginate, apiculate, dark green above, paler beneath, 

 glabrous; petiolules gin. long, glabrous. Flowers in copious axillary 

 and terminal leafless j)anicles 8-12 in long, with numerous lateral 

 branches 1-3 in. long, bearing dense corymbose cymes ; pedicels very 

 short; bracts at the base of the panicle small, ovate, subpersistent, 

 those at the base of the pedicels y\, in. long, oblong, obtuse, pubescent 

 on both sides, ciliolate ; bracceoles benetith the calyx 2, oblong-obtuse, 

 ,\ in. long, pubescent on both sides, ciliolate. Calyx ^ in. long, densely 

 puberulous ; teeth about one-third the length of the tube, the 4 upper 

 oblong, obtuse, the lower longer, triangular, subacute. Corolla i-| in. 



