\i,\ III. i,i;i.i Mi.Nos.i:. 401 



long, pale blue; staiulurd ,1 in. broad, Huborbicular-oblong. StaiueiLS 10, 

 ill '2 butulles oi' o eucli. Pods 2-'A by ;J-1 in., stalked, linear-oblong, 

 obtii8(>, conspicuously veined, glabrous. Seeds 1-2. Fl. B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 2^35 ; Grab. Cut. p. 55 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 78 ; Benth. in Journ. Liunl 

 Soc. V. 4 (18()(i) Suppl. p. 4G; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 75; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1«97) p. 426; Walt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. v. 3, 

 p. 16. — Flowers : Feb.- Mar. Yeun. Alai. 



Konkan: Bahcll cj- Gibson; M&ihovan, KanitAar I; hills about Nagotna, Graham. 

 Deccax : Kliaiulala hills, Dalcdl <^- Gibson, Woodroiv.— Distuib. Iiuli-i geuerally. 



This plant, is ol'teu contouadod with D. confcrtijlora, Uenlli., but may easily be dls- 

 liiiguisiicd by its inoiiadelphous staiucns. The latter docs not app?arto be a i orubay 

 plant at ail, the specimens IVom tiie Western Ghats named thus by Dalzell being 

 D. vohihilia. Vidr Train. Joura. As. Soc. Eenir. v. CiCi (IWtS) p. 44.") k p. 449. 



.-)i;. PTEROCARPUS, Linn. 



Erect unarmed trees. Leaves alternate, iraparipinnato. Leaflets 

 usually alternate, exstipellate. Flowers generally yellow, in axillary and 

 terminal racemes or panicles; bracts and bracteoles small, caducous. 

 Calyx turbinate, usually curved before expansion ; teetb short. Corolla 

 exserted, the petals with long claws, glabrous ; standard orbicular or 

 broadly ovate ; keel-petals free or slightly cohering. Staminal-tube slit 

 both above and below or above only, the vexillary stamen often nearly 

 or quite free ; anthers versatile. Ovary ses.sile or stalked ; ovules 2-6; 

 style filiform, slightly incurved ; stigma small, terminal. Pod orbicular 

 or broadly ovate, w ith a broad rigid wing, the point turned down to 

 opposite the base or near it. Seed 1 (rarely 2), oblong or siibreniform ; 

 radicle short, incurved. — Distkib. Cosmopolitan in the Tropics ; species 

 about L"). 



1. Pterocarpus Marsupium, lli<.ch. Cor. PL \. 2 (JTUS) p. !). 

 t. 116. A large deciduous tree witli a stout crooked stem and \videl\ 

 spreading branches ; bark thick, yellowish-grey, tbe outer layer cork)'. 

 Leaves 6-9 in. long ; rbachis glabrous, prolonged /^-l in. beyond the 

 insertion of the upper lateral leaflet. Leaflets 5-7, coriaceous, 2.^-4 by 

 l||-2 in., oblong, obtuse, rouuded, truucate or more or less refuse at the 

 apex, glabrous on both surfaces, shining above, base subacute ; main 

 nerves numerous, close, prominent ; petiolules \~'^ in. long. Flowers in 

 short lateral and terminal fusco-pubesceut paniculate racemes, ustiallv 

 shorter than the leaves ; pedicels sliort, artictdated beneath the flower. 

 Calyx \ in. long, veined, brown-pubescent ; teeth very short, broadly 

 triangular, the upper the largest. Corolla h in. long, pale-yello«-, 

 with crisped margins ; standard y^r in. broad, with a long claw. Stamens 

 monadelphous or the staininal-tiibe often finally slit on both sides making 

 them isadelphou.s. Ovary shortly stalked ; ovules 2. Pods 1-2 in. in 

 diam., nearly circular, glabrous or nearly so, the wing veined. Seed 

 small. Fl. JB. I. v. 2, p. 2\id ; Grab. Cat. p. 56 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 76 ; 

 Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 4 (1860) Suppl. p. 76; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. 2, p. 90; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 76; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Xat. \. 

 1 1 (1897) p. 42(5 ; Watt. Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 357.— Flowers : 

 May-June. A'ern. Bihla. 



Konkan: Balcell ^f Gihso)i, Sfockiil; GLorabaudar, JS'airne. Gujarat: Daugs, 

 Dahell tj- Gibson ; Eajpipla bills, Graham. Kanaka : common in N. Kanara, Talbot; 

 Yellapur, Woodrow. — Distiub. India (W, Peninsula and S. India) ; Ceylon. 



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