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puberulous "15 in. long, teeth short subequal obtuse. Gorolla "35 in. 

 long, claws of petals as long as calyx-tube. Stamens 10 monadelphons. 

 Ovary glabrous, ovule solitary. Pod greenish, semilunar, flat, glabrous, 

 firm, reticulated throughout, upper suture recurved, i'5 in. long, '75 in. 

 wide ; 1-seeded ; tip acute, stalk rather longer than calyx. 

 Peeak; Krian, Scortechihi 1392 ! 



A very distinct species with leaflets somewhat resembling those of D. 

 pse^ldo-8^ssoo. 



11. Dalbergia Kunstleri Prain. An extensive climber 40-150 

 feet long with stem 3-6 in. in diam. and pubescent younor branches. 

 Xeau6!5 10-12 in. long, leaflets 7-9, the lateral ones subopposed, dark- 

 green quite glabrous above, dark-grey when young densely pubescent 

 when old sparsely puberulous beneath, rigidly coriaceous, elliptic- acumi- 

 nate, 4-6 in. long, 2 in. wide, with very prominent midrib and 8-9 pairs 

 of spreading lateral veins beneath, secondary venation also distinct, 

 rachis 8 in. long, petiolules '3 in. long at first densely pubescent ultimately 

 glabrescent. Flowers in axillaiy panicles 4-6 in. long with spreading- 

 rusty-puberulous branches, bracts and bracteoles deciduous, pedicels 

 Tinder '1 in. Calyx '15 in., teeth lanceolate except the upper, the lowest 

 twice as long as the tube. Corolla dark-blue, '35 in. long, standard 

 orbicular emarginate. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary pubescent. Pod 

 finely puberulous, rigid, much thickened throughout, 1-2-seeded, 1 •5-2-5 

 in. long, -9 in. wide, "3 in. thick, short-stalked, dark-brown to almost 

 black when ripe, with grey lines alongside the sutures. 



Perak ; Goping, Kunstler 4736 ! Kinta, Kunstler 7067 ! 

 A very fine species nearest to D. reniformis ; it differs in being a climber 

 whereas that species is a tree; in having blue flowers whereas that species has them 

 white; in having larger and thicker leaves and larger pods. The pod is quite 

 indehiscent but as the seed matures the epicarp cracks alongside both sutures so 

 that, when quite ripe, the pod, as Kunstler remarks in a field note, shows a " grey- 

 seam " due to the exposure of the mesocarp along two lines parallel to each suture. 

 Sometimes the pod consists of but one reniform segment with a solitary seed ; usually 

 however there are two segments though the seed inside the distal segment rarely 

 developes ; when this happens the epicarp does not give way, and there is then no 

 " grey seam " along the suture. 



12. Dalbergia parviflora Roxb. Hort. Beng. 98. A strong clim- 

 ber 30-80 feet long with glabrous branches. Leaves 6-8 in. long, leaflets 

 6-9, ovate-lanceolate with obtuse sliglitly emarginate tips, light-green 

 quite glabrous on both surfaces, finely reticulately veined beneath, 2-3-5 

 in. long -yS-l'S in. wide ; rachis 2-3 in. and petiolules "15 in. long, glab- 

 rous. Flowers very small in axillary and terminal panicles of congested 

 dichotomous cymes with puberulous branches ; bracts rounded ciliate 

 deciduous; bracteoles .at base of very short pedicels rounded persistent, 



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