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the pair at base of calyx oblong ciliiite embracing lower half of tnbe. 

 Calyx -08 in., campanulate, teeth obtuse upper two connate, lower three 

 suboqual all as long as tnbe. Co^'olla white, -15 in. long, claws of petals 

 short. Stamens 10, monadelphous. Ovary glabrous. Pod turgid 1-3- 

 seeded ; '75-2 in. long, '6 in. wide, when young fnlcate along upper, 

 wlien ripe convex along both sutures, when 2- or 3-seeded torulose 

 between the seeds. Flor. Inch III, 225; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 132 ; 

 Benth. Journ. Linn. Soc. IV, Suppl. 33. D. Gumingiana Benth. PI. 

 Jungh. 255 ; Journ. Linn. Soc. IV, Suppl. 32 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 

 129. D. Zollinqeriana Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 130. I)repa7iocarp2cs 

 Gumingii Kurz, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLV, pt. 2. 282. 



Andamans; Heifer 1808! Bindings; Curtis! Pahang ; BidleylS74!\ 

 2639 ! Perak ; Matang Jambu, Wray 2525 ! Goping, Kunstler 1423 ! 

 5973! 6151! Scortechini I Distrlb. Malay Archipelago. 



Kegarding this plant Mr. Hemsley has noted : — " This agrees with Kew speci- 

 " mens of D. reniformis Roxb." This species, however, is a climber whereas D. renifor- 

 mis is a tree ; Eoxburgh's D. reniformis has moreover much larger flowers and, as 

 in D. Kunstleri, the fruits of D. reniformis remain falcate along the upper suture 

 even when ripe. 



That this is D. parviflora Roxb. hardly admits of a doubt. Mr. Bentham 

 and Mr. Baker have, indeed, suggested that D. parviflora may be the same as D. 

 Junghuhnii ; in spite of the very great authority of these authors this suggestion 

 must be abandoned as untenable. The number and, still more, shape of the 

 leaflets make the identification impossible ; moreover, Roxburgh's account of the pod 

 shows that his species must be, as Miqnel admits, a Selenolobium and not as Bentham 

 and Baker suppose, a Sissoa. Roxburgh's description is meagre in the extieme ; 

 but since D. Gumingiana provides a species that exhibits all the characters of D. 

 parviflora and as no other Malayan species of Dalbergia hitherto found does so, it 

 seems imperative to use Roxburgh's name for the species. 



A more interesting question regarding this plant is, however, its supposed 

 identity with Rumphius' Lucca, lignum {Herb. Amhoin. V, 17. t. 13). So far as 

 Calcutta specimens go the only authority for the belief is the existence of a speci- 

 men from Ralmaheira (Teysmann n. 5668) on which Mr. Teysmann has written 

 " Kayoe lakka" and another from Tarabangie, Lampongs, Sumatra (JJor^. jBog^or n. 

 444 J) also collected by Mr. Teysmann and also marked " Kayoe lakka." It is re- 

 markable that our other Sumatra specimens, collected on the R. Rawas by Dr. 

 H. 0. Forbes {Forbes n. 3216), have no note to this effect, and just as remarkable 

 that collectors so careful as Mr. Ridley, Fr. Scortechini, Herr Kunstler and Mr. 

 Wray, who have sent us numerous specimens of the same species, should have made 

 no note regarding it. Their silence renders the matter doubtful, and appears to 

 afford good ground for Dr. Kuntze's refusal {Rev. Gen. Plant. I, 158) to accept the 

 .identification proposed by Teysmann and adopted by Hasskarl (Neue Schluessel zu 

 Rumpli. p. 90). As Kuntze justly remarks, the meagre account of the flower given 

 by Rumphius does not fit the present species since Ramphius says it has two 

 petals, and though the general habit agrees tliat alone hardly suffices for identifica- 

 tion. The calyx of the only open flower in the figure quite acct»rds with the calyx 



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