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abruptly acuminate apex, glabrous on both surfaces, dark-green, mar- 

 gins entire but distinctly undulate, uniformly finely veined throughout, 

 stipules lanceolate '5 in. long early caducous, petiolules '25 in., glabrous 

 as is the leaf-rachis. Floivers iu copious terminal and axillary panicles, 

 rachis and pedicels glabrescent, pedicels '3 in. long, very slender, T^'itli 

 2 linear caducous bracteoles '1 iu. long, half as long as bud, at apex. 

 Calyx "25 in. long, finely brown-silky, teeth rounded the two uppermost 

 exceeding the others. Corolla yellow, "6 in. long, standard *5 in. across. 

 Fod orbicular, with stalk '3 in. long, 3-75-2'25 iu. in diameter, uniformly 

 sparsely adpressed-pubescent with silky hairs, rather distinctly anasto- 

 motically 2-3- veined opposite the seed, the style usually a considerable 

 distance (65°-100°) above the base, pointing outwards at right angles to 

 the stalk. Roxb. Hort. Beng. 53 ; DC. Prodr. II, 419 ; Roxb. Flor. Ind. 

 Ill, 238; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. IV, Suppl, 77 (in part only); 

 Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 135 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 238 (in part 

 only). P. Draco Lamk. IlL t. 602, f. 2, h (not a). P. dalhergioides Wall. 

 Cat. 5843 (letter Q only) not of Roxb. P. Zollingeri Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. . 

 I, 136. P. oUusatuslsii<i. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 136. P. saxatilis Bl. MSS. 

 in Hort. Bogor. Lingoum saxatile Ruraph. Herb. Araboin. II, t. 70. 



Penang; Wallich 5843 C ! Malacca; Griffith! Maingay 550! 

 Perak; E'wws^Zer 1513! 8713! Scortechini hQ'^\ Wray 2003! 2280! 

 DiSTRiB. Northwards throughout Tenasserim to Martaban ; southwards 

 to Sumatra and Java. 



A fine tree often confused with the next species from which it is, however, 

 very distinct in foliage and somewhat different in habit. 



2. Pterocarpus dalbergioides Roxb. Hort. Beng. 53. A tree 

 60-80 feet high with ascending branches, spreading at the end. Leaves 

 8-10 in. long, leaflets 5-9, firm, 2-4 in. long 1-1'5 in. wide the terminal 

 rather larger than the others, ovate-lanceolate with deltoid rarely round- 

 ed base and gradually narrowing to apex, glabrous on both surflice.<5, 

 pale-green, margins entire hardly undulate, with 5-7 pairs of distinctly 

 raised veins beneath, stipules lanceolate '5 in. long, early caducous, 

 petiolules "15 in. long glabrous as is the leaf-rachis. Flowers in copious 

 terminal and axillary panicles, rachis and pedicels finely brown-pubes- 

 cent, pedicels '2 in. long stoutish with 2 very shortly ovate caducous 

 bracteoles under "05 in. long, less than \ as long as bud, at apex. Calyx 

 •25 in. long, densely brown silky, teeth rounded the two uppermost 

 exceeding the others. Corolla yellow "4 in. long, standard "35 in. across. 

 Pod orbicular, with stalk "6 in. long, 2-2*25 in. in diameter, uniformly 

 very finely puberulous and not veined opposite the seed, the style usually 

 a short distance (40°-50°) above the base, pointing slightly downwards. 

 DC. Prodr. II, 418 : Roxb. Flor. Ind. Ill, 286; W. & A. Prodr. 267 



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