THE PHILIPPINE 



Journal of Science 



C. Botany 



Vol. V JULY, 1910 'No. 2 



AN ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE LEGUMINOSAE WITH 

 KEYS TO THE GENERA AND SPECIES. 



(Concluded.) 



By E. D. Merrill. 



(From the Botanical Section of the Biological Laboratori/. Bureau of Science, 



Manila, P. I.) 



56. DALBERGIA Linn. f. 



Pod thin and flattened except opposite the seeds, straight or nearly so. 



Thin parts of the pod distinctly reticulate, subnienibranaceous or slightly 

 coriaceous; leaflets small, mostly less than 7 mm wide. 



Leaflets distinctly oblique at the base, trapezoid-oblong, .5 to 7 mm wide. 



1. D. pinnata 

 Leaflets equal or subequal at the base, linear-oblong, less than -t mm wide. 



• 2. D. polyphylla 



Thin parts of the pod not or very obscurely reticulate, firmly coriaceous ; 

 leaflets medium, mostly 1 to 2 cm. wide. 

 iScandent; the portion of the pod opposite the seeds sharply deflncd, swollen; 



seeds orbicular 3. D. ferruginea 



An erect tree ; the portion of the pod opposite the seeds usuall,y not sharply 

 defined, not or but slightly swollen; seeds oblong or ovate-oblong. 



4. D. minahassae 

 Pod uniformly thickened throughout the valves, the upper suture curved or fal- 

 cate, at least when young. 

 Scandent; pod flattened, the upper suture concave when ripe; leaflets obovate 

 or obovate-oblong ; flowers in short, congested panicles. 



5. D. candenatensis 



An erect tree; pod turgid, the upper suture straight or nearly so when ripe; 



leaflets elliptic to elliptic-ovate, narrowed towards the apex ; inflorescence 



of rather lax, cymose panicles C. D. cumingil 



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