.] XLVII. § PAPILIONACE^ (BAKER). 231 



branches. , Stipules small, deciduous. Petioles \ in. long", firm, erecto- 

 patent; leaves simple, oblong", H-2in. long-, bluntish, coriaceous, 

 upper surface glabrous, the lower finely grey-silky all over. Flowers 

 in subcapitate clusters of 2-6 on a woody peduncle J in. or less Ion"-. 

 Calyx campanulate, £ in. deep, slightly silky, the upper teeth deltoid, 

 the lowest the longest. Corolla not seen, rod oblong 1 in. long, f in. 

 broad, finely grey-pubescent, the point somewhat oblique, the°valves 

 firm, turgid, not at all constricted. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk I 



3. I", rhodocarpa, Baker. A bush with woody moderately slender 

 finely grey-silky branches. Stipules lanceolate, scarious, silky, f in. 

 long. Lower petioles \\ in. long, firm, woody, finely silky when young ; 

 leaflets 3, oblong-lanceolate ; terminal one sessile, 3-4 in. long by less 

 than half as bioad, pointed, the base subcuneate, subcoriaceous, upper 

 surface slightly grey-silky when young, lower more densely and per- 

 manently silky all over, the veins raised. Flowers in dense capitate 

 axillary clusters. Bracts imbricated in bud. Pedicels 1-1 J lines long. 

 Calyx \ in. deep, thinly silky ; teeth setaceous, reaching three-quarters 

 of the way down. Corolla reddish, equalling the calyx. Pod oblong, 

 Jin. deep, Jin. broad, apex truncate, the valves horny and turgid, 

 covered with a bright red gummy or resinous exudation. 



Mozamb. Distr. Manganya hills, Zambesi land, Dr. Metier! 



This comes near the East Indian F. Orahamiana and Wallichii. G. Don (Gard. 

 Diet. ii. 309) describes a F. guineensis, from Sierra Leone, with five obovate obtuse 

 leaflets, stipules about the size of the side leaflets, and flowers in axillary racemes, with 

 large round striated bracts, of which we know nothing. 



73. DALBERGIA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 544. 



Calyx with the two upper teeth the broadest, the lowest often the 

 longest. Standard ovate or orbicular • wings oblong ; keel obtuse, its 

 petals connate upwards. Stamens all connate in a sheath split above, 

 or the upper one free or absent, or the sheath also split below so that 

 they form two bundles ; anthers small, erect, didymous, their cells 

 placed back to back, opening by a small apical or rarely by a longi- 

 tudinal slit. Ovary stalked, pauciovulate ; style incurved short ; stigma 

 small, terminal. "Pod samaroid, oblong, rarely falcate, generally fiat, 

 thin, always indehiscent, in all our species usually only one-seeded. — 

 Trees or wide-climbing shrubs. 



A large genus, dispersed throughout the Tropics. Mr. Benthara has monographed 

 all the known species of this and the other genera of the tribe Dalbergiece in the 

 Supplement to the fourth volume of the Journal of the Linnean Society. 



Stamens all connate or pod reticulated against the seed. 



Spinose - 1. D. hostilis. 



Unarmed. 



Branches densely ferruginous ; leaflets 21-33 .... 2. D. mvltijuga. 



Branches nearly glabrous; leaflets 11-13 3. D. arbutifolia. 



Stamens in two sets of five each. Pods smooth. 

 Leaves simple 4. D. malifolia. 



