Dalbergia.] xlvii. § papilionace2E (baker). 233 



subcoriaceous, both sides grey-green, the main veins beneath promi- 

 nent, the midrib beneath pubescent. Flowers not seen. Pod 2-2^- in. 

 long, 1J in. broad, rig-id, quite glabrous, both ends narrowed, blunt or 

 subacute, the middle raised on both sides and the reticulations deep 

 and excavated. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! 



Another Zambesi land species, of which we do not possess the flowers, has leaflets 

 like this in number and shape, but glabrous like the rachis and branches, the pod longer 

 and narrower (about 3 in. long by f in. broad), blunt, the base narrowed to a long 

 stalk, the seed prominent on one side with copious raised veins, excavated ^on the 

 other. 



4. D. malifolia, Welw. mss. An erect tree 20-25 ft. high with the 

 habit of Pyrus Malus y with glabrous woody branches. Petioles woody, 

 3-4 lines long ; leaves simple, oblong, rounded at the base, slightly 

 pointed, 3-4J in. long, 2-3 in. broad, subcoriaceous, opaque, glabrous". 

 Flowers in dense congested sessile axillary panicles under 1 in. broad. 

 Pedicels finely velvety, under a line long. Calyx campanulate, a line 

 deep, the deltoid teeth not reaching more than a quarter of the way 

 down. Corolla 3-3^ lines long, reddish-white, the keel shorter than 

 the wings and orbicular reflexed standard. Stamens equally diadelphous. 

 Ovary linear, with not more than 2 ovules, tapering into a long pedicel ; 

 style abruptly incurved. Pod not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Prince's island, Dr. Welwitsch! 



5. D. melanoxylon, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 227, t. 53. A co- 

 piously branched bush or small tree, 15-20 ft. high, with stout woody 

 glabrous branches, and long sharp woody spines. Petioles under \ in., 

 glabrous ; leaflets 9-13, short-stalked, oblong or obovate, J-j in. long, 

 both ends rounded often emarginate, subcoriaceous, both sides gla- 

 brous, veins beneath raised. Flowers in copious terminal and axillary 

 panicles, the latter equalling or shorter than the leaves. Pedicels a 

 line long, slender, glabrous, bracteolate. Calyx 2 linps deep, glabrous, 

 upper teeth deltoid, the lowest lanceolate. Corolla yellow, slightly 

 exceeding the calyx. Pod f-2 in. long, \ in. broad, blunt or subacute, 

 with a long pedicel, the valves glabrous and membranous. Seeds 1-4. 

 —A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 232 ; Benth. I.e. 47. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprievr and Perrottet ! Heudelot ! 



Nile Land. Nubia, Sennaar and banks of the White Nile, Kotschy!^ Cienkoicshj, 

 and others. Abyssinia, Schimper! Plowden! Quartin- Dillon. Madi, Speke and 

 Grant ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Dr. Peters! Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk ! Dr. 

 Meller! 



" Met with from 5° S. to 5° N. ; wood considered first class, being impervious to in- 

 sects; very hard and heavy, with dull purple heart resembling rosewood when polished. 

 Uses.— Arrow tips, wooden hammers for beating bark cloths, rafters; root a remedy 

 for toothache." — Col. Grant. 



6. D. saxatilis, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 314. A wide-climbing shrub 

 many feet long, with dull grey glabrous branches. Stipules deciduous. 

 Petioles 9-18 lines long ; leaflets 9-11, on a rachis 3-0 in. long, 



