380 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Dalbergia 



Flowers minute ; bracteoles usually persistent ; inflorescence 

 dichotomously cymose ; small, erect or climbing 1 shrubs : 



Pod thickened, reniform-falcate ; branchlets ending in spines ; 

 flowers in axillary racemes ; leaflets 5-9, - 4-'7 in. long, obovate, 



obtuse or retuse ; seeds 1, rarely 2 1. spinosa. 



Pod samaroid ; flowers in axillary cymose panicles : 



Pod pubescent, broadly oblong ; stem armed, branchlets un- 

 armed ; leaflets 11-15, *2-'6 in. long, elliptic- oblong, emar- 



ginate; seeds 1, rarely 2 or 3 2. multiflora. 



Pod glabrous, narrowly ovate ; branchlets ending in spines ; 

 leaflets 7-11, *3 in. long, elliptic, obtuse or retuse; pod ovate, 



acute at both ends, seed 1 3. coromandeliana. 



Flowers small ; bracteoles deciduous ; inflorescence cymosely pani- 

 culate; leaflets few, suborbicular, cuspidate; pod narrowly ligu- 



late, 1-2- or rarely 3-seeded ; tree Sissoo. 



Standard refract or reflexed, wings hastate or sagittate at base, keel 

 petals hastate, style slender; stamens variously arranged : 



All petals with a slender claw ; stamens usually monadelphous ; 

 standard refract ; climbing shrubs : 



Pod thickened, reniform-falcate ; leaflets 5-7, emarginate, under 



1 in. long; bracteoles obtuse 4. candenatensis. 



Pod samaroid, broadly ligulate ; leaflets 3-5 or fewer, abruptly 

 cuspidate and retuse at apex, up to 4 in. long, 2 in. broad ; brac- 

 teoles subulate 5. rostrata. 



Pod samaroid, oblong, netted- veined ; leaflets 3-5, obtuse or 

 emarginate at apex, up to 2*5 in. long, 1*25 in. wide ; bracteoles 



obtuse 6. rubiginosa. 



Pod samaroid, ovate : 



Leaflets 5-11, cuneate at base, retuse at apex, '75-1 '75 in. long, 

 prominently nerved, ferruginous - pubescent beneath when 

 young ; pod smooth but reticulate opposite the seeds, shortly 



stalked 7. congesta. 



Leaflets rounded at base and apex, obscurely nerved : 



Leaflets 7-11, '5-'75 in. long, shining above, densely rusty - 

 tomentose beneath ; stalk of pod "25 in. long. . .8. Gardneriana. 

 Leaflets 21-31, '5 in. long, elliptic-oblong, rusty-pubescent 



beneath; pod with '75 in. filiform stalk 9. malabarica. 



Pod samaroid, narrowly ligulate; leaflets very many, small, 

 6-*8 in. long, '25 in. wide, linear-oblong, obtuse; pod long- stipitate 



10. acaciaefolia. 



All petals except the cuneate standard with a slender claw, 

 standard reflexed : 



