152 XXXI. LEGUMINOSiE. [Dalbergia. 



into a claw, and thickened above it. Stamens 10, equally diadelphous, 

 inserted with petals at the base of calyx-tube. Ovary stipitate, hairy. 

 Legume straight, linear, 1J-2 in. long, J in. broad, 1-4-seeded. 



Siwalik tract and outer Himalaya, at 2500-5500 ft., from the Jumna to Nepal. 

 Fl. Apr., May ; the seed ripens in July. 



7. D. volubilis, Eoxb. Cor. PI. t. 191 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 231 ; W. & A. 

 Prodr. 265. Vern. BJiatia, Kamaon; Banjcharra, Oudh. 



A large climber, glabrous, only petioles and ramifications of inflores- 

 cence pubescent. Leaves 4-6 in. long; leaflets 11-13, nearly opposite, 

 oblong, generally broader at the top, obtuse, retuse, often mucronate, 

 glabrous, with reticulate veins, no prominent lateral nerves. Inflorescence 

 large, terminal, and axillary, drooping, composed of numerous compact, 

 pedunculate, dichotomous panicles, which consist of short unilateral 

 racemes, bracts oblong, deciduous after flowering. Flowers pale blue, -| in. 

 long; calyx short-pedicellate, tubular-campanulate, villous, the 2 upper 

 teeth acute, the 3 lower obtuse. Claws of petals shorter than calyx- 

 tube. Standard broad. Stamens 10, equally diadelphous. Ovary long- 

 stipitate, with 2 ovules. 



Sub-Himalayan tract. Kamaon to Sikkim, Oudh forests, Behar, the Central 

 Provinces, Bandelkhand, and the Coromandel coast. Common in the Sal forests 

 of Oudh. Fl. Febr., March ; seed May. A large climber with very tough wood. 



18. PTEROCABPUS, L. 



Trees with alternate, imparipinnate leaves; leaflets alternate, without 

 stipels. Flowers large, yellow, in simple racemes or lax panicles. 

 Calyx campanulate, with an acute base, generally curved, 5-dentate. 

 Petals on long claws, those of the keel free, or slightly connate at the 

 top. Stamens 10, monadelphous, the tube slit above, more or less 

 divided into 2 bundles of 5 each, the 10th stamen frequently free; 

 anthers versatile, cells parallel, opening longitudinally. Ovary with 2-6 

 ovules. Pod flat, orbicular or ovate, generally somewhat oblique, the 

 seed-part in the middle. Seeds 1-3, separated by hard dissepiments. 



1. P. Marsupium, Eoxb. Cor. PI. t. 116; Fl. Ind. iii. 234; W. & A. 

 Prodr. 266; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t 21. Often called Bastard Teak. Vern. 

 Bija, bija sal, bijasdr, bijhua, bia, bibla (Honay, Canar.) 



A large deciduous tree, with full foliage and dark-green shining leaves. 

 Leaflets 5-7, coriaceous, elliptic, obtuse, emarginate or acuminate, with 

 scattered adpressed hairs on both sides when young; glabrous, shining 

 when full-grown ; lateral nerves numerous, arcuate, joined by prominent 

 reticulate veins. Flowers J in, long, on short pedicels, in short lateral 

 and terminal paniculate racemes. Calyx, peduncles, and pedicels with 

 scattered adpressed hairs. Stamens and petals inserted above the base of 

 calyx. Claws shorter than petals, lamina of all petals broad, waved or 

 curled. Stamens monadelphous, the tube divided deeply into 2 bundles. 

 Ovary hairy. Pod angular, nearly orbicular, 1J-2 in diam. ; style lateral. 



Common formerly in South and Central India, though now in many places 



