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rachis 9:5--35 in. long and short petiolules glabrous. Flowers many, small, secund, in 
dichotomous cymes, disposed in terminal wide panicles extending into the axils of ds 
upper leaves, 5—6 in. long, 3—4 in. wide; bracteoles persistent, ovate-lanceolate; calyz 
campanulate, teeth obtuse except lowest subacute, subequal, short; corolla white, petals rather 
distinctly clawed, standard orbicular subauriculate, slightly emarginate; stamens 9, in one 
sheath split along upper side, occasionally in two lateral sheaths and sometimes with a tenth 
free vexillary stamen present; ovary glabrous, shortly stipitate, style short; ovule solitary, 
Pod indehiscent, distinctly stipitate, coriaceous, glabrous, oblong, rounded at apex, 
narrowed to the base, distinctly veined opposite the seed, l:5—2:5 in. long, 75 in, wide ; 
seed reniform, compressed, 
Maraya: Sumatra; Bigni Telok, R, Rawas, 3,500 ft., Forbes! Lingga; Teysmann! 
This is very nearly related to D. parviflora, and until an opportunity occurred of examining a fruiting 
specimen from Lingga was supposed to be a form of that species, : 
Рглте 12, Dalbergia Forbesii Prain—1, Branch in young fruit from Bigni Telok, 
R. Rawas, Sumatra, n.s; 2, twig, showing leaf with break in gequence of siza of 
leaflets, x. s.; 3, bud x 4; 4, pedicel with bracteoles x 4; 5, calyx, laid open x 4; 
6, standard x 4; 7, wings X 4; 8, keel-petals x 4; 9, stamens x 4; 10, ovary x 4; 
ll, ovary, laid open x 4; 12, ovule X 10; 13 and 1f, two pods, from the island 
of Lingga, m. s. 
9. DALBERGIA Tuowsowr Benth, Journ. Linn. Soc. іу, Suppl. 33 (1860); Bak. 
in Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. ii, 236 (1876); Prain Journ, As. Soc, Beng, 
Ixx. 2, 57 (1901). x 
A woody climber; branchlets sub-bifarious, glabrous. Leaves 3—4 in. long; leaflets 
9—11, ovate-oblong, obtuse or retuse, base cuneate or rounded, the distal rather the 
largest, firmly chartaceous, closely finely reticulated, dark-green above, much paler 
beneath, quite glabrous on both surfaces, *75—1°25 in, long, '5—'8 in, wide; rachis 
1:75—2:25 in. long and petiolules 715 in. long, glabrous. Flowers minute, secund, in 
ample terminal panicles extending into the axils of the upper leaves, 8 in. long, 
4 in, wide; peduncles quite glabrous, branches faintly puberulous, pedicels very short; 
bracteoles “persistent, basal lanceolate, epicalycine pair ovate-lanceolate; calyx campanu- 
late, glabrous, teeth very short, upper pair obtuse, lateral acute, lowest rather the 
longest, lanceolate; corolla greenish-white, petals all very short-clawed, standard 
orbicular emarginate; s/amens 9, in one sheath or in two lateral bundles or with the 
obvexilary stamen also free; ovary minute, shortly stipitate, style rather distinct; ovules 
usually 2, Pod indehiscent, remaining green, rather thinly coriaceous, narrowed from 
below the middle to the very short stipe and also upwards, the subacute apex much 
rounded on the lower suture, finely reticulated throughout, quite glabrous, 2°5 
in. long, "85 in. wide; seed solitary. 
Ixpo-CmiA: Assam; Patkoye, Grifith! Khasia Hills, Hooker & Thomson! Clarke! 
Benth.—1, Flowering branch from Khasia, m.s.; 
4, standard X 4; 5, wings X 4; 0, keel-petals 
9, ovary, laid open X 4; 10, ovule x 12; 
Рілте 13. Dalbergia Thomsoni 
2, bud x 4; 8, calyx, laid open X 4; 
X 4; 7, stamens X 4; 8, ovary X 4; 
11, pod, from Patkoye, n. s, 
