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caducous ovate basal braeteoles and slender subulate bracteoles under the calyx ; calyz 
eampanulate, ‘2 in. long, puberulous externally, teeth subequal in length, wide-teliugid 
lar except the narrow lowest, the two upper subconnate; corolla ereamy-white, the petal- 
tips flushed with pink; petals all long-clawed, standard irregularly orbicular-oblong, 
limb reflexed; s/amens usually 9, in one sheath split along upper side, filaments free 
in their upper third, alternately shorter and longer, anthers ultimately gaping, cup- 
like; ovary long-stipitate, densely pubescent, usually 1-, but frequently 2-ovuled, style 
slender incurved, stigma minute. Pod indehiscent, brownish, ligulate, obtuse, 
firmly coriaceous, 8—4 in. long, :5— 705 in. wide; seed solitary, oblong, ‘75 in. long, 
25 in. wide, testa reddish-brown, smooth, shining. 
МатауА: Celebes; at Lepo-Lepo near Kandari, Beccari! Borneo; Kuching, Haviland 
2111! Sungei Upanang, Beccari 8979! Gunong Woh, Beccari 2845! Igau, Beccari 3906! 
3908! Singkawang, Zeysmann 7875! Java; Blume! Zippel! Hasskari! Malay Peninsula ; 
Perak, Kunstler! Scortechini! Wray! Penang, Curtis! Singapore, Wallich 5867! НиПей! 
Ridley! Cryton: moist regions from 2,000—4,000 feet, Champion! Thwaites! INDIA: 
Tinivelly; ‘Tambraparni river, at foot of gháts, Beddome 2424! 
Prate 86, Dalbergia rostrata Grah.—1, Flowering branch, from Perak, m. 3. ; 
2, bud x 4; 8, pedicel with epicalycine bracteoles x 4; 4, calyx, laid open x 4; 
5, standard x 4; 6, 6’, wings х 4; 7, keel-petals x 4; 8, stamens X 4; 9, ovary Х.4; 
10, ovary, laid open x 4; 11, ovule X 4; 12, fruiting branch, from Perak, m. 8. ; 
13, seed, z. s. 
q 11. Rubiginosae.—Pcd oblong, samaroid; epicalycine bracteoles obtuse; leaflets 
large to medium, few; climbers or small trees. 
A natural group, standing fairly intermediate between the Restratae, which they resemble in 
foliage, and the Congestae and Ройу;һ ав, which they resemble as to epicalycine bracts, 
94. DALBERGIA KINGINA Prain Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxvii. 2, 289 (1898); 
Іхх. 2, 46 (1901). 
A shrub, with lenticelled puberulous branches. Leaves 7—8 іп. long; leaflets 
usually 7—9, ovate-lanceolate, acute, base cuneate, coriaceous, green and glabrous 
above, glaucescent and when young sparsely puberulous at length almost glabrous 
beneath, the distal leaflet hardly exceeding the rest, 3'0—4 іп. long, 125— 
1:5 in, wide, rachis 8—4 in. long and petiolules ‘2 in. long at first finely puberu- 
lous, ultimately quite glabrous. Flowers in short axillary panicles, 2'5—3 іп, long, 
.2 in. wide; peduncles, branches and short pedicels rusty-tomentose; bracteoles at base 
ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, deciduous, epicalycine bracteoles deciduous, spathulate-lanceolate, 
embracing lower part of calyx-tube; ca/yz campanulate, extremely rusty-tomentose ; teeth 
sub-equal in length, triangular, the two upper sub-connate; corolla white, petals all 
long-clawed, standard orbicular, faintly notched, reflexed; stamens 9, united in a sheath 
split along upper side, filaments free in their upper fourth and alternately shorter and 
longer; ovary long-stipitate, quite glabrous, stylo subulate, stigma minute; cvules 2, 
Іхго-Сшха: Burma; Kachin Hills, near Myitkyina, Shaik Muyim\ CHINA: Yunnan 3 
Szomao Mts., Henry 12848! 
