79 AMERIMNON. 
1:25 in. long, 1 in. wide; peduncles, branches and pedicels rusty-pubescent ; bracteoles 
at base of pedicels and under calyx lanceolate, acute; ca/jyz campanulate somewhat 
gibbous at base, externally rusty-pubescent; teeth subequal, acute, the two upper rather 
wider than the three lower; corolla purple, :25 in. long, petals long-clawed, standard 
orbicular, emarginate, reflexed ; stamens 9, in one sheath split along upper side, fila- 
ments free in their upper fourth; ovary glabrous, stipitate; style slender, stigma small; 
ovules 1—3. Рой thin, glabrous, subligulate-oblong, stipitate, uniformly widely but very 
distinctly reticulate throughout, rather distinctly margined along two-thirds of upper 
suture, rounded at both ends; l- or 2-seeded; 3—3'75 in. long, :7 in. wide; seed 
compressed, narrowly oblong, "5 in. long, 795 in. wide; testa brown, dull. 
Іхро-Онтча : Burma, Ruby mines, Abdul Hug! Chin Hills, Dun! Cuma: Yunnan; 
Szemao Mts., 5,000 feet elev., Henry 11740! 
The nearest ally of this species is Dalbergia Jaherii Buerck, from Papuasia, which is most 
easily distinguished by its smaller leaflets and its glabrescent calyx. The flowers are stated by 
the native collector to be purple; those of D. Jaherit are white. 
 PrarE 51. Dalbergia burmanica Prain—1, Flowering branch, from Ruby mines 
district, Upper Burma, л. s.; 2, flowering branch, Chin Hills, л. s.; 8, 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; 11, ovary, laid open x 4; 
12, ovule x 10; 13, twig with fruit, from Szemao Mts. Yunnan, n. s.; 14, seed, n. s. 
49. DALBERGIA Pierreana Prain, sp. nov. 
A shrubby climber, with densely tawny-pubescent young branches. Leaves 6—7 in. 
long; leaflets 17—19, ovate-oblong, base faintly obliquely cuneate, apex rounded obtuse, 
chartaceous, densely velvety-pubescent beneath, more sparingly above, dark-green above, 
paler beneath, 1 in. long, ‘75 іп. wide, the terminal rather longer (1:3 in. long) and 
subacute with subequal narrowly cuneate base; rachis 5—5°5 in. long, and petiolules 
"07 in. long, densely tawny pubescent; stipules small, lanceolate, caducous. Flowers in 
short axillary panicles 1:5 in. long, "5 in. wide; rachis, branches and slender pedicels, 
"1 in. long, densely tawny-pubescent ; calyx campanulate, tomentose, “15 in. long ; 
teeth triangular, short, subequal; corolla white, standard not seen, claws of wings and 
keel-petals as long as the calyx-tube; sfumens 10, in one bundle split along upper side ; 
ovary (not seen young) glabrous except the long, sparingly pubescent stipe; style 
subulate, stigma minute; ovules 2, Рой rather narrow-oblong, distinctly stipitate, with 
rounded apiculate tip, quite glabrous, 2—2-75 in. long, 75 in. wide, very thin; usually 
1 seeded, occasionally 2 seeded; seed reniform, compressed. 
Іхро-СніхА: Cambodia; Samrong, on Mt. Gruavi, Pierre 1087! 
A very distinct врзоїөз, in general appearance remarkably like D. velutina, but differing in the 
small deciduous stipules, in the shape of the leaflets and in the flowers which are those of a genuine 
Endspermum. Its nearest allies are D. burmanica and D. Jaherii, but it is easily distinguished from 
both by its pubescence. D. malabarica and D. Hoseana are also fairly close allies, but from the first 
it is readily distinguished by its larger leaflets, open panicles, and different pods ; from the second by its 
larger and more numerous leaflets, its larger panicles, and its smaller and less persistent stipules. 
Piate 52. Dalbergia Pierreana Prain—1, Leafy twig, from Mt. Gruavi, prov. 
Samrong, Cambodia, л. s.; 2, fruiting twig, from same locality, n. s.; 3, calyx, laid open x 4; 
