MISCOLOBIUM, 81 
in lateral corymbose panicles, usually in the axils of fallen leaves rarely onc 
terminal; pedicels *15—-2 in. long; calyx campanulate, slightly uides when 
young and enclosed by two large very caducous membranous bracteoles; 5-toothed 
the two upper teeth subconnate, the lateral pair obtuse resembling the obtuse kevin 
all rather shorter than the tube; corolla white, petals all distinetly clawed Med: 
limb suborbicular ; stamens 9, in one sheath split along upper side, the нымы free 
in their upper third, indistinctly shorter and longer; ovary glabrous, rather long- 
stipitate; style slender, stigma small; ovules usually 5, sometimes as few as 3 or is 
many as 7. Роа indehiscent, distinctly stipitate, 1—3-seeded, sparingly but distinctly 
veined opposite the seed, 2—3:25 in. long, 77 in. wide, firmly coriaceous, abruptly 
rounded to both style and stipe; seed much compressed, reniform, brown, smooth but 
hardly shining, '4 in. long, -25 in. wide, ‘15 im. thick. 
HIMALAYA: Submontane forests of Nepal, Maries! Sikkim Terai, Hooker! Gambie! 
Rajputana: Abu, King! Merwara, Brandis! N. Innia: Parasneth, Anderson! Tandi 
Forests, Campbell! Hundrugagh, Prain! Palamau, Gamble 8845! Singbhum, Haines 
2131 Orissa, Lace! C. Ispra: Chanda; Burkill; Chattisgarh; Burkill. S, INDIA: 
Ayamalais, near Coimbatur, Wijht!  Nilgiris, Wight! Leschenault 946! Gamble 14374! 
W. Inpia: Kala Nadi, Ritchie 230! Concan, Stocks! Mercara, Metz! Ahmadabad; 
Coa, Purkill. Inpo-Cuina: Andamans, Kyd. Maraya: Peninsula, Jurong, Ridley, 8444! 
Cultivated examples: Mapras: Heyne! Lower DENGAL: Wallich! Thomson! Kurz! 
The writer finds usually 5, rarely 4 ovules in ovaries of this species; Beddome, however, records 
7; Bentham records 3: the flowers are faintly fragrant. Ritchie gives the vernacular name as Shisham ; 
Kanjilal says Wilayati Shisham, in Dehra Dun, where it is only planted; Leschanault gives Isoupou 
Рийон, 
Pra1E 62. Dalbergia latifolia Rozd.—1, Flowering branch, specimen from Mt. Abu 
Rajputana, л. 8.; 2, flower bud x 4; 3, the same, bracteoles removed x 4; 4, calyx, 
laid open х 4; 5,standard x 4; 6, wings X 4; 7, keel-petals x 4; 8, stamens x 4; 9, 
ovaries, one entire, one laid open x 4; 10, ovule, greatly enlarged; 11, twig with fruits, 
specimen from Nepal, л. 8,; 12, seed, m. s. 
59. DALBERGIA sissorprs Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5876 (1832); W. & A. Prodr. E 
965 (1834); Benth. РІ. Jungh. i. 254 (1851); Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 
Suppl. 39 (1860); Bedd. Trans. Linn. бос. xxv. 216 (1865). 
D. javanica Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 1, 132 ( 1855); Benth. Journ. Linn. Soc, iv. 
Suppl. 38 (1860). 
D. latifolia Koord. & Val. Bijdr. ii. 77 ( 1895), hardly of Roxb. : 
D. latifolia var. sissoides Bedd, Flor. Sylvat. sub t, 24 (1869); Bak. in Hook. f. 
Flor. Brit. Ind. ii. 231 (1876). 
D. emarginala Prain Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxx. 2, 41 (1901), hardly of Roxb. 
rather smooth bark and straight stem with 
pendulous, sub-bifarious, glabrous. Leaves 
5—6, obovate subacute, very rarely sub- 
bove, glaucescent beneath, the distal 
rachis 4—6 in, long, petiolules 
An erect tree, 40—70 feet high, with 
numerous spreading branches; young shoots 
6—9 in. long; leaflets usually 7—8, rarely 
orbieular obtuse, glabrous on both ;surfaces, green ab 
usually the largest, 1:25--2 in. long, 1—1°75 in. wide, 
Axx. Roy. Bor. Garp. Carcvrra, Vor. X. 
