90 AMERIMNON. 
their upper third; ovary stipitate, sparingly hirsute; style slender, stigma small capitate ; 
ovules usually 4. Рой indehiscent, oblong or broadly ligulate, thinly coriaceous, apex 
acute, base tapering to the distinct stipe, 2—3 in. long, “5 in. broad, faintly veined 
opposite the 1—9, sometimes 3, very rarely 4 seeds, glabrous; seed reniform, compressed, 
“25 in. long, “2 in. wide. 
HDtALAYA : Sikkim; submontane forests at Choklong, Gamble! Bootan; submontanc 
forests in the Narcbu Valley, Prain! Тхро-ОнухА: Assam; Brahmaputra Valley, at 
Sibsagar and elsewhere, Grigith! Jenkins! Masters! Hooker & Thomson! Peal! 
Mongsemdi, Watt! Cuina: Yunnan; Szemao Mts., 4,500 feet elev., Henry 12988! 
In Assam this tree is known, according to Peal, as Medeloa; its timber is much esteemed. 
Prate 71. Dalbergia assamica Eenth—1, Flowering branch from Sibsagar, Assam, 
п. з.; 2, bud X 4; 3, pedicel with basal and epicalycine bracteoles x 4; 4, calyx, 
laid open x 4; 5, standard x 4; 6, wings x 4; 7, keel-petals x 4; 8, stamens 
X 4; 9, ovary X 4; 10, ovary, laid open x 4; 11, оуше x 10; 12, twig, in 
fruit, from Sibsagar, Assam, z. s.; 13, pod, opened to show young seed іл situ, 
n. $.; 14, seed, n. s. 
67. DALBERGIA BALANSAE Prain Journ. As. бос, Beng, lxx. 2, 54 (1901) 
D. lanceolaria Forbes & Hemsl, Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 193 (1887); Drake 
del Castillo Journ. de Bot. v. 214 (1891), not of Linn. f. 
A tree, 20—30 feet high; young branches sub-bifarious, Leaves 5—7 in. long ; 
leaflets 13—15, ovate-oblong, obtuse or retuse, persistently puberulous beneath, chartaceous, 
finely reticulately veined, 1:25—1'5 in. long, "75--"85 in. wide, rachis 4—6 in. and petio- 
lules 15 in, long, puberulous; stipules lanceolate. Flowers in lax axillary panicles 
8—4 іп. long, 2 in. wide, with glabrescent or puberulous peduncles and puberulous 
branches and slender pedicels; basal bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, epicalycine bracteoles 
lanceolate-obtuse, very caducous; calyz campanulate; the upper teeth subconnate subacute, 
lateral acute half as long as tube, lowest lanceolate as long as tube; corolla white, 
petals all rather long-clawed, standard orbicular 2-callose at base, slightly emarginate ; 
stamens 10, in two lateral bundles of 5 each, filaments free in their upper fourth alternately 
shorter and longer; ovary stipitate, densely pube-cent; style short conical, stigma 
minute; ovules 1—5, usually 3. Pod indehiscent, long-stipitate, tapering to both ends, 
usually 1-, rarely 2—3-seeded, firmly coriaceous, reticulated opposite the seeds, 3—5 іп. 
long, 1 in. wide; seed subreniform, compressed; only seen immature. 
CHINA: Kiangsi; Kiu-Kiang, Shearer! Kwangtung; Sampson|. Ford! Millett! Typo. 
CHiNA: Tongking; Mt. Bavi, Balansa ! 
Ford says this may be a small shrub or pass into a treo 20 feet high. 
Prate 72. Dalbergia Balansae Prain,—1, Flowering branch from Tongking, n. s. ; 
2, calyx, laid open X 4; 3, standard x 4; 4, wings X 4; 5, keel-petals x 4; 
6, stamens X 4; 7, ovary X 4; 8, ovary, l-ovuled, laid open x 4; 9, ovary, 
5-ovuled, from the same specimen, laid open X 4; 10, ovules X 6; 11, ovule х 
10; 12, fruiting twig from Kwangtung, n. 8.; 13, fruit, opened to show young seeds 
т silu, п. з.; 14, young seed, n. s. 
