94 AMERIMNON. 
new shoots, 2—3 in. long, 2 in. wide, the pecuneles, branches and pedicels at first rusty- 
pubescent; basal bracteoles lanceolate, epicalycine oblong very minute caducous; calyz 
campanulate, the upper teeth subconnate obtuse, the others acute, the lowest as long 
as the tube, externally pubescent; corolla blueish-white, petals all rather long-clawed ; 
standard orbicular, emarginate, thickened at base; stamens 10, usually in 2 lateral 
bundles of 5 each, sometimes the vexillary stamen also free, all filaments free in their 
upper fourth and alternately shorter and longer; ovsry pubescent, rather long-stipitate ; 
style slender, stigma capitate; ovules usually 3. Рой  indehiscent, long-stipitate, 
tapering to both ends, usually 1~—3-seeded, rarely 4—5-seeded, coriaceous, reticulated 
opposite the seeds, 2:25—4 іп. long, "65 in. wide; seed reniform, somewhat coinpressed, 
"45 in. long, "95 in. wide. 
Ispa: Sub-Himalayan Forests; Hardwar, Hamilton! Darhora, Hamlion! Sukhiya, 
Hamilton’ Siwaliks, Hearle! Rajputana; Abu, King! Ajmir, Jacquemont! Coro- 
mandetia; C. India, Jerdon! Behar, Hooker! Chota Nagpur, Gamble! Haines! Camp- 
hell! Clarke! Wood! Prain! Orissa, Lace! Mysore, 6. Thomson! Vellore, Gambie! 
Coromandel, Heyne! Roxburgh! Kurnool, Gamble! Tellicherry, Metz! Wight! Cottulam, 
Leschenault! Shevarois, Perrottet! Malabaria ; Concan, Stocks! Law! Canara, Tulbot ! 
Belgaum, Ritchie! Окүтох; Central Province, Thwaites! 
Leschenault gives as the vernacular name Toda Cotty Morum; Lace reports that in Orissa it is 
known as Angaria. | 
PrarE 76. Dalbergia lanceolaria Linn, f.—1, Flowering branch from S. India, n. s. ; 
2, twig with part of leaf and stipules, from a root-sucker from Chota Nagpur, n. s.; 
3, young flower X 4; 4, epicalycine bracteoles x 4; 5, calyx, laid open x 4; 
6, standard х 4; 7, wings x 4; 8, keel-petals х 4; 9, stamens x 4; 10, ovary 
X 4; ll, ovary, laid open x 4; 12, ovule x 10; 13, fruiting branch, from 
W. India, s. s. ; 14, pod of unusual size, from a Parasnath specimen, n. s.; 15, pod, 
laid open, showing seed in situ, n, s. ; 16, seed, л, s. 
72. DALBERGIA Нему Prain Journ. Ав. Soc. Beng. lxvi 2, 450 (1897); 
Іхх. 2, 54 (1901). x | 
А tree, 20 feet high, with spreading branches; branchlets silky- to rusty-pubescent, 
sub-bifarious. Leaves 4—5 іп, long; leaflets usually 5, sometimes 7, rarely 9, ovate- 
lanceolate or ovate or suborbicular, obtuse or narrow-truncate, emarginate, pubescent 
at length glabrescent above, densely rusty- or silky-pubescent beneath, dull-green on 
both sides, 1:5—2 in. long, -75—1 in. wide, rather firm, finely reticulately veined ; 
rachis 2:5--4 іп. long, densely rasty or silky as are the petiolules 15 in. long; 
stipules small, densely pubescent, deciduous. Flowers in axillary panicles 4 in. long, 
1'5 in. wide, peduncles, branches and pedicels densely persistently rusty- or silky- 
tomentose ; сау campanulate, teeth acute, the lowest slightly exceeding the others, 
externaily densely tomentose; corolla with petals rather long-clawed, standard orbicular 
_ emarginate, not thickened at the base; stamens 10, in two lateral bundles of 5 each, 
filaments free in their upper third; ovary not seen, stipe of young pods pubescent, 
Pod indehiscent, long-stipitate, tapering to both ends, 1—3-seeded, coriaceous, reticulate 
throughout, but especially opposite the seeds, 995—4 in. long, “65 іп. wide; seed 
reniform, compressed, “45 in. long, “25 in. wide. 
