Dalbcnjia.] 3t). LEGUMINOS.E. 75 



Mood 01" rosewood tree of Soutlicni ludia. Blli, K. ; shiaham, sun, M. 

 Tlirongliout tlic deciduous forests of the presidency, associated with teak 

 ill the big-h timber forests of North Kanara. Fl. Aug. Fr. Jany. in 

 North Kanara. 



D. rubiginosa, Roxb. Fl. lud. III. 231. Fl. Br. I. 2. 232. In tl.e 

 evergreen forests of North Kanara from the Ainshi gh.-lt southwards. 

 Leaflets une(|ua], largest 2;^ in. by 1.} in. Pod strongly veiucd, 1-2- 

 seoded. Fl. and Fr. at different times throughout the year. 



D. confertiflora, Benth. PL Jungh. 1. 2o5; Fl. Br. I. 2. 233. 

 Konkan. 



D. Stocksii, Benth. in Jour. Liun. Soc. IV. Suppl. 42. Fl. Br I. 

 2. 231.. Konkan. 



D. sympathetica, Nimmo in Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 55 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 

 231; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 78. PeudguUi/el, ycl-ijcJ, M. Tbrouo-h- 

 out the Konkan and North Kanara from the coast inland in deciduous 

 forests. Stems armed witb large curved spines. Fl, and Fr. Jany - 

 Feb. ^ 



D. tamarindifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 233; Fl. Br. I. 2. 231. In 

 evergreen forests on the southern ghats of North Kanara, common. Fl. 

 and Fr. Apl., May. 



D. lanceolaria, Linn.; DC. Prod. II. 417 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 235 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 78 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 88 ; Brandis For. Fl. 1-51. Dandous, 

 dandoslti, M. ; harrdni, gengri, Vern. In the deciduous forests of North 

 Kanara from Mundgod to Siddupur, common. Konkan and Khandesh 

 Dalz. Panicles large, diffuse. Fl. Mch.-May. Fr. ripe next cold season 

 and remains long on tree. 



D. paniculata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 22^; Fl. Br. I. 2. 236; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 78 ; Brandis For. Fl. 151 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 88. Passi, 

 padri, Vern. ; })liansa, M. In the deciduous forests of the Konkan and 

 North Kiinara, common in the forests of the Kalghatgi taluka of Dhar- 

 war. Panicles terminal, congested. AVood of an abnormal structure, 

 annual rings separated by concentric layers of soft tissue. Fl. April 

 May. ^ ' 



D. volubilis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 231 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 235; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 78; Brandis For. Fl. 152. ^/e/, Vern. Throughout the 

 forests of the presidency; common. Fl. Feb.-J\Iar. Fr. MayT 



D. monosperma, Dalz. in Kew Joui-. Bot. II. 3G ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 237 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 78. Hills of the Konkan, Malvau, Dalz. Fl 

 June. 



D. spinosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 233 ; Fl, Br. L 2. 238. Coast of the 

 Konkan. 



PTEROCARPUS, Liim. 

 Trees. Leaflets alternate coriaceous. Flowers large yellow in 

 racemes or lax panicles. Petals exserted, with long claws, those of 

 keel free. Stamens 5-5. Pod orbicular winged, 1 -seeded. 



