242 FAB ACE*. 



17. pulchra, (D. tephrosioides, W. and A. pr. I, p. 210. annot. — Tephrosia 

 pulchra, Colebr. ; Wall. Cat.) Khassya Mountains. In H. C. S. Fl. ? 

 Pterocarpus, L. {DC. pr. 2, p. 418; — PV. and A.pr. \,p. 266.) 



1. santalimis, L. (DC. o. c. p. 419 ; — JV. and A. I. c. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. Z,p. 

 234.) ?F^ ^^nr Ruhto-chundun. b Coromandel. Paulghaut Moun- 

 tains. In H. C. G. fl. H. S. (Roxb.) From this tree is obtained the 

 red Sandal-wood, chiefly employed by dyers and colour-manufac- 

 turers. 



2. indicns, Willd. (DC. pr. 2, p. 419 ■,—Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 238 ;— 

 Rumph. 2, t. 70.) L. b China. Moluccas. Malay Islands. Fl. small- 

 ish, deep yellow, fragrant, April and May ; fr. Oct. and Nov. 



3. Marsupium, Roxb. (Corom. 2, t. 116;—/. ind. 3, p. 234,— DC. pr. 

 2, p. 418;— W. and. A. pr. 1, p. 266 ;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 

 56 ; excl. syn. Rheed.) L. b ^ ^ft^I Peet-sal. Columala. Neel- 

 gherries. Common in some parts of the Concans. Rajpeepla jungles. 

 Assam. Fl. smalUsh, white, tinged with yellow, R. S. ; fr. H. S. 

 Wood reddish, employed by the Natives for making doors, window 

 frames, &c. Bark and leaves aflford gum Kino, exported in consider- 

 able quantities from Malabar. (Dr. Gibson.) Long ago Dr. Roxburgh 

 bad said : " The specimen of the gum Kino Tree, in the Banksian 

 Herbarium, is perfectly like P. Marsupium." 



4. dalbergioides, Roxb. {fl. ind. 3, p. 236 ;— DC. pr. 2, p. 418;—^. 

 and A. pr. 1, p. 267 ; — Wight, icon. 1, t. 246.) Andaman Red Wood- 

 Tree. L. b Andaman Islands. Fl. smallish, yellow, fragrant, June and 

 July ; fr. Nov. and Dec. An immense tree. Trunk sometimes 

 above fifteen feet in circumference. Wood not unlike Mahogany, 

 but more heavy, red and coarse in the grain. That of the root beau- 

 tifully variegated, closer grained, and darker coloured. (Roxb.) 



5. Draco, L. (DC. pr. 2, p. 418;— Roxb. H. B. p. 53.— P. oflicinalis, 

 Jacq. amer, t. 183, /. 2.— P. hemiptera, Gartn. fr. 2, p. 351, t. 156, 

 /. 2.) b Guadeloupe. Introduced into H. C. G. in 1812. Fl. ? 



Yields the Dragon's blood of the shops. 



* Butea minor, Buch. Nepal. Khassya Mountains. — B. gyrocarpa, 

 Grah. Penang. — B. Gibsonii, J. Grah. b Buglana jungles about 

 Jooneer. Between Poona and Mahableshwur. Carpenters prefer 

 it to all other woods requiring toughness of fibre ; as for shafts 

 of gigs, &c. — Endcspcrmum scandens, Bl. 5 ^^ Java. — Pongamia 

 atropurpurea, Wall. pi. as. rar. 1, t. 78. Moulmein, Amherst. 

 Penang. — P. ovalifolia, W. and A. Wight, icon. 2, t. 328. b 

 Peninsula of India. — Millettia rubiginosa, W. and A. ; Wight, icon. 

 1, t. 207. Courtallum. — M. splendens, W. and A. Peninsula of 

 India. — Dulbcrgia sissodides, Grah. Neelgherries, Courtallum. — D. 

 congesla, Grah. Neelgherries. — D. rubiginosa, lloxb. Corom. 2, t. 

 115. "S v>/ Circars. — D. volubilis, Roxb. Corom. 2, t. 191. Circars. 



