Dalbergza.] LegltminOSCB. 89 



A large tree, bark smooth, greyish-white, young shoots 

 glabrous ; 1. rather large, rachis 5-7 in., slender, stip. minute, 

 soon falling, lflts. 10-15, on stalks \-\ in. long, 1-1^ in., 

 obovate-oval, acute at base, emarginate, glabrous above, 

 whitish or glaucous beneath with a very fine mealy puberu- 

 lence, lat. veins very oblique, numerous, parallel, conspicuous ; 

 fl. small, f in., panicles short, very numerous from axils of 

 young 1., ped. shorter than cal., cal. hairy, segm. lanceolate, 

 subacute, the lowest conspicuously longest ; stam. in two 

 bundles of 5 each ; pod 2\ in. by \ in. wide, straight, long- 

 stalked, tapering to acute apex and gradually to base, thin and 

 flexible, nearly glabrous, reticulate- veined over seeds ; seeds 

 1-4, j-| in., oval, compressed. 



Low country, chiefly in the dry region ; rather rare. Jaffna ; Elephant 

 Pass; Vavuniya; Mulliativu; Trincomalie; Deltota. Fl. May-Aug. ;: 

 pale violet, cal. brownish-purple. 



Also throughout Peninsular India. 



A beautiful tree when profusely covered with flowers and young leaves. 



Koenig's full description of the Ceylon plant in ' Supp. PI.' does not 

 quite agree with ours, but his Indian specimens (from Tranquebar) in 

 Mus. Brit, are certainly the same species. The specific name applies to 

 the shape of the pod. 



D. seylanica, Roxb., sent to the Calcutta Bot. Garden by Gen. Hay 

 Macdowall in 1801 under the Sinhalese name ' Belloo-labba,' is very 

 briefly described in Fl. B. Ind. iii. 228, but is probably this. 



D. volubilis, Roxb., is recorded from Ceylon in Fl. B. Ind. ii. 235, on 

 the faith of specimens in Hb. Kew, collected by Mrs. Walker, but there is 

 no other record. Should be looked for; figured in Roxb. PI. Cor. t. 191. 



3. D. monosperma, Dais, in Kew Journ. Bot. ii. 36 (1850). 

 Thw. Enum. 94. C. P. 243. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 237. 



A stout scandent shrub, scrambling by means of its 

 divaricate lateral twigs often hooked at the ends, bark 

 purplish-black, smooth ; 1. closely placed, rachis \\-2\ in., 

 cylindrical, nearly glabrous, lflts. 4-6, shortly stalked, l|-l| in., 

 oval or obovate-oval, obtuse, often emarginate, generally acute 

 at base, glabrous above, paler and very finely pubescent 

 beneath ; fl. small, under \ in., ped shorter than cal., panicles 

 very short, under 1 in., crowded, bracts beneath cal. oval, 

 obtuse; cal. nearly glabrous, segm. short, obtuse; stam. in two 

 bundles of 5 ; pod 1 in. by § in. wide, very shortly stalked, 

 falcately curved, acute, glabrous, 1 -seeded. 



Near the seacoast, especially in Mangrove swamps, scrambling over 

 bushes; rather rare. J'anadure; Trincomalie; Koddiyar. Fl. Aug.~ 

 Nov. ; dull pink. 



Also on shores of India, Malaya, Philippines, N. Australia, and 

 China. 



