92 Leguminosce. [Dem's-- 



A large far-reaching climber, stems smooth, dark purplish,, 

 young parts pubescent ; l.-rachis about 3 in., deeply channelled, 

 stip. small, soon falling ; lflts. usually 9 (4 pair and end one) 

 i|-2in. long, on short stalks, oblong-lanceolate, acute at base, 

 obtuse often emarginate at apex, quite glabrous when mature 

 on both sides, rather rigid ; fl. small, f in., very numerous, on 

 rather long slender ped., with 2 very small obtuse bracts just 

 below cal., arranged in clusters on the very short nodular 

 branches of elongated narrow, pendulous, terminal and axillary 

 racemose panicles 10-18 in. long; cal. finely pubescent; stam. 

 monadelphous ; pod i|-2j in., by about \ in. wide, oblong- 

 lanceolate, tapering to both ends, pointed, straight, very finely 

 hairy, 1-3-seeded. 



Dry region; veiy common. Fl. Aug.-Sept.; white. 



Also in India, Burma, Malaya, Trop. Australia, and China. 



Very beautiful in the driest season when little else is in blossom irt 

 the dry forest country ; its great masses of pure white flowers drooping 

 from the tops of the trees. 



2. D. parviflora, Benth. inJonr?i. Linn. Soc. iv., Suppl. 105 (i860).. 

 Thw. Enum. 413 and {Brachypterum elegans, Thw.) 93. C. P. 2508. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 240. 



A climbing shrub, perfectly glabrous throughout ; l.-rachis 

 3-4 in., lflts. usually 7 (3 pair and end one), \\-2 in., acute at 

 base, shortly acuminate, quite glabrous, paler beneath and 

 when young very finely reticulate ; fl. as in D. scandens, but 

 only 2 or 3 on each node and with panicles much shorter, 

 scarcely as long as 1. and more branched ; cal. quite glabrous, 

 segm. acute; pod i|-2§ in., by scarcely \ in. wide, narrowly 

 oblong, obtuse at both ends, glabrous, 1-3-seeded. 



Low country, principally in the dry region ; rather rare. Deltota \, 

 Uma-oya ; near Tirapane, N.C. Province. Fl. June-August, pale purple. 



Endemic. 



The specific name is unfortunate, as the flowers are as large as in 

 D. scandens, but Thwaites' one is preoccupied by D. elegans, Benth. of 

 Burma. The young leaves turn black in drying. 



[D. robtista, Benth. {Dalbergia Krowee, Roxb.) is given for Ceylon in 

 Fl. B. Ind., and has been sent from here by many collectors (Gardner, 

 Walker, Macrae, &c). It is a large tree, not a climber, and has long been 

 cultivated in the Bot. Gardens, &c, but has no claim to be considered a 

 native. Wight, Ic. t. 244.] 



3. D. uliginosa, Benth. Pl.Jungh., 3, 252 (1854). K,ala-wel, S. 

 Herm. Mus. 21. Fl. Zeyl. n. 417. Thw. Enum. 92. C. P. 1494. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 241. Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. t. Suppl. 41 (Pongamia 

 triphylld). 



A strong woody climber, bark dark grey, with large, scat- 

 tered lenticels ; 1. rather large, rachis 3-4 in., lflts. 3-7 (1-3 



