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prominent, G-10 pair. Pods iu large shortly pedunculate axillary umbels, 

 .l-H in. long, brown, reticulately veined, pubescent, slightly curved, joints 

 3-6, pedicels slender, calyx persistent. 

 Subhimalayan tract, from Dehra Dun eastward. Common in both peninsulas, 



frequently as umleru • >i » I in forests. Fl. U.S. -2. D. olivaceum, Train in Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. vol. 66 (lbflS), p. :-iS!i. TL"i>i«-i- Burma : leaflets to 8 iu. long, densely velvety 

 beneath, fl. in dense globose axillary heads. Pods of ■> joints. !, in. long. 



3. D. umbellatum, DC. : Kurz, F. Fl. i. 385. 



A large shrub, sometimes a small tree, young shoots grey-pubescent. 

 Leaflets thinly coriaceous, broadly elliptic, glabrous above, pale grey or 

 brownish -pubescent beneath. Fl. white, 6-12 in a pedunculate axillary 

 umbel. Pod of 1-4 pubescent joints, 1J-2 in. long. Calyx deciduous. 



Littoral, sea-coast of the Eastern Peninsula. From the Western Peninsula reported 

 from near Surat and Belgaum. Fl.E.S. Oylon, Malay Archipelago. Widely dis- 

 tributed from the Mascarene islands to Polynesia. 



I. D. Wallichii. Prain, I.e.. HKS. Upper Burma, has leaflets densely fulvous-tomentose 

 beneath. Pods 1-1| in., strigose. 



B. Leaves 3-foliolate, fl. in long racemes, bracts subulate, linear or lance- 

 olate. 



5. D. tiliaefolium, G. Don : Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 168,— Syn. D. argenteum, 

 Wall. 



A large diffuse shrub, attains 2 in. diam. Wood hard with light brown 

 heart wood, inner bark (bast) tough. Leaflets from a rounded or cuneate base, 

 ovate or obovate, generally cuspidate, slightly sinuate, secondary nerves 4-6 

 pair. Fl. red, on slender pedicels, J-J in. long, in ample panicles, branches 

 slender, often drooping. Pod nearly straight, 2-3 iu. long, joints 6-10. 



Km mm valley, trans Indus, Outer WW. Himalaya, Indus to Nepal, 3,000-9,000 ft.; 

 rare in Sikkim. Fl.E.S, l>. nutans, Wall. Bashahr 6000 8000ft., with broad, obtuse, 

 distinctly sinuate I eat lets, and Ion <r slender drooping paniculate racemes, probably is 

 a dist incl species. 



6. D. sambuense, DC; Prain, I.e., 394.— Syn. D. floribundum, G. Don; 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. L67 : Collett, Simla Flora, 132. 



A large shrub, with angular, densely pubescent branches. Leaflets with 

 ail pressed silky hairs, veins prominently reticulate on the underside, Fl. in 

 erect paniculate racemes, buds .shorter than the lanceolate, ribbed, deciduous 

 bracts. I'ods hairy. J-l in. long. 



Outer Himalaya from Dalhousie eastward, ascending to 7,000 feet. Hills of Upper 

 and Lower Burma, 1,000-6,000 ft. Fl. I.'.s. To this group belong the following shrubs : 

 7. D, confertum, DC. Subhimalayan tract, often in Sal forests. Pod I I 1 , in., joints 

 2-5, longer than broad, clothed with long silky hairs. 8. D. oxyphyllum, DC; Prain, 

 I.e., 892, Outer Himalaya, ascending to 7,800 ft., Khasi hills. 9. D. laxiflorum, Dl 

 Syn. D. recurvation, Grab.; Wight [c. t. 874. A widely spread species. Sub- 

 himalayan tract from the Ganges eastwards, Assam. Khasi hills, Western Penins. 



from Bombaj southwards, Java, Bow Philippines. L0. D. concinnum, l>t'. -Syn. 



It. pendulum, Wall. PI. As. Bar. fc. 94, Himalaya, Punjab to Assam, to 7,000 ft. 



Hills east of Toungoo in pine w Is, 1,000-6,000 ft. 1 1. D. polycarpum. DC: Wight [c. 



t. 106. Syn. D. patens, Wight [c. t. 107; /'. heterocarpum, I M . : Kurz I'. Fl. i. 889. 

 Widelj spread over India and Burma, and from Bast Africa to Polynesia. 



C. Leaves 3 Miniate, il. in small fascicles, concealed by a pair of persistent 

 orbicular bracts. 



12. D. pulchellum, Benth. Syn. Diccrma pulchellum, DC; Wight 



[c. t. lis. \'ern Taung tamin, Burm. 



Attains I-., ft., terminal leaflet larger than the lateral ones. Fl. in long 

 terminal or Literal bracteate racemes, yellow, several in the axil ol d 2 Foliolate 

 bract, the conimiiu petiole terminating in a shorter or longer bristle. PL com- 

 pletely concealed by the bracts. Pods small, minutely veined, joints usually 2, 



often emerging front between the bracts. 



