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XLV. LEGUMINOS^ 



[Dalbergia 



with black heartwood, similar to Rosewood. Planted and run wild in Kanara. 



Leaflets 11-15, thin, obovate, obtuse or eniarginate, J— 1 in. long, 

 mostly 1-seeded on a long slender stalk. 



Pod thin, glabrous, 



C. Trees. Stamens 10, in 2 bundles of 5 each. 



19. D. lanceolaria, Linn. — Syn. D. frondosa, Koxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 266. 

 Vern Tantosi, Guj. ; Dandoshi, Mar. 



A large deciduous tree, wood white or yellowish white, without heartwood. 

 Leaflets 11-17, 1-2 in. long, glabrous, not black when dry, ovate or obovate, 

 obtuse, secondary nerves more distinct than the reticulate veins joining them. 

 The 2 upper calyx teeth obtuse, the 3 lower acute. Fl. in short unilateral 

 slightly silky racemes, these arranged in large terminal and axillary panicles, 

 with spreading branches. Calyx brownish purple, corolla pale-pink, standard 

 broadly-obovate. Pod 1-3-seeded. 



Western Peninsula, north as far as Ajmere on the west, and Behar on the east side. 

 Also in the Sikkim Terai. Ceylon, dry region. Fl. H.S. (August in Ceylon and 

 the southern portion of the peninsula). A beautiful tree, when covered with fl. and 

 young leaves. 



20. D. assamioa, Benth. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 235. Vern. Medeloa, Assam. Fl. Nov. 

 A tree (S.E. Peal, Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., vol. 66, ii. 449). Differs from the last by 

 finely silky pubescent leaves and short axillary flower panicles. This species (Prain) 

 represents I). lanceolaria in Assam. 



21. D. paniculata, Eoxb. 

 Cor. PL t. 114; Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 ii. 236. — Syn. D. nigrescens, 

 Kurz. Vern. Dobin, C.P. ; 

 Padrt, Pasi, Hind. ; Thit- 

 sanwin, Burm. A large de- 

 ciduous tree, trunk irregu- 

 larly fluted, bark light grey. 

 Wood greyish white, no 

 heartwood, its structure 

 most remarkable, entirely 

 different from that of other 

 arborescent Dalbergias. Nar- 

 row, more or less concentric 

 bands of bast (phloem) darker 

 coloured, alternate with 

 broad strata of wood ; planks 

 cut from trees fall to pieces. 

 These bands of bast are 

 irregularly concentric, some- 

 times exhibiting a spiral on 

 a transverse section. When 

 the stem is not circular, they are developed well on the longer and wanting on 

 the shorter radius. Leaflets 9-13, turn black in drying, 1 in. long, 

 pubescent along midrib, from a rounded base oblong, obtuse, often emarginate, 

 secondary nerves not prominent, venation reticulate. Fl. blueish white, nearly 

 sessile, crowded in short densely brown silky racemes, these arranged in 

 compact terminal panicles. All calyx teeth acute. Disk lining the calyx 

 tube extending to the middle of it, where petals and stamens are inserted. 

 Standard from a narrow cordate base oblong, broader above. Pod narrowed at 

 both ends, 1-2-seeded. 



Oudh forests. Central India. Western Peninsula and Burma. Fl. April, May, 

 with the fresh leaves. 



22. D. Kurzii, Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., vol. 66 ; ii. 450.— Syn. 

 D. purpurea, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 344 (not of Wallich). Vern. Thitpdk, Burm. 



Fig. 102. — Dalbergia paniculata, Eoxb., leaf, pod, 

 standard, i. 



