Dalbergia j 



XLV. LEGUMIXOS.E 



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A large deciduous tree, with stout branchlets, 

 perfectly glabrous, heartwood black. Leaflets 13-15, 

 coriaceous, shortly acuminate, often nearly opposite, 

 2-6 in. long, common petiole to 12 in. long. Fl. ap- 

 pearing before the' leaves, in pedunculate corymbose 

 panicles, which are crowded at the ends of branchlets. 

 Calyx purple, corolla white. Pod brown, distinctly 

 veined, 1- rarely 2-seeded, 4-5 in. long, 1 in. broad. 



Lower and Upper Burma, ascending to 4,000 ft. Often 

 in Eng forest. PI. Feb.-April. 



23. D. cana, Gran. : Kurz, F. Fl. i. 344. Lower Burma, 

 chiefly near streams in the hills, is distinguished by smaller 

 men- numerous, oblong-lanceolate leaflets and thin, narrow, 

 tawnj' -velvet v pods. 



24. D. glomeriflora, Kurz; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 236. Hills of 

 the Pegu Yoma. Young shoots tawny tomentose, leaflets 

 5-9, elliptic, or ohovate, 2-3 in. long. Fl. crowded in com- 

 pact, shortly pedunculate head-like panicles, appearing before 

 the leaves. 



25. D. sericea, G. Don. ; Prain in Journ. As. Soc. 

 70, 51.— Syn. D. hircina, Benth. ; Fl. Brit. 



Beng., vo 



Ind. ii. 23( 



A small tree, with soft wood. Branchlets, petioles 

 and inflorescence clothed with silky, grey or ferrugi- 

 neous tomentum. Leaflets L3-19, elliptic, obtuse, 

 adpressed hairs on both sides. Fl. pale lilac, nearly 

 white, in compact short axillary panicles. Pods numer- 

 ous, in short panicles, small, glabrous, linear, 1-2 in. 

 long, \ in. broad, 1-4-seeded. 



Sulihimalayan tract, from the Jumna to Sikkim. Fl. April, May 



Fig. 103. 

 D. Kurzii, Prain. \. 



2i i. D. Oliveri, Gamble, Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., vol. 66 (1898), 451. 

 — Syn. D. panicutata, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 345 (not of Roxb.). Prain I.e. vol. 70, 53. 

 Vera. Tamalan, TaSauk, Burm. 



A large tree, heartwood very tough, hard and heavy, dark red. Leaflets 

 10-20, glabrous, 1-11 in. long. Fl. white, appearing with the young 

 leaves, .\ in. long, in large spreading terminal panicles. Calyx pubescent, 

 edges ciliate, 4 teeth short, obtuse, that opposite the keel long linear. Pod 

 1 -2-seeded, 3-^ by 1-1 in. 



Pegu, mixed dry forest. Eng forests of Upper Burma. Fl. March, April. Smales 



:i sent s| imena from the banks of the Mu river, Upper Burma, intermediate 



between tins and l>. assamica, Leaflets silky pubescent, tl. white, large, in small 

 la toni I panicles. Species 20 and 26 are closely allied. 



Two trees of iliis section in Upper Burma are: 27. D. Hemsleyi, Prain, and 28. D. 

 Prazeri, Prain in Journ. As. Soe. Beng., vol. i;i> i fs'is , loii. |.v_>. 



In Manipur ii remarkable Bpeoies of this section has 1 n found: 29, D. Wattii. 



Clarke; Prain, 1. c, 151. Leaflets nearly op]>osite, I r, pair. narrow-Ian late, ver\ 



acute, -I Ighl L pi lose beneal h, 



P. Climbers. Stamens I 1 ', in 2 bundles of 5 each. Pod thin. 



30. D. volubilis, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 19] : Fl. Brit, End. ii. •-':;:.. Vera. 

 Dauk talaung, Burm. 

 A large scrambling or climbing shrub with tough « 1. the branches often 



lieiil am! twisted into spiral hooks. Glabrous, except inflorescence. Leaflets 



9-13, elliptic or obovate, often minutely mucronate at apex. 1-2 in. long. Fl. 

 small, crowded, pale blue, in compact, pubescent panicles. \\„\ ■_> ;; in. long, 

 jj in. broad, I- rarely 2-seeded. 



Subhimalayan tract, from Cumaon eastward, Oudb forests. Central and South 

 India. Andamans, Burma. Fl. Jar March 



