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XLV. LEGUMINOSjE 



[Dalbergia- 



31. D. stipulacea, Roxb.; Wight Ic. t. 243: 



Fig. 104. — Dalbergia stipulacea, Boxb. J. 



Gamble list 29. Vera. 

 Dauktalaung r 

 Lower, Thit- 

 magyi, Upper 

 Burma. 



A large climb- 

 ing tree (Gam- 

 ble), in open 

 land or along 

 streams a shrub 

 or small bushy 

 tree, in the in- 

 terior of forests 

 a fairly strong 

 climber (Pram, 

 I.e., 451), wood 

 hard, close- 

 grained. Leaf- 

 lets 17-21, ob- 

 long, obtuse, 1-2 

 in. long. M. 

 dull purple (pale 

 blue, Kurz) \-\ 

 in. long, on 

 slender pedicels,, 

 longer than 

 calyx, in more 

 or less unilateral 

 panicled ra- 

 cemes, bracts 

 and bracteoles 



large, oblanceolate, persistent. Pod oblong, obtuse, 2-4 in. long, 1^ in. broad, 

 1-seeded, thickened and more or less prominently veined opposite the seed. 



Sikkini, ascending to 3,000 ft., Assam. Manipur. Cliittagong. Burma. Fl. Jan.- 

 April (August in Sikkim, Gamble). To this section belongs : 32. D. Thomsoni, Benth. 

 Assam. Khasi bills. Leaflets 9-11, fl. very small. 



E. Trees, shrubs or climbers. Pods broadly falcate or reniform, thick, 

 coriaceous or almost fleshy. 



33. D. spinosa, Roxb.; PI. Brit. Ind. ii. 238. — Syn. Drepanocarpus 

 spinosus, Kurz. Vern. Ye-chin-ya, Burm. 



A rigid wiry scrambling shrub, with soft, silvery white wood, armed with 

 stout divaricating branchlets, ending in pungent spines. Entirely glabrous, 

 leaflets 7-11, often nearly opposite, obovate-oblong, \ to \ in. long. PL 

 yellowish white. Stamens 10, in a single sheath, sometimes in 2 separate 

 sheaths of 5 each. Pod 1 in. long, reniform, coriaceous, 1-seeded. 



Tidal forests along tbe coasts from Cbittagong to Teuasserim, also on the coast of 

 the Western Peninsula. Fl. May-June. 



34. D. monosperma, Dalz.— Syn. D. torta, Graham; Cooke, Bombay 

 Plora i. 397 ; Drepanocarpus monospermus, Kurz, P. PL i. 337. 



A climbing shrub, branchlets often hooked and twisted, leaflets 5-7, obovate, 

 obtuse, often emarginate, 1-1| in." long. PL white in axillary, mostly uni- 

 lateral racemes, which are often arranged in short panicles. Stamens mona- 

 delphous, pod falcate, 1-seeded. 



Near the sea coast of both peninsulas ; on hills as well as in mangrove-swamps and 

 other salt marshes. Fl. June. Widely distributed over the Indian Archipelago, 

 China and Australia. Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., vol. 66 (1898), 452, prefers the older 



