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or on both sides. Species 40, in the tropical and subtropical regions of both 

 hemispheres, one half in the Transgangetie peninsula. Differs from Millettia 

 by the indehiscent winged pods and, in the case of some species, by the 

 inflorescence. 



A. Trees. 



1. D. robusta, Benth. — Syn. Dalbergia robusta, Roxb.j Wight Ic. t. 244. 

 \"< rii. h'nrai, Assam: Thitpagan, Burm. 



A middle-sized deciduous tree, leaflets 6-13 pair, chartaceous, elliptic-oblong, 

 1-1A in. long, underside pale with minute ad pressed hairs. Fl. white, in 

 slender axillary, slightly pubescent racemes, pedicels filiform, three times the 

 length of calyx. Pod linear, minutely pubescent, l 1 — 3 by i-£ in., upper 

 suture winged, seeds 1-5. 



Assam, Chittagong hills. Burma. Fl. H.S. A profusion of nhite blossoms before 

 i be leaves appear. 



2. D. dalbergioides, Baker. Tenasserim. Upper Burma (Mu forests, Vern. Ngayamin, 

 Barm., Smales). In April-May covered with brilliant purple ii. Malay Penins. 

 Leaflets 10-15 pair. 1 in. long, pale beneath, with fine adpressed hairs on both sides. 

 Pod laiici'ulaii'. irlaljrous, '2—1 in. long, 1-4-seeded, a broad sharp wing on the upper 

 suture. 



B. Climbing shrubs. 



3. D. scandens. Benth. — Syn. Dalbergia scandens, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 192 : 

 Wight Ic. t. 27."). Vern. Gonj, Hind.: Migyaung-nwii, Burm. 



A very large evergreen climber, often 100 ft. Long; stems 3 in. diam. : 

 leaflets coriaceous, .-> ii pair, elliptic-lanceolate, 1-2 in. long. Fl. pale rose- 

 coloured i white in Ceylon) on slender pedicels, fasciculate on thickened nodes 

 in slender axillan slightly pubescenl racemes, much longer than leaves. Pods 

 linear-lanceolate, 1 -3 in. long, J-J in. wide, with fine silky scattered hairs, upper 

 suture winged, seeds 1-1. 



Subhi in a I a \ a n i ra c I 

 from On. Hi eastward. As- 

 sam, Chittagong, Burma, 

 Andaiiians. Western Pen- 

 insula. PL l>'.s. Also in 

 i V\ Ion, Malay Peninsula. 

 China. 



4. D. uliginosa, 

 Benth.: Km/.. V. Fl. i. 

 339. 



A large glabrous ever- 

 green climber, stem •_' :; 

 in. diam. Leaflets I 2 

 pair, thinly coriaceous, 

 broadly ovate, acumi- 

 nate, •"> -."> in. long, quite 

 gla brous, polished above, 

 do stipels, Fl. pink, 

 I in. long, on short 3-5 

 lid. nice s arranged in 



long, slender, glabrous, 



race - like panicle,. 



Pod glabrous, obliquerj 

 "\ ;i I or almosi orbicular, 

 I -II in. long, narrowly 

 winged on the semini- 

 ferous suture, I -seeded. ^ 

 Sea coast and i idal river 



I'n.. 1 < >T . I terris scandens, Benl 



