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Wight Ic. t. 206. Verh. AsJwk, Hind. ; Jasunda, Mar. ; Asoka, Tam. ; Thawka, 

 Burm. 



Evergreen. Young shoots drooping and coloured. Leaflets 3-6 pair. Fl. 

 in dense corymbs, 3-4 in. diam., orange on expanding, gradually changing to 

 scarlet. Peduncles and pedicels glabrous, coloured, bracteoles persistent, *■ in. 

 Calyx-tube \ in. long, twice the length of lobes. Perfect stamens 7-8. Pod 

 (J-10 by 2 in., valves hard, reticulate. 



Kbasi bills, Arakan, Tenasserim. Western Peninsula, Northern drears and in 

 evergreen forests of the Konkan and Kanara. Frequently planted, chiefly neartemples, 

 in India and Burma. Fl. H. S. — Ceylon. 2. S. zollingeriana, Miq. Martaban, Java. 

 Leaflets 3 pair, less rigid than in 1, corymbs dense 2—3 in. broad, pedicels glabrous, very 

 slender. Calyx-lobes less than J length of tube. Pet-feet stamens 7. 3. S. Griffithiana, 

 Praia in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 66 (1898), 491. Upper Burma. Leaflets 1-ii pair, corymbs 

 dense 3—1 in. broad, peduncles and pedicels pubescent. Sepals half the length of 

 Calyx-tube. Perfect stamens usually 1. Species 2 and 3 not seen, closely allied to 1. 

 4. S. triandra, Baker. Mergui, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra. A small tree, with long 

 slender, often scandent branches. Leaflets 5-12 in. long, 2-3 pair. Fl. rich orange- 

 yellow, in lax fascicled pubescent corymbs 5-8 in. lung, axillary or above the scars of 

 fallen leaves. Bracteoles J in. long, spreading. Calyx-tube slender, about as long as 

 lobes. 



B. Bracteoles caducous. 



5. S. Lobbiana, Baker. Tenasserim, attains 40 ft. Leaflets membranous, &-12 in. 

 long, 5-6 pair. Fl. yellow, changing to red, in glabrous panicles on the old wood, 

 bracteoles oblong-sjjathulate. h in. long, falling before the ll. expand. Calyx-lobes half 

 the length of tube. Pod 12 by 2J in. 



Dialium, sp. nova, is a splendid tree of the evergreen forests of South Travaneore 



L.OOO 2,1 ft., timber very hard (Bourdillon. . 1 1 1 1 \ L899, in fl.). L. iinparipiniiate. 



leaflets II alternate, thinly coriai us, glabrous, ovate, caudate-acuminate. Fl. in 



axillary fulvous-pubescenl panicles. Sepals 5, widely imbricate, fulvous-pubescent 

 outside. Petals 0. Stamens 'J. anthers large, extrorse, on short filaments. Ovary 

 oblique, densely hairy, ovules 2. Fr. unknown, hence cannot be named. Nearly allied 

 to D. ovoideum, Thw., Bedd. Fl. Svlc. t. Is], of (Vvloii (ef. Brain in Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng, 66 [1898], 183). 



in. AFZELIA, Smith: Fl. ii.it. [nd. Li. 274 (Jntsia, Thouars ; Taubert in 

 Bngler a. Prantl iii. 3. 140). 



Erect unarmed trees. L. glabrous, paripinnate. Fl. numerous, in terminal 

 corymbose panicles. Calyx-tube cylindrical, lobes 4. much imbricated, slightly 

 unequal. Petal one, orbicular, with a distinct claw, the others rudimentary or 

 wanting. Perfect stamens .".. filaments nearly free, long, pilose, anthers small. 

 oblong. Pod hard, thick, compressed. Seeds separated by transverse spongy 

 dissepiments, generally with a cup-shaped arillus. Albumen 0. Species 10-12, 

 i ropical \ sia a ad Africa. 



1. A. bijuga, A. Gray. Andamans, common near the coast. Littoral from the 

 Mascarene islands to Polynesia. Attain* 50 ft. Eeart-wood reddish-brown, close 

 grained. Leaflets 2 pair. Panicles and calyx pubescent. Petals .'. in. long, white or 



pink, filaments pink. Pod 6 8 by '_' 3 in., thicklj coriaceous. S Is orbicular. .1. 



retnsa, Km'/,. Sum I ri I hi ii (flhiala, Shutidal), Andamans, Malaj Peninsula. Fl. in 

 glabrous racemes, probably is nol specifically distinct. 



2. A. palembanica, Baker (A. bijuga, Knrz !•'. Fl. i. U2). Andamans, Mala j Peninsula, 

 shim. Mirbow, Malay, timber muoh prized, A tall tree. Leaflets bright green, very 

 glossy, I pair. Panicles and calyx pubescent. Fl. green. Stamens dark claret-coloured 

 Pod almost woody. 10 12 h\ 2 :; in. s La broadly oblong, l| by 1 in. 



II. PAHUDIA, Mi,,.: Prain in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. ix. 34. 

 Unarmed trees. 1.. paripinnate. PI. racemose, racemes frequently pan icled. 



Calyx-lobes I. coriaceous. Petal one. the others rudimentary. Stamens 7, 



filaments decimate, free in the upper part, united below in a sheath split above. 



