42 D. Prain — The Asiatic species of Didhergifi. [No. 1, 



D. latifolia var. sissoides Bedd. Flor. Sijlvat. sub. t. 24 (1869); Bak. 

 in Eooh.f. Flor. Brit. Ind. ii. 231 (1876). 



Andamans : probably north Island, Kyd (Ic. Boxh.) ! Java ; Horsfield! 

 Koorders! Heijer I S.India: Nilgiris, Wight m\\ Segar, 0/a r Are 11305 ! 

 Pulueys, near Kodaikanal, Bourne ! Courtallam, Wight ! 



4. Dalbergia sacerdotum Prain. A tree, the young twigs soft, 

 blackish, faiutly puberulous. Leaves 20 cm. long, leaflets 9-11, ovate, base 

 cuneate apex obtuse notched, membranous, finely reticulated, sparsely 

 adpressed-puberulous on both surfaces, 6 cm. long, 3 cm. wide ; rachis 

 15 cm. long and petiolules 4 mm. long finely puberulous. Flowers in 

 terminal tbyrscid panicles 8 cm, long 6 cm. wide, the peduncle, branches 

 and slender pedicels rusty-puberulous ; bracteoles lanceolate obtuse, 

 membranous, deciduous. Calyx campanulate, teeth obtuse, the lowest 

 as long as tube the others shorter. Petals short-clawed, standard 

 orbicular hardly thickened at base. Stamens 10, monadelphous. Ovary 

 shortly stipitate, glabrous except the stipe ; ovules 4. Pod thinly coria- 

 ceous, narrow-ligulate, tapering to the stipitate base, apex acute, 

 glabrous, 3-seeded, 9 cm. long, 1 cm. wide. 



China: Shanghai, Ttev.pp. Helot & d'Argy 75 ! 



The reverend gentlemen who collected the material on which tliis very distinct 

 species is based, give its Chinese name as Te-Zii, i.e., " Aloes- Wood." ]ts nearest 

 ally is D. Sissoo as regards pod and D. emavginata as regards foliage but it is very 

 different from both. 



5. Dalbergia obtusifolia Prain, D. ovata var. obtusifolia Bak. 

 in Hook. f. Flor. Brit. InJ. ii. 2^1 (1876). D. glauca Knrz, For. Flor. 

 Brit. Bnrm. i. 343 (1877), nee Wall. 



Burma: Pegu, Knrz 1784! 2607 in part! Pakchoung, Brandis 228! 

 Shan Hills ; Madoe and elsewhere, King's Collectors ! Lower Ohindwin, 

 Collectors of Forest Dept. ! Hukung Valley, Griffith 1809 ! China : Yunnan, 

 near Momien, J. Anderson ! 



Griffith notes this as a " medium tree." 



6. Dalbergia tonkinensis Praiw. A small or medium-sized tree. 

 Leaves 20-22 cm. long, leaflets 9-11, ovate, base rounded, apex shortly 

 abruptly acuminate, firmly subcoriaceous, very sparingly puberulous 

 when 3'ouug, soon glabrous, 6-9 cm. long, 3-4 cm. wide; rachis 13-15 

 cm. long, and petiolules 4 mm. long glabrous ; stipules small, tawny- 

 puberulous, deciduous. Floivers " white, fragrant," in small, corymbose, 

 axillary panicles 5 cm. long, 3*5 cm. wide. Pods firmly coriaceous, 

 ovate or oblong, subacute, distinctly stipitate, 5 cm. long when 1-seeded, 

 8 cm. long when 2-seeded, 2 cm. wide, distinctly reticulated opposite 

 the seed. Seed reniform, compressed, 1 cm, long, 5 mm. wide. 

 Dalbergia sp. Drake del Castillo, Joiirn, de Bot, v. 215 (1891). 



