1901.] D. Prain — The Asiatic species of Dalbergia. 53 



This is a fine tree, known in Assam as " Medeloa." The Subsiwalik specimens 

 collected by Edgeworth and included in this species by Bentham prove, on examina- 

 tion, to belong to D. sericea Gt. Don. ( = D. robasta Wall, not Roxb.=>B. hircina Benth. 

 not Ham. ) . 



39. Dalbergia hupeana Ranee, Journ. Bot. yx. 5 (1882) ; Forbes 

 ^' Hemsl., Journ. Linn. S'oc. xxiii. 198 (1887). 



China : Ichang ; Walters ! Henry 3670 ! 4558 ! 3112 ! 4932 ! Ningpo ; 

 Oldham ! Cooper ! Faher ! Kwangfcung ; Sampson ! Ford ! Carles 556 ! 

 Nant'o, Carles 287 ! E. Szecliuen ; Farges 1213 ! Yang-tze-kiang, 

 Faher ! 



This Farges terms *' Tan-mou-choa," the wood being " Tchan-Keou." Cooper 

 says " Paitan " is the local, " white Chandan " the classical name. Henry, on 

 n. 3670 at Kew, calls it the Tan tree. 



40. Dalbergia Wattii Clarke, Journ. Linn. 8oc. xxv. 17, t. 5 (1889) ; 

 Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixvi. 2. 451 (1897). 



Manipur: Metaiphum, 5000 ffc., Watt 6830! Mayung, 3500 ft, 

 Clarke 42034 ! 



41. Dalbergia Oliveri Gamble ex Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng^ 

 Ixvi. 2. 451 (1897). D. paniculata Kurz, For. Flor. Brit. Barm. i. 345 

 (1877) not of Boxb. D. purpurea Bak. in Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. 

 ii. 235 partly and as to Pegic specimens only (1876) ; Prain, Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng. Ixvi. 2. 449 (1897). 



Burma : Pegu, Kurz 1781 ! 2604 ! Wuntho and Bhamo, J. W. Oliver ! 

 Collectors of Forest Bept. ! 



The recent receipt of fruiting specimens and oldish leaves of " Tamalan " (jD. 

 Oliveri Gamble) shows that this tree is the same as the " Tabou-ben " of Kurz's 

 FlovsbiD. paniculata Kurz, not of Roxb.jand further settles finally a very troublesome 

 question that had arisen regarding the incidence of the name D. 'purpurea. 



In the Linnean Society's Herbarium (Wallich's type herbarium) and in all the 

 other herbaria seen by me D. purpurea Wall, is = D. cana Grab., except at Kew 

 • where there is mixed with D. cana some D. volubilis. Bentham's D. purpurea, which 

 is based on that material, is thus a mixture of D. cana and D. volubilis, while to 

 these species Mr. Baker, in the F.B.I, has added a third in the shape of D. paniculata 

 Kurz, non Roxb. The writer's D. purpurea, in this Journal (Ixvi. 2. 449) rejected 

 both D. purpurea Wall, and D. volubilis, and is restricted to Kurz's plant, for which in 

 any case therefore a new name would have had to be provided had this not already 

 fortunately been done by Mr. Gamble. 



42. Dalbergia Prazeri Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixvi. 2. 452 

 (1897). 



Burma : Shan HiUs at Koni, Prazer ! Siam : Teysmann 52 ! 



Very closely related to D. Oliveri, '* Tamalan" or *' Tabon-ben " and to D. stipit' 

 lacea " Donk-ta-loung-nway,'* having the pods of the former but in foliage more 

 resembling the latter. 



