1901.] D. Prain — The Asiatic species of Dalbergia. 61 



long, campanulate, teeth short, obtuse, one-third as long as tube. Corolla 

 Avliite, 4 mm. long, claws of petals short. Stamens 9 — 10, monadelphous, 

 diadelplions, or 3-adelplious the obvexillary stamen being free. Ovary 

 glabrescent ; ovules 3-4. Pod thinly coriaceous, distinctly wide-reticulate 

 througliout, quite glabrous, narrow-ovate, 35 cm. long, 1*5 cm. wide, 

 distinctly stipitate and cuneate at base, subacute at apex, 1-seeded. 

 D. spinosa W. ^ A. Prodr. i. 266 (1834), not of Boxh. 



Southern India: exact locality not stated, Wight 798 (821 K.D.) 

 flower ! Shevaghiri Hills, Wight 822 K.D. fruit ! 



Though much like D. spmosa in general appearance this is very distinct even as 

 regards leaves and flowers, and is wholly distinct as regards fruit. Its nearest ally 

 is in reality D. multijlora, but the much smaller cymes with much longer pedicels, 

 and the much smaller quite glabrous pod amply distinguish it. The leaflets too are 

 much smaller and fewer than in D. sympathetica so that it is easily distinguished, 

 even by its foliage, from D. sympatJietica var. glahrescens where, as in this, the leaflets 

 may be glabrous. The spines of this plant are straight as in D. spinosa. The 

 stamens, as in the case of D. melanoxylon, may be variously monadelphous, diadel- 

 phous or 3-adelphous. 



63. Dalbergia discolor BZ., Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. i. 130(1855); 

 Pen!h. in Joarn. Li7in. Soc. iv. Suppl. 41 (1860). 



Malaya : Borneo, southern coasts, Korthals ! Celebes, Teysmann 

 12539 ! 



This species has been tentatively placed by Bentham near D. foliacea ; it is 

 most nearly related to D. rimosa. 



6L Dalbergia rimosa Boxh. Hort, Beng. 53 (1814) ; DG. Prodr. 

 ii. 417 (1825); Boxh. Flor. Ind. iii. 233 (1832); Wall. Cat. 5853 

 (IS32) ; Wight Ic. t. 262 (1840); Voigt, Hart. Suhurh. Cahutt. 241 

 (1845) ; Benth., Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 32 (1860) ; Brandis, For. 

 Flor. 148 ( 1874) ; Bak. in Hooh. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. ii. 232 ( 1876). D. 

 foliacea Wall, (pro parte) Cat, 5856 B ; Gamhle^ Darjeeling List, 29 

 (1896), nee Wall. Dalbergia sp. Brake del Castillo., Journ. de Bot. v. 

 215 (1891). 



SiKKiM : Lower Hills, Terai and Duars ; Hooker ! King ! Gamble ! 

 Gammie! Haines! Assam: Brahmaputra Valley; Jenkins! Simons! 

 Mann ! King's Collectors ! Masters ! Peal ! Silhet ; Wallich ! Clarke ! 

 Cachar ; Prazer ! Khasia ; Griffith 1801 \ Hooker Sf Thomson ! Clarke! 

 Mann! Gallatly ! Naga Hills; Clarke! Watt! Burma: Kacbin Hills, 

 Prain s Collectors ! Tonkin : Black river, Balansa 2293 ! 



The Tonkin specimens have the leaflets glabrous beneath and the venation 

 slightly different from that in the leaves of typical D. rimosa. 



65. Dalbergia Forbesii Prain. A moderately large climbing 

 shrubs with glabrous branches. Leaves 13-18 cm. long, leaflets usually 

 5, ovate-acuminate, base rounded, thinly coiiuceous, closely finely leticu- 



