1897.1 G. 



King 



• Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 113 



D. sub sympathe- 

 tica. 



Stamens in two lateral phalanges of 5 filaments each, pod 



thin and flattened except opposite the seeds (§ Dalbergaria) 1. D. volubilis. 



Stamens monadelphous : — 



Pod thin and flattened except opposite the seed (§ Sissoa) 

 [unknown in D. Hullettii^ : — 



Flowers contemporaneous with the leaves ; climbing 

 species : — 



Standard narrow, claws of petals shorter than calyx 

 tube : — 



Pod very short-stalked ; flowers '25 in. long in pani- 

 cles of congested corymbs (leaflets 1 in. or more in 

 length) ... ... ... ... 2. D. confertiflora. 



Pod distinctly stalked ; flowers minute ("lS-^ in.) 

 in lax corymbose cymes :— 



Leaflets '6-l'5 in. long ; corymbs mostly terminal ; 



ovary puberulous ... ... ... 3. D. Junghuhnii. 



Leaflets "2-"4 in. long; corymbs smaller axillary 

 and terminal; ovary glabrous ... ... 4. 



Standard orbicular, claws of petals as long as calyx- 

 tube : — 



Leaflets rather numerous, membranous, not cus- 

 pidate s— 



Leaflets 13-17, 15-2 in. long, oblong obtuse or 

 subacute; racemes large spreading; calyx aud 

 leaves densely pubescent... ... ... 5. D. velutina. 



Leaflets 25-41, -6-'75 in. long, rhomboid retuse ; 

 racemes small congested; calyx and leaves thinly 

 pubescent ... ... ... ... 6. 



Leaflets few (1-5), large (2-4 in. long), firm, 

 abruptly cuspidate ... ... ... 7. 



Flowers preceding the leaves ; a small tree, (claws of 

 petals as long as calyx-tube) ... ... ... 8. 



Pod uniformly thickened throughout the valves, the upper 

 suture falcate at least when young (§ Selenolobium) : — 

 Pods flattened, reticulated, always 1-seeded, (upper 

 suture recurved when ripe) : — 



Leaflets usually 5, small (under 1 in. long), obovate- 

 oblong obtuse ; flowers many in congested panicles 9. 

 Leaflets usually 3, large (3-3 '5 in. long), ovate- 

 lanceolate acute ; flowers few in short spikes ... 10. 

 Pods turgid, smooth, often 2-seeded: — 



Upper suture recurved when ripe, pod puberulous ; 

 leaflets acuminate, large (4-6 in. long), prominently 

 veined and when young densely pubescent beneath, 

 thickly coriaceous ... ... ... 11. D. Kunstleri. 



Upper suture convex like lower when ripe, pod 

 glabrous ; leaflets glabrous obtuse slightly emar- 

 ginate, smaller (2-35 in. long), not prominently 

 veined beneath, thinly coriaceous ... ... 12, D. parviflora. 



J. ii. 15 



D. tamarindifolia, 

 D. pseudo-sissoo. 

 D. Hullettii. 



D. torta, 



D. menoeides. 



