1897.] D. Prain — Some additional Leguminosro. 449 



from those of D. tamarindifolia in being purple, not white, and in having narrower 

 and rather longer bracteoles under the calyx. From both D. velutina and D. 

 tamarindifolia it differs in being a tree. Also like D. lanceolaria its leaves only 

 begin to appear after flowering has commenced. The pod being unknown this may 

 be a Selenolobium ; more probably, however, it is a Sissoa. 



17. Dalbergia purpdkea Wall. 



Add to synonyms of F. B. I. : — D. paniculata Kurz, Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. xlv. pt. 2. 279 and For. Flor. Brit. Burm. i. 345. 



This, as Mr. Bentham and Mr. Baker have pointed out, is very nearly related to 

 D. lanceolaria. Mr. Bentham in describing the plant suggests that it may be a 

 climber ; Mr. Baker in his description omits the doubt and speaks of it as scandent. 

 It is, however, the tree known as Tabou-ben or Ta-pouk-ben in Pegu. The species ia 

 based on Wall. Cat. 5869, but under this number Dr. Wallich, as in many other 

 instances, has in the hurry of distribution confused two very distinct species ; the 

 specimen of Wall. Cat. 5869 at Calcutta is the same as Wall. Cat. 5859, which is 

 Dalbergia cana Grah. The effect of this mistake has been very far-reaching and has 

 led to quite a number of misidentifications in Mr. Kurz's admirable Forest Flora, the 

 most authoritative work on Burmese trees. 



D. purpurea differs, as Mr. Bentham and Mr. Baker point out, from D. lanceolaria, 

 of which it seems to be the representative in Burma, in having a calyx with shorter 

 teeth and in having a rather shorter corolla. It differs besides in having no callosity 

 on the standard. It appears further to form no new leaves till flowering is over ; 

 jn D. lanceolaria the new leaves begin to show while flowering is still going on. 



18. Dalbergia volubilis Roxb. 



This species is also very common in the Andamans ; and all the specimens from 

 the Western Ghauts seen by the writer that profess to be D. confertiflora prove to 

 be D. volubilis. 



19. Dalbergia assamica Benth. 



This is, according to Mr. Peal, the tree known in Assam as Medeloa. Whether it 

 is in no case a climber is not so clear as one would wish ; there seems no foundation 

 for the statement that it occurs in Kamaon. It is the Assamese representative of 

 D. lanceolaria just as D. purpurea is the Burmese representative of that species. 



20. Dalbergia paniculata Roxb. 



Add to synonyms of F. B. I. : — D. nigrescens Kurz, Pegu Rep. App. 

 A 48 and App. B 45 ; Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xlv. pt. 2. 279. 



Add to localities of F. B. I.: — Burma; common everywhere from 

 the Hukung Valley {Griffith n. 1810 !) and Bhamo (/. Anderson !) to 

 Pegu (Kurz /), the Karen Hills (Eyre !) and Shan Hills (King's 

 Collectors !) 



22. Dalbergia hircina Benth. 



Add to synonyms of F. B. I. :— D. robusta Wall. Cat. 5849A 

 (partly). D. stenocarpa Kurz, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xliv. pt. 2 205. 



Dr. Wallich has apparently made an usually grave confusion in connection with 

 this species and D. lanceolaria. Mr. Baker finds that in London the true D. hircina 

 Ham. is represented by Wall. Cat. 587 IB only, 5871A being D. lanceolaria. ThiB is 



