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Ind. Fl. i. 238).—Htouk-ma.—A tree (30—40 + 8—15+43—4), 
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23 to nearly 8 lin. long ; stamens in 2 separate sheaths 3 Ovary 
villous ; pods consisting of 1 or 2 unequally reniform-obovate joints, 
while unripe flat, but finally drupe-like thickened, fleshy, 3-4 lin. 
thick and minutely warted or torulose, at the base tapering in a 
short stalk, at the apex laterally pointed, 1-1} in. long. 
Has.—Common in the swamp forests of Pegu and Martaban down to Upper 
Tenasserim.—F. Febr.-March; Fr. Apr.-June.—: Metam. 
bi Remarxs,—Wood white, turning yellow, coarsely fibrous, light, very perish- 
adie. . 
238).— Vay-chin-ya.—A large shrub with a tendency to climb, the 
others ; corolla glabrous, about 14 lin. long, the petals shortly 
clawed ; stamens 10, in a single slit sheath ; anthers 4-celled, the 
cells globular ; ovary glabrous; pod compressed, reniform, 2-1 in. 
long, blunt with a mu 0, at the base contracted in a 3 lin. long 
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Slender stalk, almost smooth and glabrous, coriaceous, 1-seeded, 
Han.—Frequent in the tidal forests along the coast from Chittagong down 
to Tenasserim.—F), May-June; Fr. close of rains.—s.—SS.—Sal. 
, REMARKS.—Wood soft, beautifully silvery white, close- and straight-grained. 
The roots powdered absorb alcohol, and a spoonful of the pe in a tumbler- 
ful of water is sai sufficient to destroy in less than half an hour the 
‘ects of alcohol even in cases bordering on delirium tremens. 
7 FL : D. monospermus (Dalbergia monosperma, Dalz.; H.f. Ind. 
2. ( 5 Ait. In 
237).—A scandent shrub, with the branchlets usually hook- 
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