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ovary pubescent; pods flat, elongate-oblong and often falcate, 
narrowed at the base, 1-4 in. long, acuminate, sinuate to almost 
moniliform-constricted between the 1-4 seeds, narrowly winged 
along the vexillar suture only. — 
Has.—Not unfrequent in the beach and tidal forests of Pegu and Tenas- 
serim.—Fr. Nov.-Dec.—l.—SS$.=All. Aren. Sal. 
7. D. amena, Bth.—A scandent shrub, all parts quite glab- 
rous ; leaves unpaired-pinnate, up to 4 ft. long, glabrous ; leaflets in 
3-4 pairs, ovate to ovate-oblong, on a 2-3 lin. long petiolule, 
leaves or several crowded on short branchlets ; calyx wide, nearly 
alin. deep, glabrous; corolla about 3 lin. long, glabrous ; ovary 
glabrous ; pods very flat, more or less oblong, 2-4 in. long, 1-2- 
seeded, glabrous, along the vexillar suture very narrowly and almost: 
obscurely, along the inner suture broadly (1-2 lin.), winged. 
Hap.—Tenasserim.—Fr. March, 
DALBERGIA, L. 
Calyx-teeth short, the lowermost rather longer. Standard 
obovate or orbicular, the keel blunt. Stamens 10, or reduced to 
sheaths ; anthers didymous, opening at the top, erect. Ovar 
stalked, with one or few ovules ; style incurved, with a terminal 
* Erect shrubs or trees 
O Stamens united into a single slit sheath ; flowers white. 
X Bractlets fallen before the expansion of the flowers. 
Leaflets 3-7, almost orbicular to obovate, notched or blunt ; all 
parts glabrous : ‘ : ; ; ¢ -  . D. latifolia, 
Leaflets 7-11, more or less oblong, notched or blunt . =. ~~. -D, culérata. 
ractlets black, short and broad, deciduous, but 
present during flowering. 
Leaflets blunt or more or less ma with amucro , ‘ . D. glauca, 
ets acuminate : : “ ‘ . . : ‘ - D. ovata. 
© Stamens united into 2 separate sheaths; flowers 
white or purple. 
X Pods velvety; flowers purple . . . 2D, cana, 
* X Pods quite glabrous, 
