Drepanocarpus. | LEGUMINOSAE. 337 
Ind. Fl. ii. 238).—Htouk-ma.—A_ tree (830—40 + 8—15 4 3—4), 
shedding leaves in H.S., in the young shoots rusty or tawny pilose 
and glabrescent ; bark about 1-2 lin. thick, blackish, rather even, peel- 
ing off in small flakes intermixed with little warts; leaves unpaired- 
Has.—Common in the swamp forests of Pegu and Martaban down to Upper 
Tenasserim.—F. Febr.-March; Fr. Apr.-June.—s.—SS.=A//, Metam. 
- Remarxs.—Wood white, turning yellow, coarsely fibrous, light, very perish- 
able. 
» turning brownis ; flowers small, white, with a 
yellowish standard, on capillary about }-1 lin. long pedicels, form- 
Ing a simple or branched axillary me shorter than the leaves, 
Has.—Frequent in the tidal forests along the coast from Chittagong down 
to Tenasserim.—Fl. May-June; Fr. close of rains. —s.—SS.=Sal. 
REMARxKs.—Wood soft, beautifully silvery white, close- and straight-grained. 
The roots powdered absorb alcohol, and a spoonful of the powder in a tumbler- 
is said to ci i an half an hour the 
4. D. monospermus (Dadéergia monosperma, Dalz.; H.f. Ind. 
Fl. ii, 287).—A scandent shrub, with the branchlets usually hook-— 
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