842 LEGUMINOSE. [ Dalbergia. 
+ Leaflets apiculate, acute or acuminate, rather large. 
Leaflets notchedly apiculate ; panicles lax, puberulous ; flowers 
. D 
white or purplish . . purpurea, 
Leafiets acute or short rtly acuminate ; panicles tomentose compact 5 
calyx glabrous ; flowers white . D. glomeriflora. 
+ + Leaflets blunt or retane, dation em: 
Panicle rather compact ; aoa short or very shot por pur- 
ple (?); leaves drying b . nigrescens. 
Panicle very lax ; pedicels slender flowers white or purplish out- 
ot ni; . D. paniculata. 
ruse sami or ‘apeaead shrubs. 
© Stamens united in 2 separate sheaths ; leaflets blunt 
or eek e 
Leaflets 11-13 ; inflorescence densely pubescent; bractlets minute D. volubilis. 
Leaflets 17-21 ; inflorescence ere bractlets small, but — 
cuous : . D. stipulacea, 
OD ‘Stamens ianited 5 ina 
X Leaflets in a4 pers, retuse or ao F inflorescence, 
ete., glabro 
Flowers blue; pina aa pee leaflets more or less oblong D. foliacea. 
Flowers whi te ; nicle small, axillary ; leaflets more or less — D. rubiginosa. 
4 Pceafete i in 11-41 pairs ; inflorescence and youn 
branchlets rusty pubescent 
Leaflets 3-4 in, long ; panicle or cyme very short . «  « D. tamarindifolia, 
Leaflets 1-2 in. ‘aa’ panicle ample . . D. velutina. 
1. D. latifolia, Roxb. ; Hf. tad FL ii. ‘231; Bedd. Sylv. 
long, the petals rather long-clared. ; stamens 9, united im a He 
slit sheath ; ovary glabrous ; pods lanceolate or ’ Splone staoslats 
npainimitie: 0 t both sea tapering in a slender stalk, very flat, 
— y acteeens, brown, smooth, slightly net-veined at the 1 
Os —Andamans (accord. Roxb.). 
a —Heart-wood greenish or ish black, often mottled or lighter 
veined, close-grained, takes a fine polish. Tend j in India extensively for eabinet- 
work, fameke ah vessels, agricultural implements, combs, etc., also in gun-carriage 
» 2...) eak Grah. ; H-£. Ind. Fl. ii. 233.—Yendike.—A tree 
: Pee aire iar , leafless in H.S., the young shoots @p- 
pressed silky pubescent ; bark } an in. thick, rather smooth, with 
transverse short streaks ; cut brown ; leaves unpaired-pinnate, te, 5-6 in. 
: Tong, —— young canescent or appressed ta y pubescent 5 
