344 LEGUMINOS2. [ Dalbergia. 
a small black broad repr eau bractlet, on very short pubescent 
pedicels, cymose and forming a slizhtly appressed pubescent 
- glabrescent agin in the axils of the leaves or above the scars of 
the fallen ones and collected into a large panicle at the end of the 
branchlets ; ain glabrous, about 2 lin. long, the teeth rather long 
and blu ntish ; corolla glabrous, about 2 lin. long; stamens 9, in a 
single slit sheath ; 3; ovary glabrous ; pods very flat, oblong to linear- 
oblong, blunt with or without a point, tapering in a short stalk, 
1-23 in. long, coriaceous, glabrous, greyish brown, slightly net- 
veined at the 1 or 2 seeds. 
Has.—Frequent in the upper mixed forests of the Pegu Yomah, less so 
in those from Martaban down to Upper —— eae along choungs.— 
FL. Jan.-Febr.; Fr. Apr.-May.—s + 1.—SS.—= 
5. D. cana, Grah.; H.f. Ind. Fl. ii. 287.—A tree (40—60 + 15— 
30+ Ord shedding leaves in H.S., the young parts slightly tawny 
pubescent, glabrescent ; bark about iin. thick, grey, peeling off m 
ittle brittle irregular pieces; cut ereenish-dark-brown ; leaves un- 
paired-pinnate, 1-2 ft. long, while young slightly poe soon 
eavpecsnt leaflets in 7-9 pairs, alternate, on a pubescen 
cent petiolule 1-14 lin. long, oblong to linear-oblong, often sh eS 
unequal, shortly and rather abruptly acuminate, 2-24 in. long, entire, 
chartaceous, when full grown glabrous, or slightly puberulous be- 
neath ; flowers small, purple, on capillary puberulous 1-2 lin. long 
pedicels, forming a lax puberulous Gicet: pedisisdled panicle in the 
axils of the leaves or arising from above the scars of the fallen 
ones; calyx purple, glabrous or nearly so, about 2 lin. long, the 
teeth blunt ; corolla glabrous, nearly 3 lin. long, the petals long- 
clawed ; stamens 10, united in 2 separate sheaths ; ovary pilose; 
pods flat, linear-oblong or linear, blunt, contracted in a short stalk, 
3-4 in. long, tawny -velvety, indistinctly veined at the 3-1- 
Has.—Frequent in the tropical forest ially along cho of the 
eastern alien oF the Pegu Yomah, and still Shines Proc t from Martaban down 
i Witadeeried —, Marci; Fr. C. S.—s.—SS.=SiS. Metam. 
~ Remarxs.—Wood white, turning brownish, rather heavy, ‘of a very coarse 
fibre, soon attacked by xylophages. 
6. D. purpurea, Wall. ; H.f. Ind. Fl. ii. 235.—Thit-pote or thit- 
poh.—A tree (40—60+ 15—20+45—6), leafless in H.S., all parts 
glabrous; leaves unpaired-pinnate, 2- 14 2g long, the young rachis 
a little puberulous; leaflets usually in 4 pairs, alternate, obovate- 
oblong to oblong, on an 4-1 lin. long, puberulous, glabrescen nt peti- 
olule, apiculate or blunt, 2-4 in. long, entire, thin coriaceous, & glab- 
rous ; flowers small, pale purplish or almost white, on ers 
stead : , forming 
_ coloured minutely puberulous glabrescent ae rather ee 
y arising from the short shoots or | 
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