273 S. Kurz — Contributions towards a [No. 4, 



6. D. elliptica, Bth. in Linn. Proc. IV. Suppl. Ill {Pongamia 

 elliptica, Wall. PL As. rar. III. 20. t. 237 ; Wight Icon. t. 420 ; Galedupa 

 elliptica, Roxb. PL Ind. III. 242 ; Pongamia volubilis, Zoll. and Mor. 

 Sjst. Verz. 3 ; Pongamia Horsfieldii, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 149). 



Hab. Upper Tenasserim, Attaran and Moulmein (Wall.). 



7. D. amoena, Bth. in PL Jungh. I. 252 in adn. and in Linn. Proc. 

 IV. Suppl. 110. 



Hab. Tenasserim, MouLmein to Mergui. — Pr. March. 



Pteroearpus, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 

 Pods about an inch across, almost glabrous (even while young), the stylose point far 



above the base ; calyx more glabrous, P. Indicus. 



Pods almost \\ — 2 in. in diameter, when young densely velvety-pubescent, the stylose 



point at the basal corner ; calyx rusty pubescent, P. maerocarpus. 



1. P. Ixdictjs, Willd. sp. pi. III. 904 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. III. 238 ; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 23 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 238. (P.flavus, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. II. 

 525 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 136 ; P dalbergioides, Boxb. Fl. Ind. III. 236 ; 

 Wight Icon. t. 246). 



Hab. Frequent in the tropical and the moister upper mixed forests, 

 from Martaban down to Tenasserim and the Andamans ; rare along the 

 eastern slopes of the Pegu Yomah. — Fl. May, Jun. ; Fr. Jul., Aug. 



2. P. MACBOCAEPTJS, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1874, 187 ; Hf . 

 Ind. Fl. II. 239. 



Hab. Frequent in the eng- and the upper mixed forests, from Mar- 

 taban down to Tenasserim ; very rare in the dry forests of the Prome Dis- 

 trict.— Fl. Apr. May ; Fr. BS. 



There are, as the Bev. Dr. Mason remarks (Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 1848, 223 sqq.), two kinds of padouk in Burma, the "padouk nee" (red 

 padouk) and the " padouk pyoo" (white padouk). I do not know whether 

 these two varieties correspond to the two species here adopted. 



Dalbergia, L.f. 



Conspectus of Species. 



Suit/. 1 . Dalbergaria, Bth. Stamens united into 2 separate sheaths of 5 each. 

 * Erect trees. 



x Pods velvety. 



Leaves bluntish acuminate ; panicles lax, puberulous ; flowers purple, D. cana. 



x x Pods quite glabrous. 



+ Leaflets rather large, apiculate, acute or acuminate. 

 Leaflets retuse-apiculate ; panicles lax, puberulous ; flowers white or purplish, 



. . D. purpurea. 

 Leaflets acute or shortly acuminate ; panicles short and compact ; calyx glabrous ; 



flowers white, B. glomeriflora. 



+ + Leaflets blunt or retuse, rather small. 



