Balhergia.] L. leguminosji. (J. G. Baker.) 231 



Sttboen. 1. Slssoa, Senth. Stamens usually nine in one Isundle, the 

 sheath of filaments being slit only along the top. Pod straight, thin, l-4f- 



* Iieqflets large. 



1. D. Sissoo, JRoxb. Hrn-t. Beng. 63; Fl. Ind. iii. 223; erect, leaflets 

 3-5 roundish with a very distinct cusp, flowers in short axillary panicles with 

 racemoso-corymhose branches, pedicels short, pod 1— 4-seeded not veined opposite 

 the seeds. DC. Prodr. ii. 416 ; W. i^ A. Prodr. 264 ; Wall. Cat. 5860 ; Benth. 

 in Journ. lAnn. Soc. iv., Svppl. 40 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 26. D. pendula, Terun-e 

 Cat. Sort. Neap. 84. 



Plains through India peopeb, ascending to 5000 ft. in the Central Himalayas. — 

 DiSTRiB. Afghanistan, Beloochistan. 



An erect tree, with finely grey-downy branches, ieo/'-rachis zigzag ; leaflets 

 firm, soon glabrescent, 1-3 in. long. Panicles much shorter than the leaves, the 

 erecto-patent branches densely pubescent. Calyx J in. deep, downy ; teeth very 

 short, the lowest rather the longest, lanceolate. Corolla yellowish, twice the length 

 of the calyx ; standard with a long claw and round limb. Stamens 9. Pod thin, 

 strap-shaped, pale brown, glabrous, 1^4 in. by J-J in., obtuse with a stalk twice 

 as long as the calyx. 



2. D. latifolia, Itoxb. Cor. PI. ii. 7, t. 113 ; erect, leaflets 5-7 orbicular 

 obtuse, flowers in lax axillary panicles with subcorymbose branches, pedicels 

 elongated, pod 1-3-seeded not veined opposite the seeds. Poxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 

 221 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 416 ; W. Sf A. Prodr. 264 ; Wight le. t. 1156 ; Wall. Cat. 

 6852 ; Benth. in Jowm. Linn. Soe. iv., Sv^l. 38 ; Dab. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 77 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 24. D. emarginata, Roxb. Sort. Beng. 63 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 224 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 6858. 



Common through the Westeen Peninstji.a, Sikkim and Bbhae, HooTc. fit. Btjn- 

 DELCxnsi), Edgeworth. 



An erect tree, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves 4-6 in. long ; rachis straight ; 

 leaflets 1^2^ in. long, firm, greenish or glaucous below, often emarginate at the 

 point, euneate at the base, the petiolules unusually long. Flowers in lax broad 

 panicles, shorter than the leaves ; pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx ^— ^ in. ; teeth 

 obtuse, rather shorter than the tube. Stamens 9. Corolla white, twice the length 

 of the calyx. Pod firm, brown, strap-shaped, rather shining, 1^3 in. by J-| in., 

 in the place of the seeds distinctly marked but not wrinkled. 



Vae. sissoides; leaflets rather narrower in proportion to their length and some- 

 times obtusely pointed. D. sissoides, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 587S ; W.^ A. Prodr. 265 ; 

 Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soa. iv., Suppl. 39. D. javanica, Miq. Flor. Lid, Bat. i. 132 ? 

 — Nilghiris. Listrib. Java? 



8. D. ovata, Orah. in Wall. Cat. 5864; scandent, leaflets 5-7 oblong 

 acute, flowers in axiUary panicles with crowded corymbose branchlets, pedicels 

 very short, pod 1-3-seeded not veined opposite the seeds. Benth. in Jowrn. Limn. 

 Soc. iv., Svppl. 40. D. glauea. Wall. Cat. 5862. 



Maetaban, Wallich. Pegtt, Kwrz. 



Whole plant glabrous, except the branchlets of the panicle. Leaf-xachis 2-3 

 in. long ; leaflets firm, greenish or slightly glaucous below, the upper oblong, 3-4 

 in. long, narrowed gradually to a point, the lower shorter round-ovate. Panicle 

 broad, about as long as the leaves, made up of distant congested clusters, the 

 main branches spreading or even deflexed. Flower and pod just like those of D. 

 latifolia. 



Tar. obtusifolia; leaflets oblong or obovate-oblong obtuse emarginate 3-5 in. 

 long. — Birma, Griffith, Kurz. 



4. D. Ctaamploni, Thwaites Enum. PI. Zeyl. 95; scandent, leaflets 1-5 



