236 L. LEGUMiNOsa!. (J. G. Baker.) [Balbergia. • 



Tropical TTtmat.atas, from Kumaon eastwards ; Assam, Crriffith, Jenkins. 



A twiner, with glabrous branches. Leaves 6-10 in. long; leaflets the same shape 

 and size as in I), lanceolaria, but rather thinner, with a few hairs at the beginning on 

 the under surface. Panicles deltoid, moderately close, 3-4 in. long, with slender fine 

 silky branclies. Calyx ^ in., finely silky, the lowest tooth lanceolate, as long as the 

 tube, the others obtuse, rather shorter. Corolla under j in. Pod just like that of S, 

 lanoeolaria. 



20. D. paniculata, Moxh. Cm: PL ii. 8, t. 114 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 227; erect, 

 leaflets 9-15 obtuse glabrous or nearly so, flowers in copious axillary and ter- 

 minal panicles with racemoso-corymbose hranchlets, pedicels very short, calyx- 

 teeth as long as the tube, pod glabrous 1-3-seeded rather thickened and veined 

 opposite the seeds. DC. Prodr. ii. 417; W. iSr ^- Pi-odr. 265; Wall. Cat. 

 5848, A to D ; Dalz. 8^ Gibs. Bmnb. Fl. 78 ; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv., 

 Suppl. 45 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 88. 



Plains of the WESTEEif Pesinstixa. 



A tall erect tree, the ultimate branches clothed -with short erect grey-brown silky 

 pubescence. Leaflets like those of D. lanoeolaria in shape, size £ind texture. Panicle 

 very different, mainly terminal, but much less ample, the branches always densely 

 dotted with brown silky pubescence, the main ones erecto-patent. Calyx ^ in., sub- 

 sessUe, densely silky. Corolla twice the length of the calyx, the limb of the standard 

 not more than ^ in. broad, without any callosity at the base, the keel much shorter 

 than the other petals. Pod just like that of D. lanoeolaria. 



21. D. g'lomeriflora, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlii. 2, 70; 

 erect, leaflets 7-9 acute slightly pubescent beneath, flowers in congested 

 panicles, pedicels nearly obsolete, calyx-teeth obtuse, pod unknown. 



BiRMA, at Prome, Kurz. 



A middle-sized erect tree, with fulvo-tomentose branchlets. Leaflets ovate-oblong 

 or obovate, 2-2^ in. long, thinly coriaceous, glabrous above. Panicle subcapitate, 

 with villose branches. Calyx glabrous, ^ in. Corolla white, a little longer than the 

 calyx. — Ex Kurz loe. cit. 



22. D. hircina, Bemth. in Journ. lAnn. Soc. iv., Suppl. 46 ; erect, leaflets 

 17-25 obtuse both surfaces clothed with short persistent grey hairs, flowers in 

 short congested axiUary corymbose panicles, pedicels ebracteate as long as the 

 calyx, calyx-teeth nearly as long as the tube, pod small glabrous 1-3-seeded 

 slightly thickened but not veined opposite the seeds. Wall. Cat. 5871 B, 

 not A. 



Central and Eastern Himalayas, tropical zone ; from Gaewhal and Kumaon to 

 Bhotan, ascending to 4000 ft. 



Leaf-rachis 6-10 in. long, finely grey-downy; leaflets obtuse at both ends, firm, 

 with veins rather raised, emarginate at the apex, 1-1^ in. long. Panicles short- 

 peduneled, 1-2 in. long, with densely pubescent ascending branches. Calyx ^ in. 

 long, densely pubescent. Corolla scarcely more than twice the length of the calyx ; 

 standard obovate, ^ in. broad ; keel distinctly shorter than the wings. Pod much 

 smaller than that of its allies, often 3-4-seeded, 1-1^ in. by \ in., obtuse or subacute, 

 narrowed gradually into a stalk twice as long as the calyx. 



23. D. Thomsoni, Benth. in Jom-n. Linn. Soc. iv., Sv^l. 33 ; scandent, 

 leaflets 9-11 glabrous obtuse, flowers in copious ample terminal and axillary 

 panicles, ultimate branches secund cymose, pedicels very short minutely brac- 

 teate, calyx-teeth minute, pod thin greenish rather oblique slightly thickened 

 and veined opposite the solitary seed. 



TJppEK Assam, Griffith. Kasia, 2-4000 ft., Hook. fil. ^ Thomson. 



