Smdora.] i. lEGUMiNOsai. (J. Gr. Baker.) 269 



2. S. volutin a, Baker; braachlets and leaves below densely tomentose, 

 leaflets 10-12, bracts caducous, calyx not prickly. 



Malacca, Br. Maingay. 



Leaves ^f ft. Pubescence of branohlets calyx and underside of leaves much 

 longer and more dense than in the last, bright brown. Leaflets 3-34 i°- long, oblong, 

 subacute, very thick and rigid. Pedicels very short. Buds ^ in. long. Ovary and 

 lower part of filaments more densely pubescent than in the last. Pod not seen. 



106. DXAI.XUIKE, Linn. 



Erect unarmed trees. Leaves odd-pinnate, yrith. alternate leaflets. Flowers 

 copious, small, obsciu-e, in ample terminal panicles. Ccdyx-tvbe yecj short ; 

 sepals lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, subequal, much imbricated. Petals 0. 

 Stamens 2, erect, included ; anthers dehiscing longitudinally, attached near the 

 base. Ovmy sessile, 2-ovuled ; style filiform, stigma terminal. Pod firm, dry, 

 indehiscent, oblong, 1-seeded ; endocarp pulpy. Seed albuminous. — Disteib. 

 Species about 10, cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



* Sepals ohlong-lanceolate, not more than — in. broad. 



1. D, ovoideum, Thwaites Enum. 97; leaflets 3-5 the end one cuneate 

 at the base, branches of the panicle ascending, pedicels nearly as long as the 

 calyx, pod brown-velvety. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 181. 



Ceylon, districts north of Kandy, Thwaites. 



A taU tree. Leaflets eonspicuously alternate, rigidly subcorjaceous, thinner than 

 in the following, glabrous on both sides, strongly veined, not glossy above, 2-4 in. long, 

 subobtuse, narrowed gradually from the middle to both ends ; petiolules ^-\ in.. 

 Panicle ample, with slender finely grey-downy branches. Bud lanceolate, | in. long. 

 Sepals subpetaloid, lanceolate, under A in. broad, thinly grey-downy. Filament 

 nearly as long as the anther in the developed 'flower. Pod ovoid, slightly compressed, 

 J-| in. long, eatable, with an agreeable acid flavour; seeds round, compressed, 

 shining, yellow or reddish-brown. — Closely allied to the Javan D. indum, Linn. 

 (Bennett PI. Jav. Ear. t. 30), which is not known within our limits, and differs by 

 its oblong buds and shorter fllaments and petiolules. 



2. X>. nZain^ayl, Baker; leaflets 9 rounded at the base, branches of 

 the panicle ascending, pedicels short, pod brovra-velvety. 



SiNCApoKE, Br. Maingay. 



Leaflets more crowded on the rachis than in the last, distinctly alternate, oblong- 

 cuspidate, glabrous, 3-4 in. long, rigidly coriaceous, glossy above, dull and paler 

 below ; petiolules ^— ^ in. Panicle ample, close, with rigidly erecto-patent main 

 branches, the lowest springing from the axils of tbe upper leaf; pedicels ascending, 

 not more than half as long as the calyx. Sepals J in., oblong-lanceolate, thinly 

 coated on the back with grey-brown pubescence. FUaments much shorter than the 

 anthers. Pod obovoid, 1 in. long, firm, persistently brown-velvety. 



3. D. laurlnum, Baker ; leaflets 7 roimded at the base, branches of the 

 panicle ascending, pedicels short, pod not velvety. 



Malacca, Br. Maingay. 



Leaflets oblong, broadly rounded at the base, narrowed suddenly to a subobtuse point, 

 4-5 in. long, rigidly coriaceous, glossy above, glabrous, opaque, strongly veined beneath ; 

 petiolules J-^ in. Panicles axillary and terminal; pedicels very short, ascending. 

 Bvd ovoid-oblong, J in. long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, densely grey-downy on the 

 back. Filaments very short. Pod roundish, 1 in. deep, fragile, black, thinly coated 

 with greyish-brown down. Seed as large as a bean. 



