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greenish-white, about 8 mm. long on slender pedicels, .' Pods 4r-8 cm. 

 long,- brown, oblong, flattened. Seeds, tr5j cjbjong^ ; , 



Amurland, Manchuria, China' and Ja pan. v. 



The wood is* yellowish-bi'owh,' hard 1 and -tough, fine textured, 

 suitable for building and furniture, for making agricultural implements, 

 saddles, etc., and for railroad tics. The bark yields a yellow dye. 



Propagated by seeds. About 9,9-30 seeds weigh 1 pound. 



Maackia hupehensis Take'da, 



Tree to 23 m. tall. Bark greenish-gray. /Leaflets 41-13, 2-3 cm. 

 long, ovate to ovate-elliptic,. densely hirsute.,: Flowers numerous, white,, 

 about 10 mm, long. , -,,;,,,■ ; 



Hupeh, Szechuan, Kiangsi. 



According to E. H. Wilson, the bud scales in'trie spring are bluish,' 

 with yellow margins. The unfolding leaves are s'Lver gray. 



DALBERGIA ' < ; 



Trees, shrubs or climbers, Leaves coriaceous, odd pinnate or rarely 

 1 foliate. Flowers papilionaceous, numerous, small, in terminal or 

 axillary panicles; calyx campanulate, o toothed; standards ovate or 

 orbicular; stamens 9-10, moiiadelphous or with a split sheath; anthers 

 minute; ovary stipitate, few ovuled; style short, incurved with capitate 

 stigma. Pods oblong or ligulate (strap shaped) Usually thin and flat,, 

 indehiscent, 1-4 seeded. 



About 70 species, mostly in the tropics. ; 9 or 10 species in China. 



Dalbergia hupeana Hance. 

 Tian Shu. 



Tree to 20 m. tall with rough gray bark peeling in thin flakes. 

 Leaflets 9, oblong, rounded at both ends or ennirginate at the apex, 

 veins 1 elevated on the under surface, glabrous, usually about 4 cm long 

 (up to 7 cm.). Panicles glabrous, compact; flowers yellow or creamy 

 white, small, about I cm. long; calyx hairy, 4 toothed, the upper teeth 

 obtuse, the lower tooth elongated; corolla about 1/2 the length of the 

 calyx ;; stamens, diadelphous; oviuy glabrous, 3 ovuled. Pod ligulate, 

 flai,iminutely apiculate, 1-3 seeded, up to 8 cm. ■long. -; 



