ROSEWOOD 9 
MAI PAYOONG.— (Rosewood, Blackwood tree 
Dalbergia latifolza ) is a tree, of the natural order of Papili- 
onaceae. Leaflets from 3-7, subalternate, roundish, emar- 
Binibe: Panicle axillary, filaments 10, coalesced into one 
body. Legume, one-seeded. = Trunk erect, though rarely 
straight, often very thick and rising to a very great 
height. Branches spreading, very numerous, forming a 
large shady heaa. Leaves alternate, pinnate with an odd 
one, from 15-20 cm long, leaflets from 3--7, generally 
five, aitnaats, the exterior ones largest, roundish, emargi- 
nate, a little waved above, .smooth, covered with a little 
whitish down underneath, generally about 5 cm 
each way. Petioles, axillary small erect. Flowers small 
and white. Catyx,hoary, five toothed. Filaments, ten, 
united into one, open above. Anthers twin singly 
globular. Germ pedicelled, smooth, stigma simple. Seed 
of the size of a small French bean. The wood is of 
a dark purple colour with small black streaks. The 
sapwood is small and yellow. Payoong wood is very 
hard. The annual rings are not distinct. The numerous 
medullary rays are uniform, fine and stout. The tree is 
