OUGEINIA DALBERGIOIDES. (Nat. ord. Leguminosee ; Sub-order Papilionacese ; Tribe Hedysarese.) 



OuGEINIA. (Benth.) Gen. Pl.p. 518.— GEN. CHAR. Calyx sub-bilabiate, the upper division oblong bidentate, the under one three-parted ; 

 disk fleshy at the bottom of the tube ; vexillum suborbicular, shortly uuguiculate exappendiculate, wings obliquely oblong, keel slightly incurved obtuse 

 about equal to the wings, stamens 10 monadelphous 9 and 1 authers uniform, ovary sessile many ovuled, style incurved subulate, stigma capitate terminal, 

 legume elongate plaue, articulations 1-2 or more oblong, slightly reticulate, scarcely dehiscing, seed compressed reuiform. A tree leaves pinnately trifoliate, 

 leaflets large, stipulate, stipules free deciduous, flowers white or rose, in short racemes, bracts small squamEeform, bracteoles below the calyx minute 

 persistent. 



OUGEINIA DALBERGIOIDES. (Benth.) A good sized tree, trunk tolerably straight, crowned with numerous spreading 

 branches and branchlets, bark dark brown deeply cracked, leaves alternate petioled trifoliate, up to 12 inches long, leaflets the exteri- 

 or one nearly round with an obtuse point about 7 inches long and 6 broad, the lower pair obliquely ovato-cordate obtuse pointed, 4 ; 

 inches long, 3 broad, margins of all scolloped and much waved, firm in texture smooth above, a little villous beneath, racemes axillary 

 and terminal, rarely compound ; pedicels slender, colored villous, 1 -flowered, bracts subreniform small villous caducous, bracteoles small, 

 one at the base of the calyx persistent, flowers numerous rather small white or pale rose fragrant, calyx villous sub-bilabiate as in the 

 genus, corol as in the genus, anthers oblong, affixed ' by the middle of their back, all uniform ; legume linear oblong, obtuse veined 

 articulated, slightly villous, seeds 1-3. — Dalbergia oojeinensis, Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 221. 



A very valuable timber tree, found in the Godavery forests, Jubbulpore, Nagpore, and in different parts of the Bengal (up to 4,000 

 feet) and Bombay Presidencies, but not observed anywhere to the south. It is cultivated in the Calcutta Botanical Gardens, and in 1 4 years 

 attained a height of 35 feet. The wood is hard, strong, and very tough, heavy, and close-grained, and not unlike Sissoo, but handsome. It is much 

 valued and is used for building, ploughs, wheels, carriage poles, and various other purposes, and it makes very handsome furniture. 



In the North Concan forests a kind of Gum kino is evtractci from the bark, which is used by the natives in bowel complaints. It is 

 erfled Telia Motku in the Godavery forests, Tewas at Jubbulpore and Oude, Sandan and Sdnan in Bignou forests , and Tumiusin Bombay. 



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