PERICOPSIS MOONIANA. (Nat. order Leguminosse.) 



•t ERICOPSIS. Thw. — GEN. CHAR. Lobes of the calyx subequal or the 2 superior a little smaller and subconnate, vexilluni broadly 

 orbicular reflexed, alas falcato-obovate, keel incurved obtuse, petals free, stamens 1 free, anthers versatile, ovary stipitate many -ovuled, style subulate 

 involute at the apex, stigma small, legume stipitate, broadly linear flatly compressed coriaceous indehiseent with the sutures with a thickened margin, 

 seed much compressed broadly ovate or orbicular, cotyledons obliquely cordate at the base. 



A tree with the habit o£ Ormosia, leaves unequally pinuate, leaflets alternate, flowers blackish-purple, panicles terminal, 



P ERICOPSIS MOONIANA. (Thw.) A very large tree, branches white-dotted, gemmce pilose, leaves 8-14 inches long, the 

 petiole and petiolules pilose when young, leaflets 5-8 glabrous ovate or oblong acuminate paler beneath minutely reticulate, 2J-7 inches 

 long 1 J -3 broad, stipules lanceolate pilose deciduous 2 lines long, panicles terminal, calyx 7 lines long, flowers 1 inch long, legumes 1-6 

 seeded smooth, obscurely reticulated, 1 inch broad thickened, margins 1 line broad, Thw. En. PI. Zey. p. 413. Dalbergia Mooniana, 

 Thw. 1. c. p. 93. 



This is a very valuable timber tree common about Colombo and the southern and central parts of Ceylon at no great elevation, the timber is 

 used for building purposes and for furniture, and the tree is called Nadoong. 



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