N. 0. leguminos^:. 455 



Calyx ?$ in. long, with a pair of obtuse, hairy, adpressed 

 bracteoles. Corolla twice as long as the Calyx. Stamens 10, 

 monadelphous, deeply divided into 2 bundles of 5 each, ovary 

 pubescent. Pod thin, strap-shaped, apiculate, 2-4 by f-i in., 

 1-3-seeded, thinly brown-tomentose, the place of the seed 

 distinctly marked ; stalk short (Talbot). 



Use : — The leaves are used in Goa as an alterative. The 

 bark is used as a Up to remove pimples (Dymock). 



402. D. lanceolaria, Linn, h.f.b.i., ii. 235. 



Syn. : — D. frond osa, 266, Roxb. 534. 



Vern : — Takoli, bithua (H.) ; Chakemdia (B.) ; Piri ^Kol.); 

 Chapot-siris (Santal.) ; Bander-siris (Nepal) ; Passi (Raj.) ; Dand- 

 ous (Sind) ; Jaholi, harrani, cjengri (Bomb.) ; Kanrchi, dandusa 

 (Mar.); Barbat, parbati (Banswara) ; Gengri iPanch Mahals); 

 Nal-valanga (Tarn.); Erra-pachchari, peclda-sopara, yerra-patsaru, 

 pasarganni (Tel.). 



Habitat. — Plains from the West-Himalaya to Ceylon. N. 

 Kanara, Konkan and (Khandesh), from Ajmer to Behar. Sikkim, 

 Terai. A beautiful tree when covered with flowers and young 

 leaves (Brandis). 



A large erect, deciduous tree, with glabrous branches. Bark 

 ^in. thick, compact, grey, smooth, exfoliating in thin, rounded 

 patches. Wood white or yellowish-white, moderately hard ; 

 no heartwood (Gamble\ Leaves 3-6in. long, stipules minute, 

 caducous. Leaflets about 15, ovate or obovate, obtuse, emarginate 

 glabrous, dark-green above, much paler beneath, coriaceous, 

 f-lj by J-f in. ; lateral nerves numerous, parallel, prominent on 

 upper surface (Talbot). Brandis says : — "Leaflets 11-17, l-2in. 

 long, not black when dry, ovate or obovate, obtuse, secondary 

 nerves more distinct than the reticulate veins joining them. 

 Flowers in short, unilateral and axillary panicles, with spreading 

 branches." ' ; Panicles," says Talbot, " clothed with rufous pubes- 

 cence, large lax, terminal and axillary, appearing when the tree 

 is bare of leaves." Calyx brownish-purple, the two upper Calyx- 

 teeth obtuse, the 3 lower acute. Corolla pale, pink ; standard 

 broadly obovate. Stamens 10, in 2 bundles of 5 each. Pod 



