264 LEGUMINOSJS. [Dalbbsgia. 



Forests of N". Oudh, Bundelkhand and Merwara. Distrib. Nepal, 

 Sikkim, _ Chota Nagpur, Behar. and in W. and S.India. Flowers in 

 April with the new foliage. The heartwood is purple streaked with 

 hlack. It is very much valued as a furniture wood. The foliage is used 

 as fodder. 



2. D. Sissoo, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 53 ; Fl. Ind. in, 223 ; W. ^ A. Trod. 264 ; 

 D. 4- G. Bomb. Fl. Suppl 24 ; Brand, For. Fl. 149, t. 24 ; F. B. I. ii, 231 ; 

 Watt E. D. ; Prain. in Journ, As. Soc. Beng. LXX,part ii, 40. — ^Vern. 

 Shisham, Sissu, tali (Punjab). 



A large deciduous tree with grey hark ; young parts downy. Leaflets 3-5, 

 alternate, obliquely ovate, acuminate, firm, at length quite glabrous. 

 Flowers in panicled racemes which are much shorter than the leaves, 

 branches densely pubescent. Calyx ^ in. ; teeth obtuse, shorter than the 

 tube. Corolla yellowish- white, twice the calyx ; standard with a long 

 claw. Stamens 9. Ovary pubescent. Pod l|-3 in. by ^'2 i^-j strap- 

 shaped, obtuse, narrowed below into a stalk, 2-3-seeded. 



Wild within the area, in gravelly river-beds in Dehra Bun and eastward 

 along the foot of the Himalaya, also in Merwara. Distrib. Baluchis- 

 tan, W. Himalaya up to 4,000 feet, and in the Terai of Nepal and Sikkim 

 to tipper Assam. Extensively planted throughout India as a roadside 

 tree, and for the sake of its excellent timber. The tree thrives best on 

 low-lying sandy tracts The new foliage begins to appear in Feb., and 

 the flowers open between March and May. The pods ripen during the 

 cold season, and remain <.n the tree for a long time. The strong elastic 

 wood seasons well, and is largely used for furniture ; the tree is often 

 lopped for fodder, and near towns the fallen leaves are frequently col- 

 lected for fuel by native confectioners. 



3. jy.la.nceola,ria, Linn. f. Suppl. 316 ; D. <^ G. Bomh. PI. 87; Brand. 

 For. Fl- 151 ; F.B. I. ii, 235 ; Watt E- D. • Prain in Journ- As. Soc. Beng. 

 LXX, part ii, 52. D. frondosa, Roxh. ; FL Ind- Hi, 226; W. Sf A. Prod. 206 

 (in part). D. zeylanica, tioxh. ; Fl. Ind. Hi, 22S ; I), hircina. Ham- in 

 Wall. Cat. 5871 J..— Vern. Talcoli, hithua, pdssi (Merwara). 



A large deciduous tree with glabrous branches. Barh smooth, greenish- 

 grey. Leaves 3-6 in. long ; leaflets 11-15, not turning black when drying, 

 1-2 in. long, ovate or obovate, rounded at the base and often emarginate 

 at the apex, rigidly subcoriaceous, pale and rather glaucous beneath. 

 Flowers dull-white or pinkish, unilateral on the spreading branches of 

 large lax axillary and terminal panicles. Calyx dull-purple, silky 

 outside ; upper teeth obtuse, the 3 lower ones rather longer and acute, 

 Standard broadly obovate, clawed ; keel shorter than the wings. 

 Stamens 10, in two bundles of 5 each. Pod 2-3 in. long, stalked, 

 narrowed at both ends, flexible, glabrous, bright brown, usually 

 1-seeded, valves reticulate over the seed. 



• ehra Dun and Siwalik range (scarce), forests of N. Oudh (Duthie's 

 collector), Bundelkhand, Ajmer ( Jacquemont ), Merwara ( Duthie ). 

 DisTEiB. Valleys of the Outer Himalaya, Sikkim Terai, Behar, Chota 



