Dalbeegia.] LHaUMINOSM. 265 



Kagpur and south to Ceylon. Flowers in May and June. The wood is 

 white or yellowish and without heartwood. The leaves, bark and root 

 are used medicinally. 



4. D. paniculata, ^oxl. Cor. PI. ii, 8, 1. 114; Fl, Ind. Hi, 227; W. Sc 

 A. Prod. 265 ; D. 8f G. Bomb. Fl. 78 ; Brand. For. Fl. 150; F. B. I. ii, 236; 

 Watt E.D.; Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LX^,part ii, 51.— Vern. Dhohein 

 (Bundelkhand). 



A tall erect deciduous tree, the ultimate hranches silky-pubescent. 

 Leaflets similar in shape, size and texture to those of D. lanceolaria, 

 but turning black in drying. Floivers bluish- white, in shortly pedi- 

 celled brown silky racemes arranged in compact and usually termi- 

 nal j.anicles. Calyx ^ in., teeth as long as the tube, acute, densely 

 silky. Standard with a narrow cordate base, btamens 10, in two bun- 

 dles of 5 each. Pod as in D. lanceolaria. 



Siwalik range (scarce ), N. Oudh, Bundelkhand. Disteib. W- and S. 

 India, Burma and Shan Hills. Flowers April and May with the new 

 foliage. The structure of the wood is remarkable in having narrow 

 concentric layers of dark- coloured bast alternatiug with broad layers of 

 white wood, so that when planks are cut from the trunk they fall ta 

 pieces. 



5. D, sericea, G. Bon. Syst. ii, 375 ; Prain in Journ. As. Soc, Beng. 

 LXX,jpart ii, 51. D. hircina, Wall. Cat. 5871 B. {not of Ham.) ; Benth. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. iv, Suppl. 46 ; F. B. I. ii, 238 ; Watt E.D. D. stenccarpa, 

 Kurz. ; F.B.I, ii, 238. D. assamica, Benth. ; F.B.I, ii, 235 {in part). 



A small tree, with the branchlets, petioles and inflorescence rusty-tomen- 

 tose. Leaflets 17-25, ovate or elliptic, 1-li in. long, obtuse or emarginate 

 at the apex, clothed on both surfaces with appressed pubescence. Floivers 

 5 in. long, pale lilac or whitish, in short congested axillary panicles ; 

 pedicels equalling the calyx. Calyx-teeth, nearly as long as the tube. 

 Standard obovate, keel shorter than the wings. Stamens 10, in bundles 

 of 5 each. Pods numerous, 1-2 in. long, stalked, linear, glabrous, not 

 veined over the seeds, 1-3-seeded. 



Dehra Dun at Sahansradhara. Distbib. Outer Himalaya from Garhwal 

 to Sikkim and Bhutan, up to 5,500 ft. Flowers in April and May. 



6. D. volutoiUs, Boxh. Cor. PI. ii, 48, t. 191 ; Fl. In d. Hi, 231; W. Sf A, 

 Prod. 265 ;D. SfG.Boml. Fl. 78 ; Brand. For. Fl. 152; F.B.I, ii, 235 ; 

 WattE. D.; Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXX,part ii,54. D. confertiflora, 

 Benth,; F. B. I. ii, 233 {in part). 



A large woody climber, the branches often twisted into spiral hooks* 

 glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves 4-5 in. long ; leaflets 11-13> 

 obovate or ovate-oblong, often mucronate at the slightly retuse apex, f- 

 1 in. long, dark green above. Floivers in copious terminal and axillary 

 panicles, with pubescent horizontal or decurved branches bearing 

 densely corymbose cjmea ; pedicels pubescent; bracts and bracteoles 

 persistent. Calyx densely velvety; teeth lanceolate, the lowest longer 

 than the rest. Corolla 2-3 times the length of calyx, pale-blue ; 



