280 LEGVUINOSM. [Ougeinia. 



pubescent ; stijpules minute, subulate. Flowers 1-6, on the spinea^ 

 shortly stalked. Calyx glabrous, longer than the pedicels ; teeth 

 short, triangular, acute. Corolla three times the calyx, reddish,, 

 glabrous. Pod about 1 in. long, usually falcate, irregularly constricted 

 between the seeds, smooth. 



Not uncommen within the area, on sandy or rocky ground. Disteib. 

 Plains of Punjab and Sind, Salt Eange, Rajputana, Gujarat ; and in the 

 drier parts of Kashmir, alsj in Baluchistan, and in Egypt and Arabia. 

 Flowers in March and April. The plant is given as fodder to camels ; 

 it has also well-known medicinal properties ; the twigs are much, 

 used for making tatties. A form with much broader leares is found 

 in Eajputana. The true A. maurorum of Tournefort with silky poda 

 does not occur in India. The manna, or sugary excretion, produced 

 on this plant, and sold in the Indian bazars under the name ' taranja' 

 bin,' is imported from Persia and Bokhara. 



55. OUGEINIA, Benth ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 160- 



A tree, with pinnately 3-foliolate leaves. Flowers in fascicled 

 axillary racemes from the old wood. Calyx-tuhe campanulate ; teeth 

 small, the 2 upper subconnate. CoroUa much esserted, standard 

 broad, keel obtuse. Stamens 2-adelphoTis, anthers uniform. Ovary 

 sessile, linear, many-ovuled ; style filiform, incurved ; stigma minute, 

 capitate. Fod linear, flat, smooth, formed of 2-5 large more or less 

 distinct joints.— A single species, confined to India. 



O. dalbergioides> Benth. in Miq. PI. Jungh. 216 ; Brand. For. Fl. 

 146,t.23;F. B. I. ii, 161; Watt E. D. Dalbergia ougeinensis, Roxb. ; 

 M. Ind. Hi, 220; Boyle III. 191.— Yevn. Sdndan, pdnan (Oudh). 



A medium-sized tree, with a short often crooked trunk ; bark thin, grey. 

 Petioles 1^-2 in, ; stij^ules lanceolate, acute, soon falling ; leaflets 

 rigidly coriaceous, glabrous or downy beneath ; terminal leaflet 3-6 in. 

 long, roundish oy ob ovate, entire or obscurely crenate ; lateral smaller, 

 opposite, oblique ; stijpels minute, subulate. Flowers many, in short 

 fascicled racemes from the nodes of old branches ; jpedicels |-| in., 

 filiform ; bracts small, ovate-acuminate, villous. Calyx ^-^ in., pubes- 

 cent, teeth obtuse. Corolla lilac or whitish. Pod 2-4 in. long, flat ; 

 joints 2-3 times as long as broad. 



Forests of Dehra Dun and Siwalik range, Oudh, Bundelkhand. Distrib. 

 Sub- Himalayan tract, from the Sutlej to Sikkim, ascending to 4,000 ft., 

 and from Chota Nagpur south to the Godaveri and N". Kanara. The 

 flowers appear in March after the old leaves have fallen and just as 

 the new foliage is coming out. The bark exudes an astringent gum, 

 which is used medicinally as Avell as for puisoning fish. The reddish 

 heartwood is strong and tough and is much valued. The tree is 

 extensively lopped for cattle-fodder. 



