234 XLV. LEGUMINOS^ [Dalhevgia 



Subliimalayaii tract iii SiMdm (X>. follacpa, Gamble libt 29), tlie Dwars, Assanij 

 Kliasi bills and Sllliet. FL Marcli, April. Also Tonkin, Celebes. 



4. B. foliacea, Wall., is a large straggling or climbing sbrnb of Burma, similar to 

 JD. rimo&cij bnt leaflets 9-13, oblong, obtuse or emarginate, quite glabrous. PL in 

 ample terminal panicles. 



5. D, ovata, Grab. Vern. Madamd, Bnrm. 



A moderate-sized decidnons tree, quite glabrous, except inflorescence, which 

 is rusty-tomentose when quite young. Leaflets 5-9, elliptic, acuminate, com- 

 mon petiole 3-5 in. long. Fl. white, l-] in. long, calyx supported by an 

 obtuse bracteole. Stamens 9. Panicles large, terminal, common peduncle 

 flexuose, branches black divaricating. Pods oblong-lanceolate, 1-3-seeded 



Lower and Upper Burma. 1^1, C.S. Coohinchina. Kurz P. El. i. 343 separates 

 from this D gJaiica^ by obtuse mucronate leaiiets. This is D, ohtuslfolla, Prain in 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 70, 42. 



6. D. cultrata, G-rah. ; Ivurz., P. PL i. 342 ; Vern. Ymdaik, Burm. 



A deciduous tree, attaining 70 ft., with purplish black heartwood, often with 

 lighter and dai'ker streaks. Young shoots adpressed silky-pubescent. Leaflets 

 7-13, oboyate-oblong, obtuse, glabrous. PI. appearing with the fresh leaves, 

 -J> in. long, white or pale pink (white, scented, Upper Burma), on pedicels as 

 long as calyx, in unilateral paniculate racemes. Stamens 9. Pod oblong, 

 1-4 in. long, with 1-3 seeds. 



Common m deciduous and evergreen foxiest of the plains and hills, Lower and 

 Upper Burma. Dry country of the Irawaddi valley. PL H.S. Pr. C.S. 



7. D. Collettii, Prain in Journ As. Soo. Beng., vol. 6Q (1898) 445. Shan bills, Upper 

 Burma, has the branches grey-downy, leaflets 9-15, 1-2 in. long, grey-puberulous 

 above, pubescent beneath. PL minute (J in. long) in ample terminal panicles, pod 1-2- 

 seededj lanceolata on a long stalk, tapering to both ends. In Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 vol. 70, 56, Prain states this is a large climber. 



8. D. burmanica, Prain, 1 c, 448. Euby Mines district, Upper Burma, is a middle- 

 sized tree, youngest shoots finely puberulous, leaflets 7-9, glabrous, 1^-2 m. long. Ph 

 purple, in short sessile brown-pubescent panicles. 



B. Climbers. Stamens 9 or 10, united into a sheath split above. 



9. D. rubiginosa, Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 115. 



A woody climber, running over the largest trees, branches stiff, divaricating, 

 often bent and twisted, branchlets finely pubescent or softly tomentose. Com- 

 mon petiole rigid, 1-2| in. long, leaflets 5-11, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, sometimes 

 mucronate or emarginate, 1-2 in. long, upper side glabrous or finely pubescent, 

 under side densely tomentose or silky, rarely quite glabrous. Secondary nerves 

 not conspicuous, numerous, parallel. PL white, I in. long, crowded in short 

 axillary panicles, calyx brown, silky or tomentose. Pod thin, glabrous, l|-2 

 in. long. 



"Western Ghats from Kanara to Malabar. PL Pebruary to May. In this I include D. 

 congesta, Graham, which is pubescent, and D. Gardneriana, Benth., w^iich is densely 

 tomentose. The last form is common on the Nilgiris. Prain, I.e. 444, regards all three 

 as separate species. 



Nearly allied are 2 eastern species : 10. D. coHfertiflora, Bentli. Silhet, Chittagong, 

 Pegu, Andamans. Leaflets 11-15, 1-lJ in. long, obtuse, glabrous, fi. crowded at tlie 

 ends of ramijB.cations of ample terminal panicles. 11. B. velutina, Benth. Khasi hills, 

 Burma, Malay Peninsula. Densely rusty-pubescent, leaflets glabi^ous at last, 13-17, 

 oblong, lJ-2 in. long. 



12. J>. rostrata, Grab. *, Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 70, 45 (D. psendoShsoo, 

 Miq. JO. Championu, Thw. ] PL Bi'it. Ind. ii. 281). Tinnevelli, foot of Ghats, Ceylon, 

 Malay Peninsula. Leaflets 1-5, 2-4 in. long ; fl. creamy- white, pod 8-4 in., seed 1. 



13. D. Kingiana, Pi-ain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 67, 289, Kachin hills. Leaflets 5-7, 

 coriaceous, shortly acuminate, 3 in. long. 



14. D. tamarindifolia, Eoxb. ; Wight lo. t. 242. 



Deciduous, branches often twisted, branchlets and inflorescence pubescent. 

 Leaflets 25-41, obliquely oblong |~| in. long. PL white, in sessile compact 



