Dalbergia 



XLV. LEGUMINOS^ 



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A large deciduous tree, with stout branchlets, 

 perfectly glabrous, heart wood black. Leaflets 13-15, 

 coriaceous, shortly acuminate, often nearly opposite, 

 2-6 in. long, common petiole to 12 in. long. Fl. ap- 

 pearing before the leaves, in pedunculate corymbose 

 panicles, which are crowded at the ends of branchlets. 

 Calyx purple, corolla white. Pod brown, distinctly 

 veined, 1- rarely 2-seeded, 4-5 in. long, 1 in. broad. 



Lower and Upper Burma, ascending to 4,000 ft. Often 

 in Eng forest. Fl. Feb.-April. 



23. D. cana, Grah. ; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 344. Lower Burma, 

 chiefly near streams in the hills, is distinguished by smaller 

 more numerous, oblong-lanceolate leaflets and thin, narrow, 

 tawny-velvety pods. 



24. D. glomeriflora, Kurz; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 236. Hills of 

 the Pegu Yoma. Young shoots tawny tomentose, leaflets 

 5-9, elliptic or obovate, 2-3 in. long. Fl. crowded in com- 

 pact, shortly pedunculate liead-like panicles, appearing before 

 the leaves. 



25. D. sericea, Gr. Don. ; Prain in Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng., vol. 70, 51. — Syn. D. hircina^ Benth. ; Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. ii. 236. 



A small tree, with soft wood. Branchlets, petioles 

 and inflorescence clothed with silky, grey or ferrugi- 

 neous tomentum. Leaflets 13-19, elliptic, obtuse, 

 adpressed hairs on both sides. Fl. pale lilac, nearly 

 white, in compact short axillary panicles. Pods numer- 

 ous, in short panicles, small, glabrous, linear, 1-2 in. 

 long, \ in. broad, 1-4-seeded. 



Subhimalayan tract, from the Jumna to Sikkim. Fl. April, May. 



Fig. 103. 

 D. Kurzii, Prain. \. 



26. D. Oliveri, Gamble, Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., vol. QQ (1898), 451. 

 —Syn. D. paniculata, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 345 (not of Hoxb.). Prain I.e. vol. 70, 53. 

 Vern. Tamalan, Tabauk, Burm. 



A large tree, heartwood very tough, hard and heavy, dark red. Leaflets 

 10-20, glabrous, 1-1^ in. long. Fl. white, appearing with the young 

 leaves, J in. long, in large spreading terminal panicles. Calyx pubescent, 

 edges ciliate, 4 teeth short, obtuse, that opposite the keel long linear. Pod 

 1 -2-seeded, 3-4 by |-1 in. 



Pegu, mixed dry forest. Eng forests of Upper Burma. Fl. March, April. Smales 

 has sent specimens from the banks of the Mu river. Upper Burma, intermediate, 

 between this and D. assamica. Leaflets silky pubescent, fl. white, large, in small 

 lateral panicles. Species 20 and 26 are closely allied. 



Two trees of this section in Upper Burma are : 27. D. Hemsleyi, Prain, and 28. D. 

 Prazeri, Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., vol. 66 (1898), 450, 452. 



In Manipur a remarkable species of this section has been found : 29. D. Wattii, 

 Clarke; Prain, 1. c, 451. Leaflets nearly opposite, 4-5 pair, narrow-lanceolate, very 

 acute, slightly pilose beneath. 



D. Climbers. 



Stamens 10, in 2 bundles of 5 each. 



Pod thin. 



30. D. volubilis, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 191 ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 235. Vern. 

 Dauk talaung^ Burm. 



A large scrambling or climbing shrub with tough wood, the branches often 

 bent and twisted into spiral hooks. Grlabrous, except inflorescence. Leaflets 

 9-13, elliptic or obovate, often minutely mucronate at apex, 1-2 in. long. Fl. 

 small, crowded, pale blue, in compact, pubescent panicles. Pod 2-3 in. long, 

 I in. broad, 1- rarely 2-seeded. 



Subhimalayan tract, from Kumaon eastward. Gudh forests. Central and South 

 India. Andamans. Burma. Fl. Jan.-March. 



