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XLV. LEGUMINOSiE 



31. D. stipulacea, Roxb.; Wight Ic. t. 243 



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Fig. 104. — Dalbergia stipulacea, Boxb. J. 



^^ [Dalbergict. 



Gamble list 29. Vern. 

 Daukt alaunQy 

 Lower, Thit- 

 magyij Upper 

 Burma. 



A large climb- 

 ing -tree (Gam- 

 ble), in open 

 land or along 

 streams a shrub 

 or small bushy 

 tree, in the in- 

 terior of forests. 

 a fairly strong 

 climber (Prain,. 

 I.e., 451), wood 

 hard, close- 

 grained. Leaf- 

 lets 17-21, ob- 

 long, obtuse, 1-2 

 in. long. FL 

 dull purple (pale 

 blue, Kurz) |-| 

 in. long, on 

 slender pedicels,, 

 longer than 

 calyx, in more 

 or less unilateral 

 panicled ra- 

 cemes, bracts, 

 and bracteoles^ 



large, oblanceolate, persistent. Pod oblong, obtuse, 2-4 in. long, 1 J in. broad,. 

 1 -seeded, thickened and more or less prominently veined opposite the seed. 



Sikkim, ascending to 3,000 ft., Assam. Manipur. Chittagong. Burma. Fl. Jan.- 

 April (August in Sikkim, Gamble). To this section belongs : 32. D. Thomsoni, Benth.. 

 Assam. Khasi hills. Leaflets 9-11, il. very small. 



E. Trees, shrubs or climbers. Pods broadly falcate or reniform, thick^ 

 coriaceous or almost fleshy. 



33. D. spinosa, Poxb. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 238. — Syn. Drepanocarpus- 

 spinosuSj Kurz. Vern. Ye-chin-ya^ Burm. 



A rigid wiry scrambling shrub, with soft, silvery white wood, armed with 

 stout divaricating branchlets, ending in pungent spines. Entirely glabrous^ 

 leaflets 7-11, often nearly opposite, obovate-oblong, ^ to ^ in. long. PI. 

 yellowish white. Stamens 10, in a single sheath, sometimes in 2 separate: 

 sheaths of 5 each. Pod 1 in. long, reniform, coriaceous, 1-seeded. 



Tidal forests along the coasts from Chittagong to Tenasserim, also on the coast of 

 the Western Peninsula. Fl. May- June. 



34. D. monosperma, Dalz.— Syn. D. torta, Graham; Cooke, Bombay 

 Flora i. 397 ; Drepanocai^pus inonosperinus., Kurz, F. Fl. i. 337. 



A climbing shrub, branchlets often hooked and twisted, leaflets 5-7, obovate,. 

 obtuse, often emarginate, 1-1 1 in. long. Fl. white in axillary, mostly uni- 

 lateral racemes, which are often arranged in short panicles. Stamens mona- 

 delphous, pod falcate, 1-seeded. 



Near the sea coast of both peninsulas ; on hills as well as in mangrove-swamps and. 

 other salt marshes. Fl. June. Widely distributed over the Indian Archipelago,, 

 China and Australia. Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., vol. 66 (1898), 452, prefers the older 



