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Dalbergia] XLV. LEGfUMINOSiE ^ >^^. 239 



name, D. torta, wliicli, liowever, is not based upon any description, bnt merely upon a 

 number and specimens in Wallicli's catalogue. In Journ. As. Soc. Beng., vol. 70, 49, it 

 is called D. candenatensis, Prain. 



35. D. parviflora, Eoxb. ; Prain, I.e., 452. — Syn. Drepanocarpus Cumingii, Kurz, F. 

 PL i. 336, is a large glabrous, often spiny climber. Tenasserim, the Andamans, the 

 Malay Peninsula and Malay Archipelago. Leaflets 5-9, 2-3 in. long, stamens mona- 

 delphous. This and allied species furnish a fragrant wood, the Kayu-lakka of commerce. 



36. D. reniformis, Eoxb.; Wight Ic. t. 261.— Syn. Dre;pa7iocarpus 

 reniformis^ Knrz, F. Fl. i. 336. Vern. Taukma, Burm. 



A deciduous tree, branchlets rusty tomeutose. Leaflets 7-11, coriaceous, 

 ovate, acute, li-2 in. long. Fl. white in rusty tomentose, mostly axillary 

 panicles. Stamens generally in 2 separate sheaths. Pod consisting of 1 or 2 

 reniform joints, thick, torulose, fleshy when ripe. 



Assam. Silhet. Cachar. Burma. PL Peb. March. 



'\ 19. PTEROCARPUS, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 238. 



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Large trees, with dark-coloured heartwood. Leaflets alternate, more or less 

 coriaceous, without stipels. Fl. yellow, in paniculate racemes, bracts and 

 bracteoles minute, caducous. Calyx turbinate, often curved, teeth somewhat 

 unequal. Petals exserted, with long claws, standard and wings curled. Sta- 

 mens united in a single or in 2 distinct sheaths, the 10th stamen frequently 

 free. Ovary with 2-6 ovules. Pod flat, indehiscent, more or less oblique, 

 orbicular, ovate or falcate. Seeds 1, rarely 2 or 3. 15 species, tropics of the 

 Old and New World.' 



1. P. indicus, Willd. ; Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. 66 (1898), 

 pp. 123, 453. Vern, Padaukj Burm. 



A large tree, generally evergreen, with reddish brown heartwood. Leaflets 

 5-9, glabrous, elliptic, abruptly acuminate, with a broad obtuse point, 2-3 in. 

 long. Secondary nerves not much more prominent than the reticulate veins 

 between them. Flowers numerous, golden-yellow, fragrant, on slender pedicels 

 longer than calyx, in panicles at the end of branchlets, a striking contrast 

 with the dark green shining foliage. Pod orbicular, 1-2 in. diam., silky- 

 pubescent while young. 



Often planted in Burma, believed to be indigenous in the Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago. PL May-Aug. \ _.. ,,,^ 



2. P. dalbergioides, Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 246; 

 Prain, I.e., p. 124.— Syn. P. indicus j Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 23. The Andaman redivood. 



A large evergreen tree, with ascending branches 

 spreading at the ends. Differs from P. indicus by 

 more numerous leaflets, which are ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, principal secondary nerves 5-8 pair, 

 conspicuous. Pod nearly glabrous, 2 in. diam., often 

 2-seeded. 



Common on the Andamans, where it attains a very 

 large size. PI. E.S. Eoxburgh (PL Ind. iii. 236) and Prain 

 regard these 2 species as distinct; Baker (PL Brit. Ind. 

 ii. 238) and Kurz (P. PL i. 349) unite them. The colour 

 of the heartwood varies from light grey to deep reddish- 

 brown and bright red ; these differences in colour, how- 

 ever, are not accompanied by any visible characters in 

 leaves or flowers. 



' T^ TT- T7\ TTii • Q/io TT PiG. 105. — Pterocarpus dal» 



3. P. macrocarpus, Kurz ; F. Fl. i. 349. Vern. i^ergioides, Eoxb! i 



Padauk, Burm. 



A deciduous tree, young shoots tawny-pubescent ; leaflets 7-9, ovate-oblong, 



