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or on both sides. Species 40, in the tropical and subtropical regions of both 

 hemispheres, one half in the Transgangetic peninsula. Differs from Millettia 

 by the indehiscent winged pods and, in the case of some species, by the 

 inflorescence. 



A. Trees. 



1. D. robusta, Benth. — Syn. Dalbergia robusta, Eoxb. ; Wight^Ic.^t. 244. 

 Vern. .ffbim, Assam ; T/iitpagaji ^ Biirm. ' :y^ 



A middle-sized deciduous tree, leaflets 6-13 pair, chartaceous, elliptic-oblong, 

 1-1 1 in. long, underside pale with minute adpressed hairs. Fl. white, in 

 slender axillary, slightly pubescent racemes, pedicels filiform, three times the 

 length of calyx. Pod linear, minutely pubescent, l|-3 by |-J^ in., upper 

 suture winged, seeds 1-5. 



Assam, Chittagong hills. Burma. Fl. H.S. A profusion of white blossoms -before 

 the leaves appear. 



2. D. dalbergioides, Baker. Tenasserim. Upper Burma (Mu forests, Verii. Ngayamhi., 

 Burm., Smales). In April-May covered with brilliant purple fi. Malay Penins. 

 Leaflets 10-15 pair, 1 in. long, pale beneath, Avith fine adpressed hairs on both sides. 

 Pod lanceolate, glabrous, 2-4 in. long, 1-4-seeded, a broad sliarp wing [on the upper 

 suture. 



B. Climbing shrubs. 



3. D. scandens. Benth. — Syn. Dalbergia scandenSj Eoxb. Cor.^^Pl.^t. 192 : 

 Wight Ic. t. 275. Vern. GonJ, Hind. ; Migyaung-nice^ Burm, 



A very large evergreen climber, often 100 ft. long ; stems 3 in. diam. : 

 leaflets coriaceous, 3-6 pair, elliptic-lanceolate, 1-2 in. long. Fl. pale rose- 

 coloured (white in Ceylon) on slender pedicels, fasciculate on thickened nodes 

 in slender axillary slightly pubescent racemes, much longer than leaves. Pods 

 linear-lanceolate, 1-3 in. long, |-i in. wide, with fine silky scattered hairs, upper 

 suture winged, seeds 1-4. 



Subhimalayan tract 

 from Oudli eastward. As- 

 sam, Chittagong, Burma, 

 Andaman s. Western Pen- 

 insula. Fl. E-.S. Also in 

 Ceylon, Malay Peninsula, 

 China. 



4. D. uliginosa, 

 Benth.; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 

 339. 



A large glabrous ever- 

 green climber, stem 2-3 

 in. diam. Leaflets 1-2 

 pair, thinly coriaceous, 

 broadly ovate, acumi- 

 nate, 3-5 in. long, quite 

 glabrous, polished above, 

 no stipels. Fl. pink, 

 I in. long, on short 3-5 

 fid. racemes arranged in 

 long, slender, glabrous, 

 raceme - like panicles. 

 Pod glabrous, obliquely 

 oval or almost orbicular, 

 1-1 i in. long, narrowly 

 winged on the semini- 

 ferous suture, 1 -seeded. 



Sea-coast and tidal river 



Fig. 107. — Derris scandens, Benth. J. 



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