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A¥ight Ic. t. 206. Vern. AsJwkj Hind. ; Jasunda^ Mar. ; Asoka, Tarn. ; ThawJca, 

 Biirm. 



Evergreen. Young shoots drooping and coloured. Leaflets 3-6 pair. EL 

 in dense corymbs, 3-4 in, diani., orange on expanding^ gradually changing to 

 scarlet. Peduncles and pedicels glabrous, coloured, bracteoles persistent, } in. 

 Calyx-tube -^ in. long, twice the length of lobes. Perfect stamens 7-8. Pod 

 6-10 by 2 in., valves hard, reticulate. 



Khasi hills, Arakan, Teiiasserini. "Western Peninsula, ISJ'orthern Oircars and in 

 evergreen forests of the Koiikan and Kanara. Frequently planted, chiefly near temples, 

 ill India and Burma. PI. H. S. — Ceylon. 2. S. zollingeriana, Miq. Martabaii, Java. 

 Leaflets 3 pair, less rigid than in 1, corymbs dense 2-3 in. broad, pedicels glabrous, veiy 

 slender. Oalyx-lobes less than J length of tube. Perfect stamens 7. 3. S. GnffltMana, 

 Prain in Jourii. As. Soc. Beng., 66 (1898), 491. TJppei Burma. Leaflets 4-6 pair, corymbs 

 dense 3-4 in. broad, peduncles and pedicels pubescent. Sepals half the length ot 

 calyx-tube. Perfect stamens usually" 4. Species 2 and 3 not seen, closely allied to 1. 

 4. S. triandra, Baker. Mergui, Malay Peninsula, Sumatia. A small tree, with long 

 slender, often scandent branches. Leaflets 5-12 in. long, 2-3 |)air. PI. rich orange- 

 yellow, in lax fascicled pubescent corymbs 5-8 in. long, axillary or above the scars of 

 fallen leaves, Bracteoles J in. long, spreading. Calvx-tube slender, about as long as 

 lobes. 



B. Bracteoles caducous. 



5. S. Lobbiana, Baker. Tenassei-im, attains 40 ft. Leaflets membranoiiSj 6-12 in. 

 long, 5-6 pair. PL yellow, changing to red, in glabrous panicles on the old wood, 

 bracteoles oblong-spathtilate, I in. long, falling before the fl. expand. Calyx-lobes half 

 the length of tube. Pod 12 by 2^ in. 



Dialium, sp. nova, is a splendid tree of the evergreen forests of South Travancore 

 1,000-2,000 ft., timber very hard (Bourdillon, July 1899, in fl.). L. imparipinnate, 

 leaflets 11 alternate, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, ovate, caudate-acuminate. Fl. in 

 axillary fulvous-pubescent panicles. Sepals 5, widely imbricate, fulvous-pubescent 

 outside. Petals 0. Stamens 2, anthers large, extrorse, on short filaments. Ovary 

 oblique, densely hairy, ovules 2, Pr. unknown, hence cannot be named. Nearly allied 

 to JD. ovoideinn, Thw., Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 181, of Cevlon (cf. Prain in Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng , 66 [1898], 483). 



10. AFZELIA, Smith; PI. Brit. Ind. ii. 274 {J)it>>ia, Thenars; Tauhert in 



Engler u. Prantl iii. 3. 140). 



Erect unarmed trees. L. glabrous, paripinuate. Pi. nimiei^ouB, in terminal 

 corymbose panicles. Calyx-tube cylindrical, lobes 4, much imbricated, slightly 

 unequal. Petal one, orbicular, with a distinct claw, the others rudimentary or 

 wanting. Perfect stamens B, filaments nearly free, long, pilose, anthers small, 

 oblong. Pod hard, thick, compressed. Seeds separated by transverse spongy 

 dissepiments, generally with a cup-shaped arillus. Albumen 0. Species 10-12, 

 tropical Asia and Africa. 



1. A. bijuga, A. Gray. Andamans, common near the coast. Littoral from the 

 Mascarene Islands to 'Polynesia. Attains 50 ft. Heart-wood reddish-brown, close 

 grained. Leaflets 2 pair. Panicles and calyx pubescent. Petals i in. long, white or 

 pink, filaments pink. Pod 6-8 by 2-3 in., thickly coriaceous. Seeds orbicular. A, 

 rctiisa, Kurz. Sundriban {Bhiala, Shundal), Andamans, Malay Peninsula. PI. in 

 glabrous racemes, probably is not specifically distinct. 



2. A palemTbanica, Baker {A, hijwja^ ELurz; P. PL i. 412). Andamans, Malay Peninsulay 

 Siam. Mlrhow, Malay, timber much prized. A tall tree. Leaflets bright green, very 

 glossy, 4 pair. Panicles and calyx pubescent. PI green. Stamens dark claret-coloured. 

 Pod almost woody, 10-12 by 2-3 in. Seeds broadly oblong, 1| by 1 in. 



11. PAHUDIA, Miq. ; Prain in Ann. Bot. G-ard. Calo. ix. 34 



Unarmed trees. L. paripinnate. PL racemose, racemes frequently panicled. 

 Calyx-lobes 4, coriaceous. Petal one, the others rudimentary. Stamens 7, 

 filaments declinate, free in the upper part, united below in a sheath split above. 



