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37. LEGUMINOSiE. 



[Dalbergia, 



panulate, teetli 5, distinct. Corolla exserted, keel obtuse. Sta- 

 mens 9-10, monadelphous or in 2 bundles of 5 each. Style short, 

 incurved, stigma capitate. Pod thin flat, indehiscent few seeded. 

 Seeds kidney-shaped. 



Stamens 9 in one bundle, sheath of filaments only split at 

 the top. Pod straight, thin 1-4-seeded. (fc'issoa.) 

 Trees with large leaflets. 



Leaflets 3-5, acuminate, cuspidate ... ... 1. JD. Sissoo. 



Leaflets 5-7, obtuse ... ... 2,. D. latifolia. 



Scandent shrub with unequal sized leaflets ... 3. X). ruhiylnosa, 

 Scandent shrubs with many small leaflets. 



Pod thin, oblong, long-stalked, usually 1-seeded, 4. D, StocTcsii, 

 Pod thin, oblong, short-stalked, 1-3-seeded ... 5. D, sympathetica. 

 Pod strap -shaped, long-stalked, 1-3 seeded. Sta- 

 mens 10 ... ... ... 6. 2). tamarindifolia* 



Stamens in 2 bundles of 5 each. Pod thin, straight, 1-3- 

 seeded (Dalbergaria). 

 Trees. 



Leaflets with prominent parallel nerves. Stand- 

 ard with a callosity at base ... ... 7. D. lanceolaria. 



Leaflets with reticulate venation. Standard 



without a callosity ... ... ... 8. D, paniculata. 



Climbers. 



Pod straight, thin, 1-2-seeded ... ... 9. Z>, volubilis. 



Stamens in 2 bundles of 5 each. Pod obliquely orbicular- 

 oblong, rather recurved, usually 1-seeded. (celenolo- 

 bium.) 



Twining shrub, unarmed. Pod crescent-shaped ...10. D. monospermd. 

 A spinous erect shrub. Pod reniform, flat ...11. D, spinosa, 



1. D. Sissoo, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II [. 223 ; Fl. Br. 1. 2. 281 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 25 ; Brandis For. Fl. 149 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl, 24. 

 The Sissoo tree. Sissu, tali, Sind ; T anach, sisamj Gmz, 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Indus to Assam. Planted through- 

 out the Presidency ; believed to be indigenous in Guzerat, Beluchistan and 

 Central India, Fl, Mch.-June. Fr. Nov.-Feb. A large deciduous tree. 

 Bark grey, exfoliating in strips ; Sapwood small white. Heartwood 

 brown with darker veins, close-grained, verj- hard. Weighs about 45 lbs. 

 to the cubic ft., elastic, seasons well. Used for boat building, gun car- 

 riages, furniture, etc. Young twigs and leaves for cattle-fodder. Suit- 

 able for railway sleepers. 



2. D. latifolia, Roxb. Cor. PL 11. 7, t. 113 ; Fl, Ind, III. 221 ; Fl. 

 Br. T. 2. 231 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 24 ; Dalz. & Gibs, Bomb. Fl. 77. The 

 Blackwood or Rosewood Tree of Southern India. Biti, K. ; Shisham, sisu, 

 M. ; Sisali, kalaruk, Kon, 



Oudh, E, Bengal and Central India. Throughout the deciduous for- 

 ests of the Presidency, associated with teak in the high timber forests 

 of North Kanara. Fl. Aug. Fr. Dec-Jany. in North Kdnara. A large 

 deciduous tree. Bark. 1*5 — 1 in. thick, cinerous. Sapwood yellow, small, 

 Heartwood dark purple with black streaks, very hard. No distinct annual 

 rings. Pores moderate sized, distinct or joined by white, interrupted, 

 wavy, concentric lines. Med. rays fine, light coloured, numerous. 

 Weighs from 48 to 60 lbs. to the cub. ft. P= 837. for the N. Kanara 



