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37. LEGUMINOS^. 



\_Dalhergia. 



N.-W. Himalaya from the Jumna to Oudh, C. and S. India ; common 

 in the plains and subalpine dry forests of the Madras Presidency, W. 

 Peninsula. In the deciduous forests of the Konkan and North Kanara, 

 common in the forests of the Kalghatgi taluka of Dharwar. Panicles 

 terminal, congested. Bark grey, smooth. Wood of an abnormal struc- 

 ture. Annual rings separated by concentric layers of soft tissue. Rejected 

 as firewood by the villagers in the Belgaum and Kanara Districts. Fl. 

 April-May, simultaneously with the new foliage. The name " padri " is 

 from the Mahratti for layer. 



9. D. volubilis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 231 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 2.35 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 78; Brandis For. Fl. 152. Alei, Vern. ; Mardihalli, hah- 

 hall, K. 



Throughout the forests of the presidency ; common. Fl. Feb.- 

 Mar. Fr. Apl.-May. Quite distinct from D. sympathetica, often grows 

 gregariously as an erect shrub. Stems unarmed, fluted, 3-8 inches in 

 diameter with circinate green branches. Bark smooth, inner yellowish, 

 turns reddish brown on exposure. Wood yellowish or reddish grey, smooth, 

 compact. Annual rings distinct. Pores small uniform, scanty. Med. rays 

 very fine and close, crossed by concentric, continuous rather broad lines 

 of light coloured tissue. 



10. D. monosperma. Dalz. in Kew Jour. Bot. II. 36 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 

 237 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 78. Z>. torta, Grab. ; Karin— Tagera, 

 Rheede Hort. Mai. YI. t. 55. Hills of the Konkan, Malvan, Dalz. Fl. 

 Jane. 



11. D. spinosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 233 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 238, Branches 

 spine-tipped, frequent on the shores of the Eastern and Western Penin- 

 sulas and at Chittagong, Watt. Coast of the Konkan. 



23. PTEROCARPUS, Linn. 



Trees. Leaflets alternate coriaceous, exstipellate. Flowers 

 yellow in racemes or lax panicles ; pedicels articulated at the apex. 

 Calyx turbinate, teeth short. Petals exserted, with long claws, 

 those of keel free. Stamens 5-5, anthers versatile. Style incurved, 

 stigma terminal. Pod orbicular winged, 1 -seeded. 



P. Marsupium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. IIL 234; Fl. Br. I. 2. 239; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 21 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 76 ; Braadis For. Fl. 153. Bijasal, 

 nefra, hond, honne^ K. ; Asan, hibia, M. There are two varieties of this 

 species. Var. A. — Leaves elliptic, 25-lobed. Fruits rarely oyer 2 inches 

 across. Yar. B. — Leaves cuspidate or acuminate. Forma acuta, s^ndformcL 

 acuminata, to which belongs our W. peninsular tree. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards, Ceylon. Through- 

 out the presidency in deciduous forests ; common in North Kauara. 

 Yields a valuable timber which contains a gum resin, the kino of com- 

 merce. Fl. May-June. Fr. Dec-March. A large deciduous tree. Bark 

 grey, exfoliating in small irregular sized pieces. Wood brown, hard, dur- 

 able. Pores moderate sized and large. Med. rays very fine and uume jous, 



