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DALBERGIA Barclahi. 
Mr Barclay's Dalbergia. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA Nat. Ord. LEGUMINOSM. 
Gen. Char. — Cal. obsoleto dentatus. Legumen foliaceum planum non de- 
hiscens. Semina solitaria vel bina. — Willd. 
Dalbergia Barclayii ; foliis pinnatis, foliolis lineari-lanceolatis margini- 
bus revolutis, subtus sericeis, racemo terminali elongate, calycibus 
sericeis dentibus subulatis, vexillo dorso sericeo. 
Dalbergia Barclayii, Telfair, MSS. 
Stem erect, branches pilose. Leaves pinnated, with an odd one. Leaflets 
linear-lanceolate, from one to two inches long, more or less obtuse, some- 
times mucronated, upon extremely short, pubescent, partial petioles, 
the under side silky, and having the margins revolute ; the upper side 
glabrous, dark green. Stipules small, subulate, hairy. 
Racemes elongated, terminal. Flowers two or three together, sometimes 
verticillate. Pedicels short, silky. Calyx obtuse at the base, very silky, 
5-toothed, teeth nearly equal, subulate. Vexillum large, reflexed, purple, 
silky on the back. Ake and carina glabrous, pale purple, the latter the 
longest. Stamens 10, monadelphous. Pistil rather longer than the sta- 
mens. Germen linear, hairy ; style filiform, glabrous, white. Stigma 
capitate. 
Discovered in the Island of Madagascar by Messrs Hel- 
siNBOiiG and Bojer. Seeds were communicated from the 
Mauritius by Charles Telfair, Esq. to our mutual friend 
Mr Barclay, in whose stove at Bury Hill it blossomed in 
October 1825. Mr Telfair expressed a desire that it should 
bear the name of Barclayii ; and I am happy that it has fallen 
to my lot thus to commemorate an individual who has done so 
much towards introducing new and rare plants into this coun- 
try, particularly those of Madagascar. 
The species seems to be liable to some variation. Our 
dried specimens from Madagascar are much shorter, and more 
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