THE PHILIPPINE 
Journal of Science 
C. Botany 
Vol. y 
JULY, 1910 
No. 2 
AN ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE LEGUMINOSAE WITH 
KEYS TO THE GENERA AND SPECIES. 
( Concluded. ) 
By E. D. Merrill. 
(From the Botanical Section of the Biological Laboratory, Bureau of Science, 
Manila, P. I.) 
56. DALBERGI A Linn. f. 
Pod thin and flattened except opposite the seeds, straight or nearly so, 
Thin parts of the pod distinctly reticulate, submembranaceous or slightly 
coriaceous; leaflets small, mostly less than 7 mm wide. 
Leaflets distinctly oblique at the base, trapezoid-oblong, 5 to 7 mm- wide. 
.* 1. D. pi/nnata 
Leaflets equal or subequal at the base, linear-oblong, less than 4 mm wide. 
2. D. polyphylla 
Thin parts of the pod not or very obscurely reticulate, firmly coriaceous; 
leaflets medium, mostly 1 to 2 cm. wide. 
Scandent; the portion of the pod opposite the seeds sharply defined, swollen; 
seeds orbicular ...... 3. D. ferruginea 
An erect tree; the portion of the pod opposite the seeds usually not sharply 
defined, not or but slightly swollen; seeds oblong or ovate-oblong. 
4. D. minahassae 
Pod uniformly thickened throughout the valves, the upper suture curved or fal- 
cate, at least when ' young. 
Scandent; pod flattened, the upper suture concave when ripe; leaflets obovate 
or obovate-oblong; flowers in short, congested panicles. 
5. D. candenatensis 
An erect tree; pod turgid, the upper suture straight or nearly so when ripe; 
leaflets elliptic to elliptic-ovate, narrowed towards the apex; inflorescence 
of rather lax, cymose panicles 6. D. cumingii 
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