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A tropical genus, comprising a considerable number of Asiatic species with three S. American 
ones, one only of the Asiatic species extending into Africa. Of the Queensland species two are 
common Indian ones, the other endemic. The genus differs from Lonchocarpus and Pongamia 
chiefly in the winged fruit. — Benth. (in part). 
Leaflets 9 to 13, usually obtuse. Racemes long and slender. Pod lanceolate, 
narrowed at both ends 1. II. scandals. 
Leaflets 3 to 7, usually acuminate. Racemes rather short and crowded. 
Pod short and broad, obliquely rounded at both ends 2. D. uliginosa. 
Leaflets usually 7, large, the veins bearing ferruginous hairs. Racemes, 
panicles 10 to 18in. long. Pod under 2in. long, £in. broad, 1-seeded . . 3. D. koolgibberah. 
1. S. scandens (climbing), Bentli. Sgn. Dalb. 103, and FI. Austr. ii. 272. 
A tall woody climber, sometime? rusty-pubescent or almost villous at first, 
nearly glabrous when full grown. Leaflets 9 to 13, broadly oblong, obtuse, 
retuse or shortly and obtusely acuminate, 1 to 2in. long. Racemes 
rather slender, from 4 or 5in. to nearly 1ft. long. Flowers about 5 lines 
long, in clusters of 3 to 6, the pedicels filiform. Pod either 1-seeded and about 
l|in. long, or when several- seeded attaining 3in. or more, 5 to 6 lines broad, 
glabrous or minutely pubescent, acute at both ends, very thin, with a narrow 
wing along the upper suture. — Dalben/ia scandens, Roxb. PL Corom. t. 192 ; 
Wight, Ic. t. 275. 
Hab.: Wide Bay, Bid w ill ; Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller, C. Stuart ; Ipswich, 
Nernst. 
Common in E. India and the Archipelago. 
2. D. uliginosa (growing in swamps), Benth. in PI. Junrjh. i. 252, Syn. Dalb. 
107, and FI. Austr. 272. “ Mo-kor-ja,” Cooktown, Both. A tall woody climber, 
glabrous in all its parts. Leaflets in the common variety, 5 or 7, ovate or oval- 
oblong, li to 3in. long, shortly and obtusely acuminate, somewhat coriaceous 
and shining. Axillary racemes 1 to 3in. long, the terminal one longer. Flowers 
4 to 5 lines long, on short pedicels, the clusters rather crowded. Standard 
broadly ovate ; wings and keel scarcely shorter, but narrow-oblong. Ovules 
usually 4 to 6, all in the lower part of the ovary. Pod very flat and thin, 1 to 
14in. long, very obtuse at both ends so as to become nearer square than round, 
but very oblique, sometimes as broad as long, but in some varieties narrower. 
Seeds 1 or 2. — Ponrjamia uliginosa, DC. Prod. ii. 416. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Cape York, W. Hill. 
Common in E. India and the Archipelago, extending from S.E. Africa to S. China. —Benth. 
3. D. koolgibberah (aboriginal name of Mulgrave River), Bail. Rep. 
Bellenden-Ker Exped. 1889. A woody climber, attaining a considerable height, 
densely covered by soft ferruginous hairs, particularly on the branches and 
inflorescence. Leaflets usually 7, broadly oblong, 3 to 5in. long, 2 to Bin. broad, 
rounded at the base to a petiolule of about 2 lines, very obtuse or slightly 
apiculate at the point, the terminal leaflet larger, the 6 or .3 primary veins on 
each side of the midrib and the cross-veins usually prominent, midrib and 
primary veins with rusty hairs on both sides, upper surface somewhat glossy, 
under surface with a pale soft pubescence. Inflorescence in narrow panicles 10 
to 18in. long, the side branches very numerous, about Bin. long, the upper half 
densely covered by the flower. Pedicels very short, bracteoles close under the 
calyx. Flowers singly, not in pairs or clusters but very close together, slightly 
rosy. Calyx campanulate, dark, velvety, with obscure teeth, 14 line deep. 
Standard orbicular, with small indexed auricles at the base on a very short claw, 
rcbout 4 lines diameter, velvety on the back ; wings slightly shorter and more or 
less adhering to and incurved with the keel, and densely velvety. Upper stamen 
shortly free at the base, united with the other in the middle. Pod densely 
