N. O. LEGUMINOSitS. 
455 
Calyx 12 in. long, with a pair of obtuse, hairy, adpressed 
bracteoles. Corolla twice as long as the Calyx. Stamens 10, 
monadelphous, deeply divided into 2 bundles of 5 each, ovary 
pubescent. Pod thin, strap-shaped, apiculate, 2-4 by f-1 in., 
1-3-seeded, thinly brown-tomentose, the place of the seed 
distinctly marked ; stalk short (Talbot). 
Use : — The leaves are used in Goa as an alterative. The 
bark is used as a lep to remove pimples (Dymock). 
402. D. lanceolaria, Linn, h.f.b.i., ii. 235. 
Syn. D. frondosa, 266, Roxb. 534. 
Vern Takoli, bithfia (H.) ; Chakemdia (B.) ; Piri vKol.); 
Chapot-siris (Santal.); Bander-siris (Nepal) ; Passi (Raj.) ; Dand- 
ous (Sind); Jakoli, harrani, gengri (Bomb.) ; Kanrchi, dandusa 
(Mar.); Barbat, parbati (Banswaru) ; Gengri (Panch Mahals); 
Nal-valanga (Tam.); Erra-pachchari, pedda-sopara, yerra-patsaru, 
pasarganni (Tel.). 
Habitat. — Plains from the West-Himalaya to Ceylon. N. 
Kanara, Konkan and (Khandesh), from Ajmer to Behar. Sikkim, 
Terai. A beautiful tree when covered with flowers and young 
leaves (Brandis). 
A large erect, deciduous tree, with glabrous branches. Bark 
iin. thick, compact, grey, smooth, exfoliating in thin, rounded 
patches. Wood white or yellowish-white, moderately hard ; 
no heartwood (Gamble!. Leaves 3-6iD. long, stipules minute, 
caducous. Leaflets about 15, ovate or obovate, obtuse, emarginate 
glabrous, dark-green above, much paler beneath, coriaceous, 
f-l£ by |-fi n - ; lateral nerves numerous, parallel, prominent on 
upper surface (Talbot). Brandis says : — “ Leaflets 11-17, l-2in. 
long, not black when dry, ovate or obovate, obtuse, secondary 
nerves more distinct than the reticulate veins joining them. 
Flowers in short, unilateral and axillary panicles, with spreading 
branches.” “ Panicles,” says Talbot, “ clothed with rufous pubes- 
cence, large lax, terminal and axillary, appearing when the tree 
is bare of leaves.” Calyx brownish-purple, thetwo upper Calyx- 
teeth obtuse, the 3 lower acute. Corolla pale, pink ; standard 
broadly obovate. Stamens 10, in 2 bundles of 5 each. Pod 
