Dalbergia .] xlvii. leguminos^:. 589 
(1) D. parviflora Roxb. Hort. Beng. 98; Prain, l.c. lxvi. 
121 {part) ; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. x. 34, pi. 8. 
Liane 80 ft. long. Main stem spiny. Leaves 6 to 8 in. long; 
leaflets 5 to 9, ovate-lanceolate, tip blunt acuminate retuse, base 
rounded glabrous; nerves and reticulations very fine, 2 to 3‘5 in. 
long, 75 to i*5 in. wide. Panicles 3 to 4 in. long and as wide; 
branches and pedicels puberulous. Flowers minute secund. Calyx 
campanulate; teeth obtuse, upper 2 connate. Corolla white; 
petals short clawed ; standard narrow obovate. Stamens 10, 
monadelphous, vexillary one shorter. Ovary glabrous ; style 
short. Pod turgid, obovoid flattened, 1- to 2-seeded indehiscent, 
75 to 2 in. long, -6 in. wide. Seed reniform. Hab. River-banks 
and forests. Pahang, Ayer Hitam, Pekan; Temerloh. Perak, 
Matang Jambu (Wray); Coping (Kunstler). Kedah, Kulim 
(Haniff). Distrib. Tenasserim, South Siam, Malay Archipelago. 
(2) D. Scortechinii Prain , l.c. lxx. 444; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc, 
x. 40, pi. 15. 
Climbing shrub, glabrous. Leaves 6 to 8 in. long; leaflets 
11 to 15 elliptic, blunt or retuse, glabrous except midrib above, 
puberulous beneath, 7 to 1*5 in. long (rarely larger), *35 to 75 in. 
wide; rachis and petioles puberulous. Flowers minute, white. 
Panicles terminal, 2 to 4 in. long, 1-5 to 3 in. wide, pubescent. 
Calyx teeth short, blunt, lowest longer lanceolate. Corolla white, 
petals short clawed. Stamens 9 in 2 bundles of 5 and 4, vexillary 
filaments free. Ovary pubescent, short, stipitate. Pod ovate- 
lanceolate, glabrous, stipitate, 1-5 to 2 in. long, -5 in. wide. Seed 
1 to 3, reniform. Bab. Forests. Singapore, Bukit Timah. Malacca 
(Maingay). Perak, Bujong Malacca (Scortechini). Penang, Ayer 
Hitam (Curtis). Distrib. Bangka, Borneo, Java. 
(3) D. Curtisii Prain , l.c. 58; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. x. 41, 
pi. 16. 
Climbing shrub. Leaves 6 to 7 in. long; leaflets 7 to 9, oblong 
or elliptic, base cuneate, tip rounded emarginate, glabrous above, 
puberulous except midrib beneath, 1*5 to 2 in. long, 1 in. wide; 
rachis and petiolules puberulous. Panicles 4 to 5 in. long, 3 in. 
wide pubescent. Flowers minute, white secund inodorous. Calyx 
campanulate; teeth short, blunt. Corolla white; petals short- 
clawed; standard wide oblong emarginate. Stamens 9 in one 
sheath split above. Ovary long, stipitate pubescent; style none. 
Pod glabrous. Hab. Lowland woods. Malacca (Maingay). Perak, 
Teluk Anson. Penang, Penara Bukit Road at 500 ft. altitude 
(Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra. 
(4) D. stercoracea Maing. Prain, l.c. 58; Ann. Bot. Gard. 
Calc. x. 42, pi. 17. D. Junghuhnii Baker , in Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 
233 - 
Climbing shrub 15 to 30 ft. long. Leaves 3 to 4 in. long; 
leaflets 7 to 9, oblong or elliptic, base cuneate, tip round truncate 
