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DALBERGIA BarRcuavil. 
Mr Barclays Dalbergia. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.—Nar. Orv. LEGUMINOS&. 
Gen. Cuar.—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 elongato, calycibus 
__ sericeis dentibus subulatis, vexillo dorso sericeo. 
Dalbergia Barclayii, Teurarr, 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. Vewillum large, reflexed, purple, 
silky on the back. Al@ 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- 
SINBoRG and Boyer. Seeds were communicated from the 
Mauritius by CuarLes TELFaiR, Esq. to our mutual friend — 
Mr Barctuay, in whose stove at Bury Hill it blossomed in 
October 1825. Mr Trxrair expressed a desire that it should 
bear the name of Barclayit ; 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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