. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. Dalbergia XLV. LEGUMINOS^ \. 237 A large deciduous tree, with stout branchlets, perfectly glabrous, heart wood black. Leaflets 13-15, coriaceous, shortly acuminate, often nearly opposite, 2-6 in. long, common petiole to 12 in. long. Fl. ap- pearing before the leaves, in pedunculate corymbose panicles, which are crowded at the ends of branchlets. Calyx purple, corolla white. Pod brown, distinctly veined, 1- rarely 2-seeded, 4-5 in. long, 1 in. b
. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. Dalbergia XLV. LEGUMINOS^ \. 237 A large deciduous tree, with stout branchlets, perfectly glabrous, heart wood black. Leaflets 13-15, coriaceous, shortly acuminate, often nearly opposite, 2-6 in. long, common petiole to 12 in. long. Fl. ap- pearing before the leaves, in pedunculate corymbose panicles, which are crowded at the ends of branchlets. Calyx purple, corolla white. Pod brown, distinctly veined, 1- rarely 2-seeded, 4-5 in. long, 1 in. broad. Lower and Upper Burma, ascending to 4,000 ft. Often in Eng forest. Fl. 23. D. cana, Grah. ; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 344. Lower Burma, chiefly near streams in the hills, is distinguished by smaller more numerous, oblong-lanceolate leaflets and thin, narrow, tawny-velvety pods. 24. D. glomeriflora, Kurz; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 236. Hills of the Pegu Yoma. Young shoots tawny tomentose, leaflets 5-9, elliptic or obovate, 2-3 in. long. Fl. crowded in com- pact, shortly pedunculate liead-like panicles, appearing before the leaves. 25. D. sericea, Gr. Don.; Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., vol. 70, 51.—Syn. D. hircina^ Benth. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 236. A small tree, with soft wood. Branchlets, petioles and inflorescence clothed with silky, grey or ferrugi- neous tomentum. Leaflets 13-19, elliptic, obtuse, adpressed hairs on both sides. Fl. pale lilac, nearly white, in compact short axillary panicles. Pods numer- ous, in short panicles, small, glabrous, linear, 1-2 in. long, \ in. broad, 1-4-seeded. Subhimalayan tract, from the Jumna to Sikkim. Fl. April, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brandis, Dietrich, Sir, 1824-1907. London : A. Constable & Co. , Ltd
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