Dolichandrone.] ovir. BiaNontacex. (C. B. Clarke.) 379 
each side broadly winged.—Species 12, in the hotter parts of Africa, Asia 
and Australia. 
l. D. stipulata, Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 1046; leaflets elliptic caudate- 
acuminate, calyx densely woolly or floccose, corolla yellow-brown, narrow 
part of its tube 1 in., wings of the seed membranous. Bignonia stipulata, 
Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 108. Spathodea stipulata, Wall. Cat. 6518, letters 
A, D, and part CO, and Pl. As. Rar. iii. 20, t. 238; DC. Prodr. ix. 205; 
ur For. Fl. ii. 234. Markhamia stipulata, Seem. in Seem. Journ. Bot. i. 
Prov; Rangoon, M'Lelland ; extending thence north to Ava (Kurz). 
A tree, 30-40 ft.; branchlets and inflorescence with yellow or brown, easily 
separable, wool. Leaves 1-1} foot; leaflets 3-5 pairs, 6 by 3 in., entire or distinctly 
serrulate, mature nearly glabrate or with yellow or brown wool adherent; stipules 0, 
but rudimentary leaves 1-1 in. diam. are often developed in the axils. Raceme short, 
stout, 4-10-fid.; pedicels 4-1 in. Calyx 3-13 in., leathery, densely hirsutely woolly 
or deciduously fleecy. Corolla 2-3 in., narrow portion of the tube constricted at the 
top, then suddenly dilated into a campanulate portion 1 in. long ; lobes 3 in., crisped- 
crenate. Anther-cells large, elliptic, separate, pendulous, attached below their tips. 
Capsule 18-24 by 1 in., thickly tomentose floccose. Seeds 13 by } in. (including the 
wings). . 
VAR. velutina; leaves serrulate, calyx tawny velvety. Spathodea velutina, Kurz 
in Journ, As. Soc. 1873, pt. 2, p. 90, and For. Fl. ii. 235.— Pegu ; Kurz.—Not 
seen; Kurz says it only differs from D. stipulata in having the leaves serrulate (not 
entire), the calyx tawny velvety (instead of tawny villous) ; which characters can be 
seen in several standard examples of D. stipulata. 
2. D. Rheedii, Seem. in Seem. Journ. Bot. vii. 380; glabrous or 
minutely puberulous, leaflets elliptic much acuminate, corolla white, narrow 
portion of its tube 3-5 in., wings of the seedicorky. Bignonia spathacea, 
inn. f. Suppl. 283. B. longissima, Lour. FI. Cochinch. 380? Spathodea 
longiflora, Vent. Choir. n. 40, in obs. S. Rheelii, Wall: Cat. 6516; DC. 
Prodr. ix. 206; Wight Ic. t. 1339; Bedd. For. Man. 168; Kurz For. FI. 
i. 234. S.P Loureiriana, DC. l. e. 209? S. Diepenhorsti, Mig. FT. Ind. 
Bat. ii. 754.— Rheede Hort. Mal. vi. t. 29. 
MALABAR, Wight ; common in the plains, Zeddome. MALAY PENINSULA from 
Prome to Malacca, common; Wallich, Griffith, &c. ANDAMANs; Kurz. CEYLON; 
T'hwaites.— DisTRIB. Malay Archipelago. . . 
A tree, attaining 50-60 ft. Leaves a foot long; leaflets 3-4 pairs with an odd 
one, 2-3 in., rhomboid, often unequal at the base; petiolule} in. Corymbs few- (some- 
times 1-) fid., short-peduncled ; pedicels 1—1 in., stout. Calyx li in. Corolla 4-7 in., 
white ; tube campanulate near the mouth ; segments 1 in., crenate-toothed. _Anther- 
cells large, elliptic, separate, divaricate. Capsule 18 by $-1 in., nearly straight, not 
ribbed. Seeds (including the wings) 2 by 3 in., rectangular. 
J. D. crispa, Seem. in Seem. Journ. Bot. viii. 381, excl. some syn. ; 
glabrous or innovations puberulous, leaflets 9-7 shortly acuminate petioluled, 
corolla white tube 1-2 in. cylindric, pod slightly compressed. Dig 
crispa, Ham. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. iti. 103. Spathodea crispa, Wall. 
Cat. 6515; DC. Prodr. 9, p. 206; Brand. For. Fl. 350; Bedd. For. 
Man. 168. 
S.D ; Coimbatore, Paulghat, Wight, &c. . ll 
A tree, A O RART in.; leaflets 2-4 An. broadly elliptic ; petiolule 
0-3 in. Corymbs short-peduncled 1—7-fld.; pedicels 4-14 in. Calyx 3-1 uth Pr 
puberulous when young, soon glabrate. Corolla-tube i4 in. diam. ; Mair . te. 
diam. ; lobes rounded, crisped-crenate. Anther-cells oblong, separate, divaricate. 
