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SPATHODEA PENTANDRA. FIVE-STAMENED 
SpATHODEA. 
SKE KEK KEKE KEK EERE REE 
Class and Order. 
DipynaMiIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Bienontacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. spathaceus, hinc fissus. Cor. infundibuliformis, 
limbo 5-fido inequali. Filamentum quintum sterile. Stig- 
ma bilamellatum. Caps. siliqueformis falcata sub-4-locu- 
laris, dissepimento valvis contrario suberoso. Spreng. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Spatnopea * pentandra ; arborea, foliis impari - pinnatis, 
foliolis plurijugis lato-ovatis acuminatis undulatis gla- 
bris acute serratis, panicula terminali thrysoidea gla- 
berrima, corolle limbo bilabiato sepissime 6-lobo 5- 
andro cum rudimento sterili. 
Seeds of this noble Bignoniaceous tree were received from 
India by Mr. Murray of the Glasgow Botanic Garden, 
under the name of “ Bienonia pentandra,” a name of Lov- 
REIRO, referred by Wittpenow to B. Indica, a very different 
species from the present, which, on account of the structure 
of the calyx I refer to Sparnopea. Indeed I do not find it 
anywhere described, but it will probably rank next to 
Bienonta (Spathodea, Spr.) 4-locularis, Roxs. Cor. t. 145: 
which has, however, much smaller leaves, a tomentose pa- 
nicle, and a nearly regular limb to the corolla. Our plant 
did not flower till it had attained a height of nearly twenty 
feet. This occurred in June, 1838. 
: Descr. 
* onaln, a spatha, from the sheathing nature of the calyx. 
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