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** Seeds in 2 or more imbricated rows, along the edi/es of the continuous sejifum. 



X Cahjx more or less circumsciss-deciduous. 



X Leaves ternately hipinnatc, or decompound. 



RADERHicnKiu, Zollinger. 



Cahjx iircc'olato, obsoletely 5-tootbeJ. Filaments inserted at the constriction 

 of tlie tube. Anther-celh divaricute. 



E. (Spathodea) amcexa, D.C. Ava. 



All parts glabrous, leaves ti'ipinnate on an almost terete petiole, 3-4 incbcs long. 

 Corolla more tban an inch long, fuunel-sba])cd, streaked yellowish-brown inside at 

 the bottom. Septum compressed, beiuing along each border a single row of long- 

 winged seeds. 



E. LoBBii, Miq. Tree forests of Kamorta. 



Matodeiojeon', Kurz.^ 



Calyx spathaceous, slit to about its middle. Filaments adnate up to about the 

 middle of the corolla. Anther-cells almost parallel. 



M. (Spathodea) igneum, Kz. Ava and Martaban up to 3000 feet. 



Leaves ample, resembling those of Acrocarjrus, the lower pinnte 2-pinuate, the 

 nppcr ones gradually simply pinnate, glabrous. Calyx 6-7 lines long, shortly 

 puberulous, green or purplish-green. Corolla glabrous; inside at the tube puborulous, 

 2 inches or more long. Pods thin, slender, cylindrical, 1^ inch long, glabrous. 



X X Leates unpaired-pinnate. 



Spathodea, F. Browne. 



Cahjx spathaceous, slit to the base. Ftlatnents inserted at the constriction of the 

 tube. Anther-cells divaricate. 



* Corolla white, tulular-funnel-shaped. Seeds corky, winged. 

 S. Rheedei, Wall. The Pegu Range, Tenasserim, the Andamans 



Tha-khw5t or Tha-khut. ^"'^ Katchall. 



All parts, and the calyx, glabrous. Leaves up to a foot long. Flowers very 

 large, white, usually forming a poor raceme at the end of the young branchlets. 

 Calyx nearly an inch long, smooth, green. 



** Corolla yelliiW or brownish-yellow, cnmpanulate-funnel-shaped, abrv.pjtly con- 

 stricted, on a rather short tube. Seeds inentbranously winged. 



S. stipulata, Wall. Ava. Pegu Range and Martaban. 



S. serrulata, Rrandis. 

 JJa-lwa. 



Leaves entire, unpaired-pinnate, 1 to \\ feet long. Bark I an inch thick, 

 resembling that of teak. Calyx \\ inch long, tawny-villous. Corolla somewhat 

 inflated above the constricted short tube, qiute glabrous. Capsules narrow, lanceo- 

 late, 1-1 J feet long. Seeds elongate-winged, nearly 2 inches broad. 



Of this tree Mason remarks: "A common flowering tree is a species of Bignonia 

 that bears a long twisted pod. It is common at Maulniain, and the flowers are often 

 seen in the Bazaar, where they are sold for food. The tree enters into the JIateria 

 medica as affording a cure for Psora." 



S. velutina, Kz. Ava. Pegu. 



Leaves serrulate, else as the last. Calyx tawny, velvety. 



' "In lionorem viri nobilissimi Mayo, proregis infausti, India; Orieutalis dictum."— Kurz, 

 J.A.S.B. Tartii. 1S73, p. 91. 



