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ciuieatls suljoljliquis minute lepidotis ; petiolis inter petiolulos axillis- 

 que foliolonun barbatis ; racemis terminalibus S-G-floris ; calyce 

 minute lepidoto, nervo medio prominenti, caeteris obscuris ; corolla 

 (alba?) extus intusve glabra, tubo gracili (1-1^ unc. long.), lobis 

 fimbriato-crispis, filaraentis abbreviatis (I lin. long.) ; capsula (im- 

 matur.) minutissirae lepidota (v. s. sp.). — Concan (Law ! in Herb. 

 Hook.). 



At first I was somewhat doubtful whether this might not be a form 

 of D. Rheedbi, to wliich it is closely allied, but none of the seventeen 

 specimens preserved in the Hookerian Herbarium show any sign of 

 transition to the genuine D. Rheedii ; and, moreover, they have all a 

 uniform look. D. Low'd fso termed in honour of its discoverer) is 

 smaller in every part than D. Rheedii, and the filaments are very short, 

 scarcely 1 line. The entire leaves (including petiole) are from 3-3|- 

 inches long; the uppermost leaflet is the largest, and 1-1^ inches long 

 and f of an inch broad. 



3. D. falcata. Seem. ; arborea ; ramulis petiolis nervis foliolorum 

 subtus calycibusque rufo-hirtellis ; foliis oppositis, pinnatis, 2-3-jugi3 

 cum imparl, foliolis (imparl except.) ovali-orbiculatis integerrimis ; 

 racemis terminalibus paucifloris ; calyce obscure multinervio ; coroUae 

 (albse) utrinque glabrae tubo gracili (1 unc. long.), lobis obovato- 

 oblongis undulato-crispis ; ovario glabro ; capsula siliquosa, compressa, 

 arcuata (12-18 unc. long. 9 lin. lat.), glabra, (v. s. sp.) — Spathodea 



falcata. Wall. Cat. n. 6517 ; De Cand. Prod. ix. p. 206, excl. syn. 

 Linn, et Spretigl. Blgnonia spathacea, Roxb. Y\. Ind. iii. p. 103 ; Fl. 

 Coromand. ii. t. 144. Bic/nonia falcata, Koenig, mss. in Herb. Mus. 

 Brit. Noraen vernaculum Telingianum, " Woody," teste Eoxb. — 

 Coromandel Coast (Roxburgh ! Eussel !), Doveuaor (Wallich ! Cat. n. 

 6517). 



Closely allied to D. crispa, Seem., and chiefly distinguished by the 

 form of the leaves, and the much compressed, not subcylindrical fruit. 

 By an error of drawing in Roxburgh's figure, the lobes of the corolla 

 are quite entire ; but an examination of specimens shows them to be 

 undulato-crispate, as in allied species. 



4. D. crispa, Seem. ; arborea ; ramulis foliis racemisque pubescenti- 

 velutinis; foliis oppositis, pinnatis, 2-5-jugis cum imparl, foliolis petio- 

 lulatis ovali-ellipticis vel ellipticis acurainatis integerrimis, basi obliquis; 

 racemis terminalibus 6-8-floris ; calyce puberulo, demum glabro; corollse 



