328 XCTT. lilfiXOMACTO.V. 



KoNKAN : Sfoc/iSl ; Salselto J unfiles and tliroiigliout tlie Konkaii aud Glu'its, Dahcll 

 ff- Gili.-iun; Western GIuUb, Wuodruw. Kanaka: KWh naddi, Ritchie, 188;-> ! ; very 

 coiimion in tbc evergreen I'urosls near tlie IS'ilkund Ciliat, Talbot. — Uistiub. Through- 

 out India except in ulie western drier area ; C(\vlon, Malaya, Cocliin-China, Ava. 



The root-bark is much used in niodieino by the natives ol' India as a tonic and 

 af-tringeiit in diarrhoea and dysentery. Ground to powder and mixed with turmeric 

 it is used in Bombay as au application to sore backs of liorscs and bullocks. See Watt, 

 ])ict. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



2. TECOMELLA, Seem. 



A glauoesccnt shrub or small tree. Leaves usually opposite, simple, 

 ol)long, obtuse, eul ire. ^'lowers in terminal racemes or panicles. Calyx 

 tubular-cainpanulate, sube(iually 5-toothed. Corolla tubular-campauu- 

 late, ventricose with a wide mouth ; lobes roinuhid, subequal, imbricate. 

 Stamens exserted ; antlier-cells divergent and poudulous. Disk cupular. 

 Ovary oblong; ovules numerous in each cell. Capsule linear-oblong, 

 more or less compressed at right angles to the septum ; valves opening 

 loculicidally. Seeds discoid, winged, the wing absent at the base of 

 the seed and very narrow at its apex. — Distrib. India, Beluchistan, 

 Arabia. 



1 . Tecomella undulata, Seem, in, Ann. Sf Marj. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, 

 v. lU (lb(J2) p. 30. A shrub or small tree with drooping branches and 

 stellately grey-tomentose innovations, otherwise glabrous. Leaves 

 simple, 2-5 by § -1 4 i'i-» narrowly oblong, obtnse, entire with undulate 

 margins. Flowers inodorous, in corymbose few-flowered racemes ter- 

 minaling short lateral branches; pedicels ^-^ in. long. Calyx |— 1^ in. 

 long, campanulate ; lobes g in. lone:, broadly ovate, obtuse, mueronate. 

 Corolla l.i-2| in. long, orange-yellow, campanulate, veined; lobes 5, 

 subequal, rounded. Stamens exserted ; filaments glabrous. Stigma 

 2-lain((llate ; lobes spathulate-oblong, rounded. Capsules 8 by ^ in., 

 slightly curved, linear oblong, acute, smooth; valves thin. Seeds 

 (including the wing) 1 by f in. ; w ing very narrow rouiul tbe apex of 

 the seed, absent at its base. K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, PHanzenf. 

 v. 3 B, p. 230. Tecoma undulata, G. Don, Gen. Syst. v. 4 (1837) 

 p. 223 ; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 378; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 1(51 ; Aitcb. Pb. & Sind Fl. p. 110 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 256 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (isoy) p. 354; Wntt, Diet. Kcon. 

 Prod. V. 0, part 4, p. i. Bir/nonia undvlata, Sm. Flxot. Bot. v. 1, p. 35, 

 t. 19; Grab. Cat. p. 124 — Flowers: Feb. -Apr. Veun. lial-ta-roldda \ 

 Lohero. 



Didzell without locality, in Herb. Kew. ! Dkccan : Khandesh. Graham ; W. Khan- 

 dt'sh, Dulztll cf- Gibson, Woodrt.w. Gu.iakat: Banas river, Va\i))dl ex Grah:im, 

 DaheU ^- Gibxirn. Sind: S/orAm-xAitchisuii. — Distkib. India (W. Peninsula, Panjab, 

 J\,ii])iilaiia) ; Beluehi>t!in, Arabia. 



Well worthy of cultivation for its elesant foli:ige and showy llowrrs. The bark is 

 emjiloyed in Sind as a remedy for syphilis; the leaves are eaten by cattle; the wood 

 is strong, toujih, and dnralile, takes a fhie polish, and is highly prized for furniture 

 and carved work. .See Walt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



3. DOLICHANDRONE, S em. 



Trees, glabrous or tomentosi'. J,ea\es op]iosite, l-pinnate. Flowers 

 in terminal raciMiu^s or jianicles. Calyx n])atbaceous, cleft to the base 

 on one ^ide. Cocdlla more or less t idndiir ; bibcs of lind) 5, sidie(|na]. 



