Doliohandbohb.] BlQNONIACEJS, 171 



Bab-Himalayan traote from the Jumna eaatwarda, usually in more or lens 



moiai plaoea Flowers during June,and .Inly, and the fruil ripens in the 



cell >i;i-<.n. Dibtrib. Throughout India excepl in the western drier 



area, Himalaya aaoendingto 4,000 ft. in EEumaon; also in Ceylon and 



iiia . itending to the Malay renins, and Arohipel, ami Ooohin-China. 



The hark and t'niit are used as a mordant in dyeing and tanning, an. I the 



b-bark is mnoh valued as a native medicine, the extremely light Beedi 

 are made use of for lining hats. 



2. TECOMELLA, Seem. ; PI. Brit. Ind. iv, 378. 



A shrub or small tree with glaneescent foliage ; innovations 

 stellatelv irrey-tornentcse, otherwise quite glabrous. Leaves usually 

 opposite, simple, oblong, obtuse, entire. Flowers in terminal racemes. 

 Calf* tubular-eampanulato, snbequally 5-toothed. Corolla tnbular- 

 v. ntrieose, mouth wide ; lobes subequal, rounded, imbricate. Stamens 

 exserted ; anther-cells divergent, pendulous. Disk cupular. Ovary 

 oblong, ovules many in each cell. Capsule linear-oblong, somewhat 

 compressed, opening Joculicidally. Seeds discoid, winged, the win# 

 very narrow at its apex, absent at the base. — A single species found 

 in India, Baluchistan and Arabia. 



T. undulata, Seem, in Ann. <$• Mag. Nat. Hist. 8er. 3, Vol. X, SO ; CooU 

 Fl.Bomb. ii. 328. Tecoma undulata, G. Don; F. B. I. iv, 378; Watt 

 B. D. ; Brandts For. Fl. 352 ; Ind. Trees 492; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 



511. Bignonia undulata, Smith; Roab.Fl. Ind. Hi. 101 ; Boyle III. 295. 

 B. glauoa, Dene, in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 137, r. 142. Vern, Boira, rohera 

 ■ Merwara). 



Branches drooping. Leaves 2-5 in. long, narrowly oblong, margins 

 undulate, petiole 1 in. long. Floivers inodorous, in corymbose racemes 

 terminating short lateral branches, pedicels J-J in. long. Calyx nearly 

 | in. long; lobes hardly | in. long, broadly ovate, obtuse, mucronate. 

 Corolla l£-2$ in. long, orange-yellow, veined. Filaments glabrous. 

 Stigma of 2 spathulate-oblong plates. Capsule about 8 in. long, slight- 

 ly curved, glabrous, valves thin. Seeds (including wing) 1 in. by f in. 



Jr.mna and Chambal ravines near Etawah, also in Merwara Flowers 

 Jam-April. Distrib. Punjab, on the Siwalik range west of Jumna, 

 Rajputana, Sind and Gujarat, extending to Baluchistan ami Arabia. 

 Very ornamental when in flower. "Wood grey or yellowish-brown 

 mottled with lighter streaks, strong and durable. The leaves afford 

 od fodder and the bark is used medicinally. 



3, DOLICHANDRONE, Seem.; Fi Brit. Ind. iv, 373. 



Trees, glabrous or tomentose. Leave* opposite, 1-pinnat. 

 Fluu\rs\n terminal racemes or panicles. Calyx spathaceous, cleft 

 to the base on one side. Corolla tnbalar, tube long or short ; lobes 



