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1. S. cholonoides, DC. Fred. ,;,. 810; Brandit For. Fl. 852 ; Tnd, Trees 

 495} F. B. I. iv, 882,' Watt F. D. ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 514 ,- Train 

 Ben i. ]'l. 790 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 331. Bignonia ohelonoides, Linn, f, j 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. in. 10$, Vera, Pader, parraL 



A deciduous tree, 80-00 ft. high, glabrous except the flowers; bark thick, 

 brown, oorky outside, branohea spreading. Leaves simply pinnate, 

 l'J-18 in. long ; leaflets 8-5 pairs and an odd one, 4-6 in. long by 1-2 in. 

 wide, elliptic, caudate-acuminate, glabrous; base acute or rounded, 

 often unequal-aided, petiolules $ in. or less. Flowers fragrant, in lax 

 drooping panicles with slender articulate glabrous branches. Calyx 

 campanula te. \ in. long, glabrous, usually purple, shortly 3-5-lobed. 

 Corolla J in. long, yellow, reined and tinged with purple, more or less 

 pubescent outside, bearded within on the Lower side; lobes of limb 

 rounded and crisped. Filaments villous at the base. Capsule 1-2 ft. 

 long by £ in. wide, subquadrangular and pointed, spirally twisted, often 

 dotted with white specks. Seeds 1-1 \ in. long, splitting easily along the 

 transverse furrow. 



Forests of N. Oudh. Flowers April to June, after the leaves have 

 appeared. Distrib. Eastwards to Sikkim Chittagong and Chota Nag- 

 pur; also in the moist forests of Bombay, S. India and Ceylon, extending 

 to Burma. The hard grey wood is used for building and for making 

 furniture. The roots, leaves and flowers are employed in native 

 medicine. 



2. S. suavcolens, DC. Prod, ix, 211 ; Brandts For. Fl. 351 ; Ind. Trees 

 495 ; F. B. I, iv, 3S2; Watt E.D.; Kanjdal For. Fl. Sch. Circ. 255; 

 Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 515 ; Prain Beng. PI. 790 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb . it, 

 331. Bignonia suaveolens, Roxb, Fl. Ind. Hi, 104 ; Boyle III. 295. Vein. 

 Pddal. 



A deciduous tree up to 60 ft. high, young parts viscous-hairy. Bark grey 



exfoliating in large thick flat scales. Leaves 1-2 ft. long, simply 



pinnate ; leaflets 3-4 pairs with an odd one, shortly stalked, 3-6" in. long, 



broadly elliptic, acute or acuminate, entire or serrulate, rough above, 



hairy beneath, rounded and unequal at the base, main lateral nerves 6-8 



Dairs, petiolules about -jo in. long. Flovcr* very fragrant, arranged in 



arge lax 3-chotomously branched viscidly hairy panicles. Calyx f in. 



ong, shorty 3-5-lobed. Corolla dull-purple, funnel-shaped, 1-1. I in. long, 



puberulous outside, bearded within at the throat ; limb oblique, 2- 



lipped ; lobes rounded, crenate and crisped, the 3 lower longer than the 



2 upper. Filaments not villous at the base. Capsule 1-2 ft. long by $ 



in wide, straight, cylindric, somewhat ribbed, grey or purplish, rough 



with white raised specks. Seeds 1 .', in. long, with a long membranous 



wing at each end. 



Common within the sal areas of the Dchra Dun and Saharanpur forests 

 and in the Sub-Himalayan tracts eastwards, Flowers during May and 

 June, and the fruit ripens in the cold season. Distbib. Punjab Plain, 

 becoming scarce west of the Jhelum ; outer Himalayan ranges from 



