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SourHERN Inp1a. Coimbatore District; Hassanur, Aug. 26, 
1914, K. Rangachari in Herb. Madr. 10654. 
1049. Stereospermum angustifolium, Haines | Bignoniaceae— 
Tecomeae]; species Stereospermo chelonoidi et S. suaveolenti, 
squamis lanatis, ab hac fructu inter alios characteres etiam 
differt. 
r arva ramulis nodosis, foliis ramulorum apicibus 
confertis, rhachide pubescente. Foliola 7-9, oblonga vel lanceo- 
lato-oblonga, acuminata, 8-16 cm. longa, 3-5 em. lata, infima 
autem saepissime minima, basi acuta vel subacuta, subtus 
pubescentia aut rarius glabra, nervis lateralibus utrinque 6-10 
saepe rufis; petioluli 3-9 mm. longi, neque tantum tenues quam 
ei S. chelonoidis, DC., neque tantum crassi quam ei S. suaveolentis. 
Panicula laxa, brachiata, 12-25 cm. longa, pubescentia sed quam 
ea 8. uaveolentis minus viscosa, ramulis ultimis 3-floris. Flores: 
purpurei, 2-2-5 cm. longi. Calyx pubescens, 5-8 mm. longus, 
dentibus 3-6 brevibus apiculatis (praesertim in alabastro). 
Corolla extus glabra vel parce pilosa, intus antice dense villosa, 
postice glabra, circa filamentorum basin non lanata. Stamina 
glabra aut versus basin parce pilosa, antherarum thecis divaricatis. 
Capsula cylindrica, 30-45 cm. longa, 7-9 mm. diametro, interdum 
4 lineis tenuibus longitudinalibus instructa, brunnea, dense 
lenticellata. Semina cum alis membranaceis 2-5-3-1 em. 
longa, alis apicibus obtusis aut sublaceris—S. chelonoides, var. 
angustifolium, Haines, Descr. List Trees, ete. Southern Circle, 
Centr. Prov. p. 169 (1916). 
Inpra. Central Provinces, Haines 3433; “Province of Bihar 
& Orissa : Angul, Haines 4959; Sambalpur, Haines. 
S. chelonoides of De Candolle does not appear to me to be 
the Bignonia chelonoides of Linnaeus filius. There is a specimen 
of the latter in the Linnean herbarium, named, according to 
Dr. Jackson, in the handwriting of the younger Linnaeus. It 
was collected by Kénig in 1777 and Dr. Jackson kindly referred 
to a letter from Konig of the same date written from Tranquebar 
which leaves no doubt that it is a South Indian tree collected 
near that locality. It is a very pubescent or even hirsute plant 
with the young leaves tomentose whereas S. chelonoides according 
to De Candolle is glabrous. The shape of the leaflets is elliptic 
and caudate exactly as in S. chelonoides, DC. but there is an 
important difference in the petiolules being short and rather 
stout instead of slender and the panicle is closely pubescent 
not glabrous as in De Candolle’s species. In the N orth Indian 
Stereospermum tetragonum, DC., united with S. chelonoides, DC., 
in the Flora of British India, the corolla has woolly scales at 
the base of the filaments and these also are present in S. chelo- 
nodes, DC., but they do not occur in our plant. Whether or 
