307 



6. D. atrovirens, Sprague.—l). crupa % Seem, in Journ. Bot. 

 1870, p. 381, exel. syn. nonnull. ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. vol. iv, p. 379; Gamble, Man. Ind. Timb. ed. 2, 

 p. 512; Brandis, Indian Trees, p. 494, fig. 174; Cooke, Fl. 

 Bombay, vol. ii. p. 329; Talbot, For. FL Bombay, vol. ii. p. 308, 

 fig. 436. Bignonia atrovirens, Heyne ex KotL, Nov. Sp. pp. 284, 

 402 (1821); et ex Wall. Cat. n. 6515 C. (1832). B. crispa, Ham. 

 in Koxb. Fl. Ind. vol. iii. p. 103 (1832). B. parviflora, Hb. 

 Madr. ex. Wall. Cat. n. 6517 B. (1832), in syn. Spathodea 



atrovirens, Spreng. Syst. vol. ii. p. 835 (1825). S. crispa, Wall. 



Cat. n. 6515 (1832; ; DC. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 206; Dak. et Gibs. 



Bombay FL p. 160; Brandis, For. Fl. p. 350; Beddoine, For. 

 Man. p. clxviii. S. crispa var. petiolulosa, DC. Prodr. vol. ix. 

 p. 206 (1845). 



Distrib. Peninsular India : Belgauin, Dharwar, Mysore, 

 Tinuivelly (Ivutallum), Pondiclierry. According to Beddome 

 (I.e.), it is not uncommon in subulpine forests throughout the 

 Madras Presidency. 



The earliest name for this species is/ Bignonia atrovirens, 

 ' Heyne, a co-type of which is preserved in the Wallichian 



irium at Kew, under n. 6515 C. Clarke treated B. atro- 



f 



Herb 



nonym of Dolic hand rone folic 



(MS 



in Herb. Wallicli). K. Schumann cannot be quoted as 

 authority for the combination D. atrovirens (Heyne), as he used 

 the name for a different species, D. falcata. lloth's description 

 of Bignonia atrovirens leaves no doubt that the specimen which ■ 

 Heyne sent him belonged to the softly pilose form of D. crispa, 

 grown in the Calcutta Botanic Gardens from seeds sent from 

 Mysore by Hamilton (Roxb. FL Ind. vol. iii. p. 103), and 

 mentioned by C. B. Clarke (FL Brit. Ind. vol. iv. p. 380). This 

 was distributed under Wall. Cat. n. 6515 A. The specimen of 

 B. atrovirens sent by Heyne to "Wallich belongs, on the other 

 hand, to the glabrous form of the species. 



T. 



Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. vol. i\. 



1 p. 380 (1884); Gamble, Man. Ind. Timb. ed. 2 p. 513; Brandis, 



Indian Trees, p. 493. D. crispa, Seem, in Journ. Bot, 1870. 

 p. 381, quoad syn. Spathodea arcuata, "Wight Ic. t. 1340 (1860): 

 Beddome, For. Man. p. clxix. 



Distrib. Madras: Ootacamund aad Coimbatore; Malabar: 

 Palgliat and Yaliyar. 



D. arcunta differs from D. atrovirens in the larger number 



(up to 11) of leaflets, which are elliptic and shortly or not at all 



| cuspidate, the shorter petiolules, the rather longer calyx, and 



the larger corolla, with a wider tube and more coarsely undulate 

 lobes. Specimens collected by Wight at Palghat and Yaliyar 

 in the Malabar district differ from typical D. arcuata in being 

 relatively glabrous, and in the longer petiolules. Clarke referred 

 the Palghat tree to D. crispa, but Wight did not distinguish it 

 from D. arcuata, and Brandis referred it to the latter. 



Beddome's specimen from the Kurnool hills, referred to 

 D. arcuata by Clarke and Brandis may possibly belong to this 



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