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species, but the material is insufficient to determine it with. 

 certainty. It lias velvety-pubescent 5-foliolate leaves, and 

 reniform lateral leaflets, with petiolules 7-10 mm. long. 



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8. D. falcata, Seem, in Journ. Bot. 18T0, p. 381; C. B. Clarke 

 in Hook, f. Fl. Brit. Inch vol. iv. p. 380, excl. syn. nonnull; 

 Gamble, Man, Ind. Timb. ed. 2, p. 512; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 India, vol. iii. p. 174; Brandis, Indian Trees, p. 493, fig. 173; 

 Cooke, Fl. Bombay, vol. ii. p. 329; Talbot, For. Fl. Bombay, 

 vol. ii. p. 310; Haines, Trees Centr. Prov. p. 167. V. Lawii, 

 Seem, in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 380; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. vol. iv. p. 380; Brandis, Indian Trees, p. 493; Prain, 

 Bengal PI. vol. ii. p. 789. D. serrulata, Seem. I.e. 383, quoad 

 specimen ex India centrali tantum, excl. syn. D. atrovirens, 

 K. Schum. in Engl, et Prantl, Nat Pflanzenfam. vol. iv. 3B. 

 p. 240, sed non Bignonia atrovirens f Heyne. I). crispa, 

 K. Schum. I.e. 240, fig- 92 A, non Seem. Spathodea falcata, 

 Wall. Cat, n. 6517A (1832); DC. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 206, excl. 

 syxu nonnull ; Dalz. et Gibs. Bombay Fl. p. 160; Bedd. Fl. S,ylv. t. 

 71 ; Brandis For. Fl. p. 350. S. crispa, Bureau, Monogr. Bignon. 

 Atlas, p. 30, t. 27 (1804), non "Wall. Bignonia spathacea, Hoxb. 

 Cor. PL vol. ii. p. 24, t. 144 (1798), non Linn.; Hoxb. Fl. Tnd. 

 vol. iii. p. 103. B. falcata, Konig ex Roxb. I.e. in syn. 



Distrib. India : Hajputana, Bundelkhand, Behar, Central 

 Provinces, Berar, Ivonkan, Belgaum, Mysore, Madras. According 

 to Beddome, I.e., it is common in most of the forests in the 

 Madras Presidency. 



The figure in Hoxb. Cor. PI. t. 144 is poor, especially as regards 

 the shape of the corolla-lobes, but there seems to be no reason for 

 supposing that the capsule belongs to a different species from 

 the flowering branch, as stated by Clarke. 



DolicJtatidrcne Lawii appears to be merely a glabrous form of 

 D. falcata, as suggested by Brandis. The variation in the in- 

 dumentum is not correlated with the degree of curvature of the 

 capsule. 



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C. Species africana. 



9. D. alba, Spragve. — Spathodea alba, Sim, For. Fl. Port. 

 E. Afr. pp. 92, 116; t, 75 (1909). 



Distnb. Portuguese East Africa. 



Sim's description and figure leave little doubt that Spathodea 

 alba is really a Dolichandrone. The spathaceous calyx, the 

 almost actinomorphic white corolla with a long slender cylindric 

 tube and lobes with wavy margins, and the powerful perfume of 

 the flowers all point to this genu*, which was previously unknown 

 from Africa. It may be useful to reproduce his description in a 

 slightly modified form, as the work in which it was published is 

 probably not accessible to many botanists. 



Spathodea alba — Arbor parva. Folia opposite, imparipinnata; 

 foliola 4-juga, subsessilia, ovata, obvata vel elliptica, 5-10 cm. 

 longa, apice rotundata vel obtusa, Integra, undulata, glabra. 

 Racanus terminalis, usque 4-5 dm. longus, multiflorus. F J ores 



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