Dolichandrone.] cvn. BIGNONIACE.E. (C. "B. Clarke.) 379 



each side broadly winged. Species 12, in the hotter parts of Africa, Asia 

 and Australia. 



1. D. stipulata, Benth. in Gen. PL ii. 1046 ; leaflets elliptic caudate- 

 acuminate, calyx densely woolly or floccose, corolla yellow-brown, narrow 

 part of its tube 1 in., wings of the seed membranous. Bignonia stipulata, 

 lioxb. FL Ind. iii. 108. Spathodea stipulata, Wall Cat. 651$, letters 

 A, D, and part 0, and PI. As. Ear. iii. 20, t. 238 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 205 ; 

 Kurz For. Fl. ii. 234. Markhamia stipulata, Seem, in Seem. Journ. Bot i. 

 226. 



PEGU ; Rangoon, M'Lelland ; extending thence north to Ava (Kurz). 



A tree, 30-40 ft. ; branchlets and inflorescence with yellow or brown, easily- 

 separable, wool. Leaves 1-1^ foot; leaflets 3-5 pairs, 6 by 3 in., entire or distinctly 

 serrulate, mature nearly glabrate or with yellow or brown wool adherent ; stipules 0, 

 but rudimentary leaves -1 in. diam. are often developed in the axils. Raceme short, 

 stout, 4-10-fld. ; pedicels ^-1 in. Calyx f-lf in., leathery, densely hirsutely woolly 

 or de.ciduously fleecy. Corolla 2-3 in., narrow portion of the tube constricted at the 

 top, then suddenly dilated into a cainpanulate portion 1 in. long ; lobes f in., crisped- 

 crenate. Anther-cells large, elliptic, separate, pendulous, attached below their tips. 

 Capsule 18-24 by 1 in., thickly tomentose floccose. Seeds If by ^ in. (including the 

 wings). 



VAE. velutina ; leaves serrulate, calyx tawny velvety. Spathodea velutina, Kurz 

 in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. 2, p. 90, and For. Fl. ii. 235. Pegu ; Kurz. Not 

 seen ; Kurz says it only differs from D. stipulata in having the leaves serrulate (not 

 entire), the calyx tawny velvety (instead of tawny villous) ; which characters can be 

 seen in several standard examples of D. stipulata. 



2. D. Xtheedii, Seem, in Seem. Journ. Bot. viii. 380 ; glabrous or 

 minutely puberulous, leaflets elliptic much acuminate, corolla white, narrow 

 portion of its tube 3-5 in., wings of the seed corky. Bignonia spathacea, 

 L,inn.f. Suppl. 296. B. longissima, Lour. Fl. Cochinoh. 380,? Spathodea 

 longiflora, Vent. Choix. 11. 40, in ols. S. Eheeiii, Wall. CW. 6516; DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 206 ; Wight Ic. t. 1339 ; Bedd. For. Man. 168 ; Kurz For. Fl. 

 ii. 234. S.P Loureiriana, DC. 1. c. 209? S. Diepenhorsti, Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. ii. l^.Eheede Hort. Mai. vi. t. 29. 



MALABAR, Wight ; common in the plains, Seddome. MALAY PENINSULA from 

 Prome to Malacca, common ; Wallich, Griffith, &c. ANDAM ANS ; Kurz. CEYLON ; 

 Thwaites. DISTEIB. Malay Archipelago. 



A tree, attaining 50-60 ft. Leaves a foot long ; leaflets 3-4 pairs with an odd 

 one, 2-3 in., rhomboid, often unequal at the base; petiolule \ in. Corymbs few- (some- 

 times 1-) fld., short-peduncled ; pedicels -1 in., stout. Calyx 1 in. Corolla 4-7 in., 

 white ; tube cainpanulate near the mouth ; segments 1 in., crenate -toothed. Anther- 

 cells large, elliptic, separate, divaricate. Capsule 18 by f-1 in., nearly straight, not 

 ribbed. Seeds (including the wings) f by in., rectangular. 



3. D. crispa, Seem, in Seem. Journ, Bot. viii. 381, excl. some syn.; 

 glabrous or innovations puberulous, leaflets 5-7 shortly acuminate petioluled, 

 corolla white tube 1-2 in. cylindric, pod slightly compressed. Bignonia 

 crispa, Sam. in JRoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 103. Spathodea crispa, Wall. 

 Cat. 6515; DC. Prodr. 9, p. 206; Brand. For. Fl. 350; Bedd. For. 

 Man. 168. 



S. DECCAN PENINSULA ; Coimbatore, Paulghat, Wight, &c. 



A tree, 40-60 ft. Leaves 8-12 in. ; leaflets 2-4 in., broadly elliptic ; petiolulo 

 0-J-in. Corymbs short-peduncled 1-7-fld. ; pedicels -H >n. Calyx f-1 in., rusty 

 puberulous when young, soon glabrate. Corolla-tube - in. diam. ; mouth 2 in. 

 diam.; lobes rounded, crisped-crenate. Anther-cells oblong, separate, divaricate. 



