396 FLORA OF MADRAS. [DeZonir. 



63. Delonix, Eaf. 



Erect unarmed trees. Leaves abruptly biphmate ; leaflets 

 many, small ; stipules small ; stipels 0. Flowers large, showy, 

 in terminal corymbs ; bracts small, caducous ; bracteoles 0. 

 Calyx-tulie very short; lobes 5, valvate, subequal. Petals 5. 

 orbicular, imbricate, clawed, subequal or the uppermost dis- 

 similar; margins fimbriate. Stamens 10, free, declinate, long- 

 exserted; filaments villous below; anthers uniform. Ovary 

 subsessile, many-ovuled ; style filiform ; stigma truncate, ciliolate. 

 Pod elongate, flat, woody, dehiscent. Seeds transverse, oblong. 



Petals yellowish-white, turning orange ; leaflets "5 in. long ; pod 



6-8 in. long, 1 in. broad 1. elata. 



Petals crimson, the claws yellow, the upper petal white streaked 

 with red and yellow; leaflets '25 in. long; pod up to 2'5 ft. long, 

 2 in. broad reqia. 



DELONIX ELATA, Gamble n. comb. Poinciana elata, Linn. ; 

 F. B. I. ii. 260; W. & A. 282 ; Bedd. Fl. t. 178. 



Planted as an avenue tree and run wild; rare, but found 

 in forests on both sides of the Peninsula according to 

 Roxburgh, Brandis and Beddome, but this is very doubtful. 

 A pretty medium-sized tree with a yellowish-white wood. 

 . The branches and leaves are cut for leaf-manure. Yern. 



Tel. Sankesula ; Tain. Padenarayan. 



Delonix regia, Raf., the Gul Mohr or Flamboyant tree 

 is an introduction, said to come from Madagascar, and is 

 planted in gardens and avenues for ornament and for the shade 

 given by its rounded head, bright green leaves and magnificent 

 trusses of crimson flowers. The wood is soft and white, of no 

 value. 



6f. Parkinsonia, Linn. 



Small armed trees. Leaves bipimiate with a very short main 

 rhachis ; pinnae long, with flattened rhachis bearing many very 

 small leaflets ; stipules spinescent, straight ; stipels 0. Flowers 

 in short lax axillary racemes, pedicels long ; bracts small, 

 caducous ; bracteoles 0. Calyx-tube short, disk-lined ; lobes 

 membranous, slightly unequal, subvalvate. Petals 5, spreading, 

 with short broad claws, that of the uppermost longer. Stamens 

 10, free ; filaments villous ; anthers uniform. Ovary shortly 

 stalked, many-ovuled ; style filiform ; stigma small, terminal. 



