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LXXX. BIGNONIACE^E 



I Tecoma 



1. TECOMA, Juss. ; El. Brit. Ind. iv. 378. 

 Species 80, mostly American. 



1. T. undulata, Oh Don ; Brandis E. Fl. 352. — Syn. Tecomella undulata, 

 Seemann : Engler u. Prantl iv. 3b. 239. Vera. Eori, Bal. ; Lohero, -Sind ; 

 Lahura, Punjab ; Roira, Eohera, Merwara. 



A shrub or small tree, youngest shoots and inflorescence often minutely 

 pubescent. L. grey, glabrous but somewhat rough, linear-oblong, entire, 

 blade 2-4, petiole 1 in. long. El. large, from pale yellow to deep orange, in 

 short 5-10-fld. corymbs at the ends of branchlets, calyx campanulate, teeth 5, 

 obtuse, corolla campanulate, limb oblique, 2 in. across. Capsule curved 6-8 in. 

 long. 



Baluchistan, Sind. Sulirnan range, Trans-Indus, ascending to 4,000 ft. Punjab, 

 Salt range andSivalik tract/extending eastwards to the Jumna. Guzerat. L. renewed 

 in Jan. and Feb. Fl. January to April, coppices well, easily raised from seed and 

 cuttings. — Arabia. 



Fig. 173. Dolichandrone falcata, Seem. J. 



2. T. (?) bipimiata, Collett & Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxviii. 102. Shan hills 

 4,000 ft. (Collett) Buby Mines district (Oliver). A spreading shrub, 1. bipinnate, 

 rachis narrowly winged, leaflets ovate-lanceolate, ^-1J in., fl. 2J in. long in terminal 

 pedunculate racemes, corolla tubular, mouth wide, oblique. Capsule unknown, hence 

 genus doubtful. 



Kigelia pinnata, DC. Tropical Africa, planted largely in India. A large tree, 1. 

 alternate, impariphmate, crowded at the ends of branches. Fl. large dark maroon, in 

 pendulous panicles. Fr. gourd-like, 2-3 ft. long. 



Nyctocalos Thomsoni, Hook. f. Assam. A large glabrous climber, 1. trifoliolate, 



