Nyctocalos] 



LXXX. BIGXOXIArh.E 



493 



leaflets broadly elliptic, ■ icuminate, blade 5-6, pet. 1 f in. long. Fl. white, in 



terminal few-fld. drooping racemes, caiyx-teeth fg in., cuspidate, corolla-tube 6 in. lot _. 

 limb2J in. across. Capsule 6 by 2 in., valves almost woody. 



■2. DOLICHANDRONE, Seem. : Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 378. 



as a rule deciduous, 1. imparipinnate. Fl. in terminal few-fld. racemes 

 or corymbs. Calyx in bud enclosing the corolla, in fl. spathaceous, cleft on 

 one side to the base. Corolla-tube: lower portion cylindric, upper campanu- 

 late or funnel-shaped, lobes 5, nearly equal, round, crisped or crenate. Capsule 

 more or less c impressed, seeds with a broad wing at each end. Species 'i-10, 

 Africa, Asia. Australia. 



1. D. falcata, 5 

 Spathodca falcata, 

 Wall.: Bedd. PI. 

 Sylv. t. 71 : Braudis 

 P. PI. 350. Vera. 

 Ihtdga, Centr. Prov. : 

 .1/. dshing, Mersinghi, 

 I; Ii i rs in g, Ma r. : 

 Chitti woddi, Tel. 



A middle-sized tree, 

 more or loss pubes- 

 cent, wood close- and 

 even-grained. Leaf- 

 lets 5 7. broadly ellip- 

 tic, obovate or almost 

 lular, blade '.-1 '. . 

 pet. ,1 in. long too 

 long in fig.). ■ Fl. 



white, in few-fld. 

 corymbs, calyx '.-'; 



in., corolla-tube slen- 

 der l-\\ in. long, 

 de flat, much 

 curved. lu-lS by J in. 



Ilii adell hand, ai ral 

 I'lv.x 1 1 : Berar. V 

 tern Peninsula, scat- 

 tered in deciduous for- 

 ests. PL \l i\ June. 2. 

 D. Lawii, Seem. Rajput- 

 ana, i ''hi r. I 'n n . Th 



disl rict. I ' an. Prob- 



Nearly 

 ill.- [ess 

 curved. :'•. D. arcuata, 

 Clarke Spathodea ar- 

 cuata, Wightl i L840), 



C batore, I 'a Ig bai . 



Kiiinul hills. Leaflets 

 'Mi. velvety, blade J 8 

 in., corolla white, iui»- 

 - in. long, limli 'J in. 

 across. 



I. D. stlpulata, Benth. 



Sj n. Spalhodi a Hipn- 



I PL As. 



i: a i i. 288. Veni. 



-Syn. Bignonia spathacea, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 144; 



Dolicbandrone crispa, Seei 



i Pet. hi i in- and the sub; m-ra means the peliolule of the la tend tec 



