494 LXXX. BIGNONIACEiE [Dolichandrone 



Mahlwa, Petthan, Burm. Pegu and Martaban. Upper Burma, in deciduous 

 forest. A middle-sized tree, wood close-grained, orange-red, beautifully mottled. 

 Branchlets and inflorescence clothed with dense hut deciduous wool, leaflets 7-11, some- 

 times serrulate, blade 5-8, pet. £ in. or less, a pair of small leaflets sometimes at the 

 base of the common petiole, simulating stipules. Calyx f-lf in. long, leathery, densely 

 woolly, tip curved in bud, corolla yellow, fcetid but eaten, opening in the morning, 

 early caducous, lower portion wide, 1 in. long, slightly narrowed above, upper half 

 campanulate, lobes large, crisped and. crenate. Capsule velvety, 18-24 by 1 in. 



5. D. crispa, Seem. — Syn. Spathodea crispa, Wall. Vern. Pumbadri, Nirvuddi, Tel. 

 Common in the deciduous forests of the Deccan and Karnatik. PI. March-Dec. A 

 middle-sized tree, nearly glabrous, leaflets 3-7, acuminate, blade 2-4, pet. J-l in. long. 

 Corolla white, tube cylindric, 1-2 in. long, capsule slightly compressed, 12 by § in., 

 valves coriaceous, speckled. 



6. D. Rheedii, Seem. — Syn. Spathodea Rheedii, Wall.; "Wight Ic. t. 1339. Common in 

 the plains of Malabar (Bedd.). Sundrihan. Pegu. Tenasserim. Andamans. Ceylon. 

 Malay Penins. and Archip. New Guinea. A middle-sized tree, almost glabrous, 

 leaflets 7-9, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, blade 3^, pet. ^-f in. long. Corolla white, 

 narrow portion of tube 3-5 in. long. Capsule 18 by 1 in. nearly straight, seeds rect- 

 angular, wings corky, not transparent, with the wings § in. long. 7. A species coll. 

 by*ine in 1857 near Prome, a large tree {Thalcoppo), by J. W. Oliver at Thabet Kyin, 

 and by Sniales in the Shwebo district, Upper Burrua ( Thakut) has small dentate, very 

 unequal-sided leaflets (2-3 in. long), narrow part of corolla-tube 2-4 in., gradually 

 widened into the upper funnel-shaped portion, capsule 32 x § in., seeds with the thin 

 transparent wings 1-1J in. long. 



3. HETEROPHRAGMA, DC. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 380. 



Differs from Dolichandrone chiefly by the calyx which also is closed in bud, 

 but in fl. irregularly 3-5-lobed. Species 3. 



1. H. Roxburghii, DC. — Syn. Bignonia qua dril ocular is, Roxb. Cor. PI. 

 t. 145 ; Spathodea Roxburghii, Sprengel ; Brandis F. Fl. 350. Vern. Waras, 

 Warsi, Mar. 



A laro-e tree, bark grey, 1. tomentose while young, glabrous afterwards, 

 generally approximate near the ends of branches, leaflets 3-4 pair, often serru- 

 late nearly glabrous when full grown, 3-4.V in. long. Fl. in large terminal 

 erect densely tawny-tomentose panicles. Calyx obtusely bilabiate, corolla 

 campanulate, li- in. long, white, tinged with pink. Capsule straight, - 1 - in. 

 thick 8-12 by 2 in., velvety while young, dissepiment 4-winged, horizontal 

 section cross-shaped. 



Chanda district, C. P., Godavery forests. Western Coast and Western Ghats, 

 Khandeish and Thana to Kanara. Fl. January-April. 



2. H. adenophyllum, Seem.; Kurz F. Fl. ii. 236.— Syn. Spathodea 

 adenophytta, A. DC. ; Wight 111. t. 160. Vern. Petthan, Burm. 



A large deciduous tree, young shoots and inflorescence brown-tomentose, 

 leaflets 2-3 pair, elliptic, entire, softly pubescent beneath, nearly sessile, 

 6-12 in. long, often on the petiole at its base a pair of small auricle-like 

 leaflets. Fl. large, yellow-brown, in many-fld. terminal erect brown-tomentose 

 panicles, calyx campanulate, -|-1 in. long, irregularly 3-5-lobed, corolla densely 

 brown-tomentose outside, mouth 2 in. across. Capsule 1-3 ft. long, cylindric, 

 ribbed. 



Assam, Chittagong. Coco island, common. Andamans. Burma, Lower and Upper. 

 Fl. April-May, also Sept. (Upper Burma, Smales). 3. H. sulfureum, Kurz. Vern. 

 Thitlinda. Irawadi valley in Engdain. Pegu Toma. Terai of Shan hills. A 

 middle-sized deciduous tree, leaflets 3-4 pair, slightly pubes'cent beneath while young, 

 fl. pale yellow, in short densely tomentose panicles, calyx cylindrical, 1-1A in. long, 

 corolla glabrous, or with scattered stellate hairs, mouth 2J in. across, caj>sule 2 ft. long, 

 compressed, densely tawny tomentose. 



4. PAJANELIA, DC; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 384. 



P. Rheedii, DC. (the only species); Wight Ic. t. 1343-44.— Syn. P. 

 multijuga, Kurz F. Fl. ii. 237 ; Bignonia multijuga, Wall. PI. As. Rar. t. 

 95, 96. Vern. Kyaungda.uk, Burm. 



