Pajanelia] LXXX. BIGNONIACEJE 495 



A large tree, entirely glabrous, 1. imparipinnate l.',-3ft. long, rachis angular, 

 leaflets 10-12 pair, from an unequal base ovate to ovate-laneeolate, entire, 

 3-7 in. long. Fl. in ample robust erect panicles, corolla 2k in. long, dull 

 purple, lobes round 1 in. long. Capsule straight, compressed, winged, 12-20 

 by2i-3J in. 



Assam. Andaman*. Lower Burma. Fl. Nov.-Feb. North Kanara, in moist forest, 



tl. C. s.i Trill I. it 259 . Between Coimbatore and Palghat, Malabar common up to 2,000 ft. 



Wainad. The Malabar species, which Beddome, Manual 169, calls a small weak tree, 



rding which Wight stated: fl. July, August, and which he considered different 



from the Eastern tree, ma - turn out to be distinct. 



5. STEREOSPERMUM, Cham. : Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 3S2. 



Differs from Dolichandrone and Heterophragma by the calyx, which is 

 truncate or shortly and unequally lobed, and the thick corky, nearly cylindric 

 dissepiment. Fl. in large large lax terminal panicles. L. in 2 species bipin- 

 nate, in the others imparipinnate. Species 12, tropical Africa and Asia. 



A. L. imparipinnate. 



1. S. chelonoides, DC. : Wight Ic. t. 1341 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 72. Vera. 

 Pader, Para, Hind.: Padal, Mar. ; Kandior, Kol; A*"/ udi, Malaili, Kan.: 

 I'n in padri, Tarn. ; Raring Kura, Mai. ; Thakutpo, Burm. 



A large tree, lea tiers glabrous, 3-5 pair, elliptic, caudate acuminate, blade 

 4-6, per. .'. -■'. in. long. Panicle blanches slender, glabrous, fl. fragrant, corolla 

 yellow, tinged and marked pale red. | in. long, thinly hairy within and with- 

 out. < lapsule slender, curved, 12-30 by ^ in., valves coriaceous, midrib raised, 



Is wedge-shaped inserted in deep notches of r lie dissepiment. 



i in. Hi forests, Sikkim. a-.-.-n.l inir i" '2.00(1 ft. '\\Vsti-ni Duars. Singbbum, rare. 

 Silhet, Cachar, Chittagong. Burma, Upper and Lower, ascending to 1,000 ft. in the 

 Southern slum States. Western Peninsula, chiefly on the West -i.i... from theKonian 

 southwards. L. shed Feb March, rei ■ I i.pril, Fl. appear after the 1., April-June. 



Specimens fr Klinsi hills 2,000 n. D. 13. April 1879) have onifoliolate I., petiole 



olate :n base. 2, S. neuranthum, Kurz {Thande, Burm.). Lower Burma, young 

 shoots sol I; | ibes ■ leaflets 1 -3 pair, shortly acuminate, grey-tomentose •■ 

 yonng, rough when mature, panicle short, corymbose, viscous-hairy, corolla 1} in.. 

 pale lilac, with dark purple v. -ins. capsule linear, 12-18 in. 



3. S. suaveolens, DC. : Wight Ic. 1. 1342. Vera. Padal, Hind. ; Patalo, 

 Mar.: Hussi, Kol; Padri, Kan.: Kywi magyolein, Upper Burma. 



A middle-sized tree, young si ts covered with viscid pubescence, leaflets 



:'> 5 pair, elliptic, shortly acuminate, often serrulate, blade .'! -6 in. long, rough 

 "ii the upper, pubescent on the under side, petiolule very short. PI. exquisitely 

 fragrant, in Large lax trichotomous viscid panicles, corolla dull crimson, L-li 

 in. long, pubescent, funnel-shaped, limb oblique, the 3 inf.. rim- l.i lies lunger and 

 the edges "f all much curled. Capsule straight, cylindric, 12 21 by jj in., 

 dark grey or purple, slight ly ribbed, rough with elevated sj ecks, valves thick, 

 hard. 



Subhimaln in tracl and outer bills, ascending to 1,000 ft., from the Ju 

 wards, rare between Jumna nn.l Jhelam, B S ngbhum. Central India. 



Western Peninsula. Burma, [Jpper nnd Lower. Often in Sal and Eng forest. The 

 old I. are shed in April, the young foliage with the fl. appears April June. I. S. flmbri- 

 atum. 1«'. Thanthat, Burm.), hills between Sitang and Salwi 



Peninsula. \ escent, leaflets elliptic-oblong, caudate-acuminate, blade 5 B, 



pet. ', in., corolla 2 in. long, pale lilac, the lobes nearly equal, cut into linear segments 

 } in. long. 5, S. glandulosum, Miq. Tenosserim. Malay Peninsula. Glabrous or 

 nearly so, leaflets 3 8 pair, elliptic, blade I 7, pet. J in. long. Panicles narrow, racemi- 

 fnrui. corolla I v, 6-9 in. l"ng. 



1!. L. bipinnate. 



tl. S. xylocarpum, Benth. & Hook, f.- Syn. Bignonia ocylocarpa, R .xb. ; 

 Wight I.-, t. L335 6; Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 70; Spathodea xylocarpa, T. And. ; 



