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almost equally long, adnate to the corolla up to its middle, the fifth 
minute and rudimentary ; anther-cells almost parallel. Disk annular. 
Ovary 2-celled, with 2 rows of numerous ovules on each side of the 
placentas ; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule pod-like, linear-cylindrical and 
slender, the valves thin-coriaceous, smooth, longitudinally nerved ; 
septum narrow, contrary to the valves, with a broad prominent 
edge on both sides along the middle. Seeds in several series along 
the border of the septum, elongate-winged on both ends.—Trees, 
with ternately decompound leaves. Flowers conspicuous, in short 
racemes, terminal or from short shoots. 
1. M. igneum, Kz.—A tree (30—40 + 10—18 + 4—6), probably 
evergreen, the very young shoots minutely puberulous; bark }$ an 
in. thick, grey, longitudinally wrinkled ; cut pale-coloured; leaves 
ample, ternately decompound, resembling those of Acrocarpus, the 
lower pinne 2-pinnate, the upper ones gradually simply pinnate, 
glabrous ; ‘leaflets obliquely oblong-lanceolate to falcately ovate- 
ceolate, very shortly petioluled, 3-4 in. long, bluntish acuminate, 
Haxs.—Not unfrequent in the tropical forests of Martaban, up to 3,000 ft. 
elevation ; also Ava hills.—Fl. March-Apr.—Fr. Apr.-May.—s.—SS.—Metam. 
Rumanxs.— Wood white, turning pale-greyish brown, soft, fibrous but close- 
grain 
SPATHODEA, PB. 
Calyx spathaceous, slit to the base, circumsciss-deciduous, entire. 
Corolla tubular to almost campanulate-funnel-shaped, gradually or 
abruptly constricted in a shorter or longer tube, the limb almost 
equally 5-lobed, imbricate in bud. Fertile stamens 4, didynamous, 
with a fifth rudimentary one inserted at the corolla-throat ; anther- 
cells diverging, Ovary 2-celled, the cells with numerous ovules 
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