352 LIX. BIGNONIACE^. [Stereospermum. 



Thompson). Sapwood white or yellowish, heartwood with irregular outline, 

 brown or reddish-brown, often mottled with white. ■ 44 lb. per cub. ft., fairly 

 durable, and easy to work. Much valued for building, and generally com- 

 mands a ready sale. Makes excellent charcoal. Root and bark used in native 

 medicine. 



2. S. chelonoides, DC. ; Wight Ic. t. 1341 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 72.— 

 Syn. Bigtionia chelonoides, L. ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 106. Vein. Pader, 

 padel, parral, padri. 



A large glabrous tree. Leaves 12-18 in. long, leaflets 3-5 pair, elliptic, 

 sometimes serrate, long -acuminate, blade 4-6 in., acumen often 1 in., 

 petiole J- J in. long; main lateral nerves 8-10 pair. Flowers yeUow, 

 fragrant, ^-f in. long, in large, loose, trichotomous glabrous panicles. 

 Calyx campanulate, 5 -dentate. CoroUa campanulate, limb spreading, 

 oblique, lobes nearly equal. Capsule linear, compressed, curved, 12-24 

 in. long, ^ in. broad, valves convex, coriaceous, smooth. Dissepiment 

 subcylindrical, grey or light brown, with wide open notches for the seeds, 

 which are ^-J in. apart. 



Common South India, Ceylon, Burma, and Bengal. Gonda forests Oudh, 

 rare, on the driest spurs. The leaves are shed Feb., March, and renewed Ln 

 April. Flowers appear after the leaves, April-July. Fruit Aug. -Jan., remain- 

 ing long on the tree. In Oudh a small, elsewhere a large tree, with a tall 

 straight trunk. Bark \ in. thick, light- cinereous or brown, furrowed longi- 

 tudinally. Heartwood reddish-brown, orange (Skinner), close-, even-grained, 

 hard, elastic, easy to work, said to be durable. Weight 45 lb. (Kyd), 48 lb. 

 (Sk.), value of P. 710 (Kyd), 642 (Sk.) Used for building, and is a good furni- 

 ture-wood. Bark, leaves, flowers, and fruit used in native medicine. Flowers 

 used in Hindu temples. 



6. TECOMA, Juss. 



Trees or shrubs, with opposite, simple or digitate leaves. Calyx cam- 

 panulate, 5 -dentate. Corolla campanulate, limb oblique. Stamens in- 

 serted in the lower part of the corolla-tube ; anthers 2-ceUed, the calls 

 parallel at first, diverging afterwards. Ovary 2-celled, supported or sur- 

 rounded by a fleshy annular disc ; numerous series of ovules in each cell. 

 Capsule linear, dissepiment transverse, thin, flat, attached before dehis- 

 cence to the median line of the valves. Seeds numerous, flat, imbricate, 

 on 3 sides with a thin, white, membranous wing. 



1. T. undulata, G. Don. — Syn. Tecomella undulata, Seem. Journal of 

 Botany, i. 18 ; Bignonia undulata, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 101 ; Bignonia 

 glauca, Decaisne in Jacq. Voy. Bot. t. 142. Vern. Reoddna, rebddn, 

 Trans-Indus ; Lahura, luar, roir, rdhira, Pb. ; Lohuri, lohero, Sindli ; 

 Roira, Mairwara. 



A shrub or small tree, glabrous, extremities and young leaves often 

 pubescent with very minute, fasciculate hairs. Leaves generally oppo- 

 site, subcoriaceous, grey, somewhat rough when old, oblong, linear-obloncr 



