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GEJNUS IV. SPATHODEA. 

 iiidynainia AiiKiosperniia. Sea,- Sysi: 



beriv. From Spalke, a spathe j alluding td the calyx. 



Gen. ChAB; Calyx spstthaceous, yomiger one dlased, afterwards 

 longitudinally cleft, then toothed or ' entire • cdrolla Somewhat 

 funnelishaped, limb 5-cleftj Slightly uiieqiial. : stamens four, with 

 the fifth sterile : anthers with the cells Separate : Stigma bilamelf 

 late ; (sapsule podfshaped,^ 2-t;elled, loculi,cidalIy dehisdirig : seeds 

 corky, membranaceoiisly wiiigdd; attached to thfe partition, not 

 immersed in pits. — Trees or shrubs often climbing": leaves oppo- 

 site, rarely alternate, simple, conjugate, digitate or unequally 

 pinnate: fruit almost unknown. 



(1) S. RiiEEDii. (Wall.) 



Idetlt. Dec. prod. IX. p. 206. 



Syn. S. longiflora, .VehLrr-Bighabia loijgip^ora, ^ittd. 



Engrav. "Wight's Icotl. t. l^SSi.— Rheede Mai. VI. t. 29. 



Spec. Char. Ai"boreoits, glabrous : leaves unequally pinnate^ 

 3-paired : leaflets oVal-IanceoIatej actlminate, petiolulate, eutirel 

 i-acfemes termiilal, shortj abottt 3-flowered : cordlla with a long 

 slender tube, capsule siliquiformj subcyliitdrical, erect or more or 

 less curved : corolla *hitej 5-6-inches, capsule about 8 inches 

 long : septum thickened in the middle, hence the capsule is some* 

 >hat 4-celled : wing of the seed thickishi opaque, truncated. 



Malabar, near Tellicheirry. 



(2) g. FALCATA. (tTdll.) 



tdeni. Dec, prod. IX. p. 206.— Dalz. Bortib. flor. p. 160. 



Syn. Cignoiiia falcataj Roem. Mss.-^'B. spathacea, Linn. f. 

 sil^l.-^Roxb. flbr. Ind. III. p. 108.^8, RheedUi'Spreng, — S* 

 longiflora, Pen. ; 



Engrav. Roxb. Cor. ll. t. 144, - i 



Sfec. Char. Small tree: leaves unequilly pJiinate, 2 to g pair, 

 oval, rounded entire, slightly hairy>: racemes terminal, few-flpw- 

 <red : calyx cylindrical, oblique : flowers white, about 1 inch long, 

 fragrant : capsule linear, 1 foot oblongj various twisted. 



Khandalla Ghaut. S. Mahratta country. Coromandel Coast. 



