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rusty-velvety. Calyx split into five lobes. Pod 

 1 — 3 feet long, round, ribbed, velvety, curling. 



87. Stereospermum chelonoides. Thande. 



Medium tree. Bark grey, smooth, veith occasional 

 horizontal furrows. L. clustered at end of shoots. 

 Leaflets sometimes toothed, glabrous, on \" stalks. 

 Fl. f" yellow and red, calyx J", lobes shallow. 

 Pod narrow, angled, curved, 12"-^30" long. Seeds 

 wedge-shaped in notches in the core, Pods 

 remain long on the tree after breaking open. 



88. Stereospermum neuranthum. Thande. 



Like No. 87 but leaflets velvety when young, 

 rough when old, short pointed ; calyx |", and 

 ,pod 12"— 18" long. 



89. Stereospermum suaveolens. Thande. Thakutbo. 



Twigs sticky, velvety. Leaflets velvety beneath, 

 on very short stalks, broader and bigger than 

 Nos. 87 or 88, but without the reduced lowest 

 pair as in No. 86. Pod cylindric, 12" — 24" long, 

 thick, ribbed and speckled. 



90. Tectona grandis. Kyun. 



Bark light brown, rather smooth, but in narrow 

 fibrous strips Twigs quadrangular. L. broad, 

 surface rough above, velvety beneath, 12" — 24" 

 long, narrowed into stalk 1" — IJ"; a red brown 

 dye if crumpled. Black shining scales visible on 

 underside of 1. of seedlings. PI. white in yellow 

 velvety plumes 1 — 3 feet long at ends of branches, 

 long persistent on the tree. Fr. inside a bladder 

 1" across. 



91. Premna pjnramidata. Kyunbo. Kywinalin. 



Small tree. Bark light gney, smooth. Twigs 

 golden velvety. L. golden velvety beneath, 6" — 12" 

 long on 1" — 3" -stalk. Fr. small, round, glabrous. 



