Dolichaiidrone.^ cvii. bignoniacej3. (C. B. Clarke.) 379 



each side broadly winged. — Species 12, in the hotter parts of Africa, Asia 

 and Australia. 



1. D. stipulata, Senth. in Gen. PI. ii. 1046 ; leaflets elliptic caudate- 

 acuminate, calyx densely woolly or floccose, corolla yellow-brown, narrow 

 part of its tube 1 in., wings of the seed membranous. Bignonia stipulata, 

 Itoxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 108. Spathodea stipulata, Wall. Cat. 6518, letters 

 A, D, and part 0, and PI. As. Bar. iii. 20, t. 238 ; DG. Prodr. ix. 205 ; 

 Kurz For. Fl. ii. 234. Markhamia stipulata, Seem, in Seem. Journ. Sot. i. 

 226. 



Pegti j Rangoon, M'Lelland ; extending thence north to Ava {Kurz). 



A. tree, 30-40 ft. j braiichlets and inflorescence with yellow or brown, easily 

 separable, wool. Leaves 1-li foot ; leaflets 3-5 pairs, 6 by 3 in., entire or distinctly 

 serrulate, mature nearly glabrate or with yellow or brown wool adherent ; stipules 0, 

 but rudimentary leaves J-1 in. diam. are often developed in the axils. Raceme short, 

 stent, 4-10-fld. ; pedicels ^-1 in. Calyx |-1| in., leathery, densely hirsutely woolly 

 or deciduously fleecy. Corolla 2-3 in,, narrow portion of the tube constricted at the 

 top, then suddenly dilated into a campannlate portion 1 in. long ; lobes | in., crisped- 

 crenate. Anther-cells large, elliptic, separate, pendulous, attached below their tips. 

 Capsule 18-24 by 1 in., thickly tomentose floccose. Seeds 1| by |. in. (including the 

 wings). 



Vae. velutina, ; leaves serrulate, calyx tawny velvety. Spathodea velntina, Kurz 

 in Journ. As. Sac. 1873, pt. 2, p. 90, and Mr. Fl. ii. 235.— Pegu ; Kurz.— 'Sot 

 seen ; Kurz says it only differs from D. stipulata in Slaving the leaves serrulate (not 

 entire), the calyx tawny velvety (instead of tawny villous) ; which characters can be 

 seen in several standard examples of D. stipnlata. 



2. D. Rheedii, Seem, in Seem. Journ. Pot. riii. 380 ; glabrous or 

 minutely puberulous, leaflets elliptic much acuminate, corolla white, narrow 

 portion of its tube 3-5 in., wings of the seed corky. Bignonia spathacea, 

 Linn.f. Suppl. 283. B. longissima. Lour. Fl. Cochinoh. 380 P Spathodea 

 longiflora, Vent. Choix. n. 40, in obe. S. Eheeiii, Wall. Ca'16516; BCl 

 Prodr. ix. 206 ; WiffAt Ic 1. 1339 ; Pedd. For. Man, 168; Kurz For. Fl. 

 ii. 234. S. ? Loureiriana, DC. I. c. 209 ? S. Diepenhorsti, Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Pat. ii. 7^.—£heede Sort. Mai. vi. t. 29. 



Malabab, Wight ; common in the plains, Beddome. Malay Peninsttla from 

 Prome to Malacca, common ; Wallich, Griffith, &c. Andamans ; Kurz. Cbtion ; 

 Thwaites.—Diai^lB. Malay Archipelago. 



A tree, attaining 50-60 ft. Leaves a foot long ; leaflets 3-4 pairs with an odd 

 one, 2-3 in., rhomboid, often unequal at the base ; petiolule | in. Corymhs few- (some- 

 times 1-) fld., short-pednncled ; pedicels ^1 in., stout. Calyx IJ in. Corolla 4-? in., 

 white ; tube campanulate near the mouth ; segments 1 in., crenate -toothed. Anther- 

 cells large, elliptic, separate, divaricate. Capsule 18 by |-1 in., nearly straight, not 

 ribbed. Seeds (including the wings) f by i in., rectangular. 



3. D. crispa, Seem, in Seem. Journ. Pot. viii. 381, excl. some syn. ; 

 glabrous or innovations piiberulous, leaflets 5-7 shortly acuminate petioluled, 

 corolla white tube 1-2 in. cylindric, pod slightly compressed. Bignonia 

 crispa, Sam. in Poxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 103. Spathodea crispa, Wall. 

 Cat. 6515; DC. Prodr, 9, p. 206; Prand. For. Fl. 350; Pedd. For. 

 Man. 168. 



S. Dbccait Peninsttla ; Coimbatore, Paulghat, Wight, &c. 



A tree, 40-60 ft. Leaves 8-12 in. ; leaflets 2-4 in., broadly elliptic ; petiolule 

 0-J in. Corymbs short-peduncled 1-7-fld. ; pedicels i-lj in. &aZya; |-1 in., rusty 

 puberulous when young, soon glabrate. Corolla-tube J-^ in. diam. ; mouth 2 in. 

 diam. ; lobes rounded, crisped-creuate. Anther-cells oblong, separate, divaricate. 



