382 cvii. BiGNONiACB^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Mayodendron. 



nX. Igrneum, Kurz Preliminary Pequ For. Sep. App. D, with a fig., 

 and Jbr. PI. ii. 233. Spathodea ignea, Smtz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 

 p. 77. 



Maetaban up to 3000 ft., not infrequent ; Kurz. — DiSTBlB. Ava, Yunan. 



A tree, 30-40 ft. j innovations minutely puberulous. Leaves ample, lower pinns 

 2-pinnate ; le»flets 3-4 in., elliptic, acuminate. Sacemes 5-fld., pedicels i in. Calyx 

 J in., puberulous. Corolla 2J by \\ in., orange crimson ; narrow cylindric portion of 

 the tube much shorter than the fu<nnel-shaped part ; lobes ^-^ in. long. Capsule 

 18 by \ in., subterete, glabrous. Seeds including the pellucid wings, narrow-linear, 

 J in. long. 



Yin. STEREOSPEIUIXVIII, Cham. 



Trees. Leaves 1- or 2-pinnate. Panicles large, lax, terminal. Calyx 

 ovoid, open or closed in the bud, during flower truncate or shortly un- 

 equally lobed. Corolla tubular- ventricose, yellow or pale rose; lobes 5, 

 nearly equal, round, crisped toothed or laciniate. Capsule elongate, terete, 

 subcompressed or obscurely quadrangular, locuHcidally 2-valved; septum 

 thickened, subterete. Seeds in 1 or 2 series, compressed or snbtrigonona, 

 ■with a membranous wing on each side. — Species 10, ia tropical Asia and 

 Africa. 



Sect. 1. Eustereospermum. Leaves l-pinnate- 



1. S. clielonoides, BC. Prodr. ix. 210; leaflets elliptic caudate- 

 acuminate glabrous, panicle-branches slender glabrous, corolla f in., capsule 

 linear obscurely quadrangular,^ seeds subtrigonons embedded in notches in 

 the septum. Wight Ic. t. 1341 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 72 ; Brand. For. Fl. 

 362 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 230. Bignonia chelonoides, Linn. f. Suppl. 282 ; 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 106 ; WaU. Cat. 6501. B. caudata, Mi^. in PI. Hohe- 

 naclc. n. 182, not of BC. Heterophragma chelonoides, Balz. 4' Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 160.— Bheede Sort. Mai. vi. t. 2.5. 



Through moister India ; from the Terai of Oudh and Assam to Ceylon and Pegu. 

 — -DiSTBiB. Ava. 



A tree, 30-60 ft., nearly glabrous except the flowers, ieaue* 12-18 in.; leaflets 

 7-11, 5 by 2 in. ; petiolule i-J in. Calyx i in., shortly 3-5-toothed. Corolla thinly 

 villous within and without; tube rose, lobes yellow or pale flesh-colour, crisped. 

 Capsule 12-20 by J-J in., smooth or specltled. Seeds 1 by | in., easily splitting 

 through the centre. 



2. S. neuranthum, Furz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 91, and For. 

 Fl. ii. 230 ; leaflets oblong or ovate shortly acuminate hairy beneath, panicle 

 short corymb-like viscous-hairy, corolla \^ in., capsule linear slender sub- 

 terete keeled, seeds subtrigonons embedded in notches in the septum. 



Peou and Moulmein ; M'Lelland, Parish, Kurz. 



A tree, 40-60 ft. ; innovations softly villous or subtomentose. Leaves 1-lJ foot; 

 lenflets 5-7, 5 by 2^ in. ; petiolule J in. Panicle loose, about 12-fld. Calyx J in., 

 hairy; lobes 3-5, very short, broad. Corolla very pale lilac or blueish white (Kurz), 

 sparsely pilose ; lobes rounded, crisped crenate hardly toothed. Capsule 12 by J-i in., 

 less woody than that of <S. chelonoides; valves 1-ribbed on the back;^ seeds and 

 septum as in S. chelonoides. 



3. S. suaveolens, BC. Prodr. ix. 211 ; leafletsliroadlxelliptic acumi- 

 nate or acute entire or serrulate young hairy, pamcle very cojapMind m.gjiy- 

 fl(ijdscQU_s iairy, corolla 1-1^ in., capsule linear terete vyoody, seeds subtrigo- 

 nons embedded in notches' ot the septum. Wight Ic. t. 1342; Bedd. For. 

 Man. 169 ; Brand. For. Fl. 351 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 231. Bignonia snaveo- 



