210 ^q^^^'i^ *fipES. 



the deep loam of the Lal-Bagh, where two fine speci- 

 mens may be seen in the tope skirting the north end 

 of tlie band promenade. Seeds collected from these 

 trees have not germinated, but propagation is ef- 

 fected by the careful removal of offsets and suckers. 

 Root-cuttings will also grow in moist ' sand. In 

 favourable situations, the Padri mara attains a height 

 of 80 feet, with 30—40 feet of clean trunk, 

 438Stereospermum chelonoides, D.O. Kan. Padri, 



Kul Wudi? 



Fig -Wight Ic. 1341. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 73. 

 'References-— Brand. For. Fl. ; Fl. of Brit. Ind. 



A lofty tree of the Malnad and adjacent moist 

 region. Leaves deciduous or subdeciduous in 

 March and April. Flowers in loose panicles at the 

 ends of the young shoots, and partly concealed by 

 the leaves which appear with them, yellow inside, 

 browTiish outside, fragrant, but not to the same 

 extent as the flowers of S. suaveolens, than which 

 they are smaller, less prolific, and as a whole, less 

 attractive. A specimen in the Botanical Gardens 

 flowers in June. Capsule 15 — 20 in. quadrangular, 

 glabrous, flexible, slender, and not so woody as in 

 the foregoing species ; slightly tortuous or sinuate. 

 It is supposed that the species is not very abundant 

 in the State forests, but this is open to question, 

 and may be due to the fact that two different trees 

 are often referred to by the same vernacular name. 



Mr. Graham Anderson gives the following inter- 

 esting account of the tree under notice : — 



"An immense, deciduous tree ; rough, dark brown 

 bark with irregular cracks and deep horizontal seams. 

 Flower, like a small snap-dragon, brown outside 

 and yellow inside, three tiny leaflets (lobes of the 

 cprolla) of a light yellow colour forming the tongue. 



Seeds are contained in a long, slender pod, and 

 look like a piece of pith which has been pinched at 

 eY§ry lialf ^ }^9}^ oi its length. 



