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LXXX. BIGNONIACE-^ 



1. TECOMA, Juss. ; M. Brit. Ind. iv. 378. 

 Species 80, mostly American. 



[ Tecoma 



1. T. undulata, G. Don ; Brandis F. El. 352. — Syn. Tecomella undulata, 

 Seemann ; Engier u. Prantl iv. 3b. 239. Yei-n. JRoH, Bal. ; Lohcro, Sind ; 

 LaJimrij Punjab ; Eoira, Holier a^ Merwara. 



A slinib or small tree, youngest shoots and inflorescence often minutely 

 pubescent. L. grey, glabrous but somewhat rough, linear-oblong, entire, 

 blade 2-4, petiole 1 in. long. Fl. large, from pale yellow to deep orange, in 

 short 5~10-fld. corymbs at the ends of branchlets, calyx campanulate, teeth 5, 

 obtuse, corolla campanulate, limb obliqu.e, 2 in. across. Capsule curved G-8in. 

 long. 



Baluchistaiij Sind. Siiliman range, Trans-Indiis, ascending to 4,000 ft. Punjab, 

 Salt range and Sivalik tractj^extending eastwards to the Jiimna. Gnzeiat. L. renewed 

 in Jan. and Feh. PL January to April, coi^xDices well, easily raised from toeed and 

 cuttings. — Arabia. 



Fig. 178. Dolichandrone falcata, Seem. J. 



2. T. (?) Mpinnata, Gollett & Hemsl. Jonrn. Linn. See. vol. xxviii. 102. blian liills 

 4,000 ft. (Collett) Ruby Mines district (Oliver). A spreading shiiilb, 1. bipinnate, 

 rachis narrowly winged, leaflets ovate-laneeolate, J-1^ in., fl. 2 J in. long in terminal 

 pednncnlate racemes, corolla tubular, mouth wide, obliciue. Capsule unEnown, hence 

 genus doubtful. 



Kigelia pinnata, DC. Tropical Africa, planted largely in India. A large tree, 1. 

 ak^rnate, imparipinnate, crowded at the ends of branches. Fl. large dax^k maroon, in 

 pen<kilous panicles. Fr, gourd-like, 2-8 ft. lon^. 



Nycfepcalos Tliomsoiii, Hook, t Assam. A large glabrous climber, 1. trifoliolate, 



