Kyctocalos] 



IjA.A.X. BIGrl!s 0I\ I ACEjoE 



493 



leaflets broadty elliptic, caudate-acuminate, blade 5-6, pet.^ J in. long. PI. wliite, in 

 teiminal ±ew-fld. drooping racemes, calyx-teetli^^V ii^'5<3nspidate, coroUa-tnlbe 6 in. long, 

 hmb 2\ in. aciobs. Capsule 6 by 2 in., valves almost woody. 



2. DOLICHANDRONE, Seem. ; M. Brit. Ind. iv. 378. 



TreeSy a>s a rule deciduous, 1. imparipinnate. FL in terminal few-M. racemes 

 or corymbs. Calyx in bud enclosing the corolla, in fl. spathaceous, cleft on 

 one bide to tlie base. Corolla-tube : lower portion cylindriCj upper campanu- 

 late or fumiel-aliaped, lobes 5, nearly equal, i"ound, crisped or crenate. Capsule 

 more or less compressed, seeds with a broad wing at each end. Species 6-10, 

 Africa, Asia, Australia. 



1. D. falcata, Seem. — Syn. Bignonla spathacea, Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 144 ; 

 Spathodea falcata^ 

 Wall. ; Bedd. PL 

 Sylv. t. 71 ; Brandis 

 F. FL 330. Vern. 

 Diidga^ Centr. Prov. ; 

 Medsh ing^ Merslnglil^ 

 BlievHing^ Mar.; 

 Chitti icoddij Tel. 



A middle-sized tree, 

 more or less pubes- 

 cent, wood close- and 

 even-grained. Leaf- 

 lets 5-7, broadly ellip- 

 tic, obovate or almost 

 orbicular, blade ^-1.^, 

 pet. ^ in. long (too 

 long in fig.). FL 

 white, in few-fld. 

 corymbs, calyx ?^~| 

 in., corolla- tul3e slen- 

 der 1-1 T in. long, 

 capsule flat, much 

 curved, 10-18 by f in. 



Biindelkliand, Central 

 Pro vine Cb, Berar. Wes- 

 tern Peiiiiibiila, scat- 

 tered in tlecidnous for- 

 ests. Fl. May- June. 2. 

 D. Lawii, Seem. Rajput- 

 ana. Centr. Prov. Thana 

 district. Deccan. Prob- 

 ably a var. of 1. Nearly 

 glabrous, capsule less 

 curved. 8. B. arcuata, 

 Clarke {Hpatlwdea ar^ 

 cuata, "Wight Tc. 1. 1340), 

 Coinibatore, Palghat. 

 Karniil hills. Leaflets 

 9-11, velvety, blade 2-8 

 in., corolla white, tube 

 2 in. long, limb 2 in. 

 across. 



4. D. stipulata, Benth. 

 ~Syn. Sjmfhodea sUjm- 

 lata, "Wall. PL As. 

 Bar. t. 238. Yern. Pig. 174. Dolicliandrone^cri&pa, Seem. J. 



^ Pet, in this and the subsequent genera means the iDetioliile of the lateral leaflets. 



