^^4 LXXX. BiaNONIACE^ [DoUchandrone 



Mahlwa, Petflicm, Biirm. Pegu and Martaban. Upper Burma, in deeidnon« 

 forest. A middle-sized tree^ "wood close-grained, orange-red, beautifully mottled 

 Branclilets and inflorescence clothed with dense but deciduous wool, leaflets 7-11 home- 

 times serrulate, blade 5-8, pet. ^ in. or less, a pair of smallleaflets sometimes' at the 

 base of the common petiole, simulating stipules. Calyx J-^l^ in. long, leatbery, densely 

 woolly, tip curved in bud, corolla yellow, foetid but eaten, opening in the mornin^ 

 early caducous, lower portion wide, 1 in. long, slightly narrowed above, upper half 

 canipanulate, lobes large, crisped and orenate. Capsule yelyety, 18-24 by 1 in. 



5. D. crlspa, Seem.—Syn. Himtlwdea crhpa, "Wall. Vern. Pianhadri, mrvuddi Tel 

 Common in the deciduous forests of the Deccan and Karnatik. PL March-Dec. A 

 middle-sized tree, nearly glabrous, leaflets 3-7, acuminate, blade 2-4, pet. l~l in. lono- 

 Corolla white, tube cylindric, 1-2 in. long, capsule slightly comi^ressed, 12 by % im' 

 yalvos coriaceous, speckled. '' 



6. D. Rheedii, Secm.--Syn. Sjjcf thodea Pheedii, Wall.; Wight Ic, t. 1839. Common in 

 the plains of Malabar (Bedd.). Sundriban. Pegu. Tenasserim. Andanians. Ceylon 

 Malay Benins. and Archip. New G-uinea. A middle-sized tree, almost glabrous' 

 leaflets 7-9, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, blade 3-4, pet. l-'l in. lono-. Corolla white' 

 narrow portion of tube 3-5 in. long. Capsule 18 by 1 in. nearly straight, seeds rect- 

 angular, Avings corky, not transparent, with the wings J in. loilg. 7, "a species coll 

 by me in 1857 near Prome, a large tree {Thalcoppo), by X W. Oliver at Thabet Kvin* 

 and by Smales in the Shwebo district, Upper Burma (T/ialaif) has small dentate, very 

 unequal-sided leaflets (2-8 in. long), narrow part of corolla-tube 2-4 in., gradually 

 widened into the upper fumiel-sliaped portion, capsule 82 x 5 in., seeds witli" the thin 

 transparent wings l-lj in. long. 



a. HETEROPHRAGMA, DC; M. Brit. lud. iy. 380. 



Differs from DoViclianclrone chiefly by the calyx which also is closed in bud, 

 but in fl. irregularly 3-5-lobed. Species 3. 



1. H. Roxburghii, DC— Syn. Bigmnia quadrlloctdariH^ Roxb. Cor. PI. 

 t. 145 ; Sjyafhodea EoxburgJiii, Sprengel ; Brandis P. PI. 350. Vern. Warns 

 Warisf\ Mar, 



A large tree, bark grey, 1. tomentose while young, glabrous afterwards, 

 genei^ally approximate near the ends of branches, leaflets 3-4 pair, often berrii- 

 late, nearly glabrous when full grown, 3-4.\ in. long. FL in large terminal 



section cross-shaped. 



Ohauda district, C. P., GodavBry forests. Western Coast and Western Ghats, 

 IChandeish and Thana to Kanara. El. Januarj^-April. 



2. H. adenophyllum, Seem.; Kurz ¥. PL ii. 236.-^Syn. SpatJiodea 

 adempliylla^ A. DC. ; Wight 111. t. 160. Yern, Pettlian^ Bnrm. 



A large clecidnoxts^ tree, young shoots and inflorescence brown- tomentose 

 leaflets 2-3 pair, elliptic, entire, softly pubescent beneath, nearly sessile' 

 0-12 in, long, often on the petiole at its base a pair of small auricle-like 

 leaflets, FL large, yellow-brown, in many-£d. terminal erect brown-tomentose 

 panicles, calyx campanulate, -|~1 in. long, irregularly 3-5-lobed, corolla densely 

 brown-tomentose outside, mouth 2 in. across. Capsule 1-3 ft. long, cylindric 

 ribbed. 



Assam, Ohittagong. Coco island, common. Andamans. Burina, Lower and Upper. 

 PL April-May, also Sept, (Upper Burma, Smales). 3. H. suimreum, liurz Vern' 

 ThitUiida. Irawadi valley in Engdain. Pegu Yoma. Terai of Shan hills. A 

 middle-sized deciduous tree, leafl.ets 3-4 pair, slightly pubescent beneath while voun^^ 

 fl. pale yellow, in short densely tomentose panicles, calyx cylindrical, 1-1^ in, lono-' 

 corolla glabrous, or with scattered stellate hairs, mouth 2| in. across, capsule 2 ft' lonS' 

 compressed, densely tawny tomentose. " " * &' 



4. PAJANELIA, DC; PL Brit. Ind. iv. B84 

 P. Rheedii, DC. (the only species); Wight Ic. t. 1843-44. ^Syn. P. 

 multijuga, Kurz F. M, ii, 237 ; Bignonia nmltijuga, WalL PL As. Ear. t 

 95, 96. Vern. Xyaungdauk, Bnrm, 



