Pajanelia] LXXX, BIG-NONIACEiE 495 



A large tree, entii-ely glabrous, 1. imparipinBate li-3ft. long, rachis angular, 

 leaflets 10-12 pair, from an unequal base ovate to ovate-lanceolate, entire, 

 3-7 in. long. El. in ample robust erect panicles, corolla 2| in. long, dull 

 purple, lobes round 1 in. long. Capsule straight, compressed, winged, 12-20 



by 2^-3^ in. 



Assam. Andamaiis. Lower Burma. PL Nov .-Feb. North Kanara, in moist forest, 

 fl. C. S. (Talbot 259). Between Coimbatore and Palghat, Malabar common up to 2,000 ft. 

 AYainad. Tbe Malabar species, wliicli Beddome, Manual 169, calls a small weak tree, 

 regarding wbicb Wiglit stated : fl. July, Augu«^t, and wliicli lie considered different 

 from the Eastern tree, may possibly turn out to be distinct. 



5. STEREOSPERMUM, Cham. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 382. 



Differs from DoUchandrone and Hcterophragma by the calyx, which is 

 truncate or shortly and unequally lobed, and the thick corky, nearly cylindric 

 dissepiment. Fl. in large large las terminal panicles. L. in 2 species bipin- 

 nate, in the others imparipinnate. Species 12, ti*opical Africa and Asia. 



A. L. imparipinnate. 



1. S. chelonoides, DC. ; Wight Ic. t. 1341 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 72. Vern. 

 Paderj Para^ Hind. ; PadaJ^ Mar. ; Kandior^ Kol ; Kal udi^ Malaili^ Kan. ; 

 Pumpadrl^ Tarn. ; Earing Kiir a ^ Mai. ; Tfialcut po^ Burm. 



A large tree, leaflets glabrous, 3-5 pair, elliptic, caudate acuminate, blade 

 4-6, pet. \-\ in. long. Panicle branches slender, glabrous, d. fragrant, corolla 

 yellow, tinged and marked pale red, f in. long, thinly hairy within and wdth- 

 out. Capsule slender, curved, 12-30 by \ in., valves coriaceous, midrib raised, 

 seeds wedge-shaped inserted in deep notches of the dissepiment. 



Oudli forests. Sikkim, ascending to 2,000 ft. Western Duars. Singblium, rare. 

 Silbet, Cachar, Cliittagong. Burma, Upper and Lower, ascending to 4,000 ft. in the 

 Southern Shan States. Webtern Peninsula, chiefly on the West side, from the Konkan 

 south^vards. L. shed Feb -March, renewed iipril, Fl. appear after the L, April-Jnne. 

 Specimens from Khasi hillb 2,000 ft. (D. B. April 1879) have unifoliolate 1., petiole 

 articulate at base. 2. S. neurantlmm, Iviirz ( r/m^c?^, Burm.). Lower Burma, young 

 shoots softly pubescent, leaflets 2-3 pair, shortly acuminate, grey-tonientose while 

 young, rough when mature, panicle short, corymbose, viscous-haii'y, corolla IJ in., 

 pale lilac, with dark pur]3le veins, cax3sule linear, 12-18 in. 



3. S. suaveolena, DC. ; Wight Ic. 1. 1342. Vern. Padal, Hind. ; PafalOj 

 Mar. ; iJ?^ss/, Kol ; Padri, Kan. ; Kyice magjjo lein^ Upper Burma. 



A middle-sized tree, young shoots covered with viscid pubescence, leaflets 

 8-5 pair, elliptic, shortly acuminate, often serrulate, blade 8-6 in. long, rough 

 on the upper, pubescent on the under side, petiolule very short. FL exquisitely 

 fragrant, in large lax trichotomous viscid panicles, corolla dull crimson, 1-1 i 

 in. long, pubescent, funnel-shaped, limb oblique, the 3 inferior lobes longer an3 

 the edges of all much curled. Capsule straight, cylindric, 12-24 by | in., 

 dark grey or purple, slightly ribbed, rough with elevated specks, valves thick, 

 hard. 



Subhimaiayan tract and outer hills, ascending to 4,000 ft., from the Jumna east- 

 wards, rare between Jumna and Jhelam^ Rajputana. Singbhum. Central India. 

 Western Peninsula. Burma, ■U}jper and Lower. Often in Srd and Eng forest. The 

 old 1. are shed in April, the young foliage with the fl. appears April-June. 4. S. fimtori- 

 atum, BC. {Thanthat^ Burml), hills between Sitang and Salween. Tenasserim. Malay 

 Peninsula. Viscid-pubescent, leaflets elliptic-obloiig, caudate-acuminate, blade 5-8, 

 ]>et. I in., corolla 2 in. long, pale lilac, the lubes nearly equal, cut into linear segments 

 I in.' long. D. S. glandtilostim, Miq. Tenasserim. Malay Peninsula. Glabrous or 

 nearly bo, l<'aflets 1-3 ])air, elliptic, blade 4-7, pet. J in. loixg. Panicles narrow, raceini- 

 form, corolla 1| in., capsule narrow, 6-9 in. long. 



B. L. bipinnate. 



6. S. xylocarpum, Benth. & Hook, f.— Syn. Bignonia xylocarjya, Roxb. ; 



Wight Ic. t. 1335-^6; Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 70; Spatlwdea xylocarpa, T, And. ; 



