66. BIONONIACEJE. 



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campannlate, 2-5 lobed or spathaceous. Corolla tubular-ventricose, 

 mouth 2-lipped. Stamens 4, didynamous or 5. Disk cushion-like or 

 annular. Ovary 2-celled, style long, glabrous ; stigma of 2 elliptic 

 lobes, ovules numerous in many rows. Fruit a capsule usually elongat- 

 ed, {Seeds discoid, broadly winged, exalbuminous. 



stamens 5, perfect. 



Leaves bi-tri-pinnate, leaflets large. Capsule 

 large, broad, flat. Seeds winged all round 



except at the base ]. Oroxylum. 



Stamens 4, perfect. 



Leaves bi-tri-pinnate, leaflets small. Capsule 

 linear, flat. Seeds winged narrowly at the 

 apex, not at the base 2. Millingtonia, 



Leaves undivided or pinnate. Capsule linear 

 somewhat compressed, wing broad, narrow at 

 the apex, not at the base 3. Tecoma, 



Leaves 1-pinnate. Capsule cylindrical or com- 

 pressed, ^eeds broadly winged on the 2 sides . 4, Bolichandrone, 



Leaves 1-pinnate. Capsule straight, slightly 

 compressed, divided into 4 cells by the l-ridged 

 septum. Seeds winged on the sides ... ... 5, SeteropTiraffma, 



Leaves 1-2-pinnate. Capsule elongate-linear or 

 compressed quadrangular. Seeds sub-trigonous 

 or thinly discoid, winged on 2 sides 6. Stereospermum, 



Leaves 1-pinnate. Capsule large, oblong, winged, 

 compressed. Seeds winged all round ... ... 7. Pajanelia* 



1. OROXYLUM, Vent. 



A tree. Leaves bi-tri-pinnate, large. Flowers large, in erect 

 terminal racemes. Calyx persistent, leathery, large, campanulate, 

 truncate. Corolla campanulate, oblique, 5-lobed ; large; white or 

 purplish, lobes subequal, crisped, toothed. Stamens 5, all fertile; 

 anthers 2-celled, cells divergent below. Capsule large, flat, linear, the 

 dissepiment parallel to the valves ; septicidally dehiscent. Seeds with 

 a broad transparent wing. 



O. indicum, Yent. Dec. Gen. Nov. 8 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 378 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 148 ; Spathodea indica, Pars. Galosanthes indica, Brandis For. Fl. 3^7 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 161. Tetu, K. 



Throughout India from the Himalayas to Ceylon, not in the Western 

 drier area. Throughoat the Konkan and North Kdnara ghats in moist 

 forests, very common in the evergreen forests near the Nilkund ghat. 

 Fl. May-July. Fr. ripe Jany. ; remains long on tree. Flowers foetid, 

 fleshy. A small tree. Bark light brown, soft with green juice. Woo4 

 yellowish-white, soft : no heartwood. Pores moderate sized. Annual 

 vingB distinct. Med. rays fine to moderately broad. Weighs about 30 lbs. 

 to the cub. ft. 



2. MILLINGTONIA, Linn, f. 



A large tree. Leaves opposite, bi-tri-pinnate. Flowers in nu- 

 merous flowered panicles. Calyx 5-toothed, teeth recurved^ truncate. 

 Corolla with a long slender tube and an obhque mouth. 5-lobed. 



