CIV. BIGNONIACEjE. 
549 
Dolichan drone.] 
Corolla-tube long (or short) dilate above; lobes 5, equal, edge 
crisped. Stamens 4, didynamous, included; anthers oblong. 
Ovary sessile. Capsule elongate, terete, 2-valved. Seeds numerous, 
fiat winged. Species about 15, Africa to Australia. 
(1) D. Rheedii Seem. Journ. Bot. viii. 380; Brain, l.c . 377. 
D. spathacea Schum. FI. Kaiser Wilhelms land, 123; Sprague, 
Kew Bulletin, 1919, p. 304. 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall or less. Leaves imparipinnate, 9 to 12 in. 
long; leaflets 4 pairs and 1 end-one, rhomboid, base unequal, 
acuminate serrate, 3 to 4 in. long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. wide. Raceme 
1 to 4 or more flowered; flowers nocturnal opening singly and 
falling at dawn. Calyx 1-5 in. long. Corolla tubular, funnel-shaped 
above, pure white, 5 in. long; lobes 1-5 in. long, rounded, crisped. 
Capsule 10 to 12 in. long, 1 in. broad. Seeds quadrate, oblong, 
•5 in. long, *23 in. wide, corky thin. Hab. Tidal swamps. Common. 
Singapore, Alexandra Road; Bajau. Malacca, Ayer Panas 
(Cantley); near coast (Griffith, Maingay); Pahang, Kwala Bruas, 
Pahang River. Perak, Matang (Scortechini). Penang, Pulau 
Betong (Curtis). Setul. Perlis, Kanga. Distrib. India to New 
Guinea. Native name: Poko Kulo. 
3 . PAJANELIA, DC. 
A tall glabrous tree. Leaves large imparipinnate; leaflets 
entire, 10 to 12 pairs. Flowers large in terminal panicles, yellow. 
Calyx large ventricose campanulate, 5-lobed. Corolla-tube 
cylindric below, dilate above; lobes 5, sub-bilabiate. Stamens 4 
with a rudimentary one, exsert. Capsule elongate, narrow-oblong, 
the valves winged. Seeds flat, wing hyaline. One species, India 
and Malay Peninsula. 
(1) P. multijuga DC. Prodr. ix. 227; Brain, l.c. 382; Wall. 
PI. As. Rar. i, 81, t. 95 and 96. 
Little branched tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, 2 ft. through. Leaves 
2 ft. long; leaflets elliptic-ovate acute, base round inequilateral, 
4 to 8 in. long, 2-5 to 3*5 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. Panicles 
stout erect, -2 in. long. Calyx 1 to 1-5 in. long, lobes acute. Corolla 
2 to 2-5 in. long, yellowish white outside, purple inside, upper part 
pubescent. Capsule 1 to 1-5 ft. long, 2 to 2-5 in. wide. Seeds 
1-5 in. long and -5 in. wide with wing. Hab. Sea-coasts; not 
at all common. Singapore, Kranji (Ridley); Perak (Scortechini, 
Kunstler); base of the Thaiping Hills. Penang (Jack). 
4 . STEREOSPERMUM, Cham. 
Trees. Leaves 1- to 2-pinnate. Flowers in terminal panicles 
white, pink or yellow. Calyx truncate or shortly unequally lobed. 
Corolla campanulate or funnel-shaped, 2-lipped, lobes toothed or 
laciniate. Stamens 4, cells linear divergent. Capsule elongate 
