English: Dolichandrone spathacea (L.f.) Seem. - syn.
Bignonia spathacea, Eoxb. Cor.
Title: Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire
Identifier: CUbiodiversity690553 (find matches)
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Brandis, Dietrich, Sir, 1824-1907
Subjects: Trees
Publisher: London : A. Constable & Co. , Ltd
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Mann Library, Cornell
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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^'5s 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 1-1T 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.
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^ Pet, in this and the subsequent genera means the iDetioliile of the lateral leaflets.
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