mottled with lighter streaks (Gamble); youngest shoots and inflorescence often minutely pubescent, or grey-pubescent. Glabrate when old. Leaves simple, 6 by l½in. (C.B. Clarke) obtuse, narrowly or linear-oblong, undulate, entire, grey, glabrous, but somewhat rough ; Brandis says the blade is only 2-4in. Petiole ¾-lin. long. Flowers inodorous large, from pale-yellow to deep-orange, in short 5-10-fid corymbs at the ends of branchlets, or on flattened lateral branches. Pedicels ¼-½in. Calyx campanulate, ½in., hardly ⅛in. broad, teeth 5 obtuse. Corolla campanulate, limb oblique, 2in. across, 1½in. long, orange. Stamens scarcely exsert, glabrous ; anther-cells distinct, pendulous, narrowly oblong, sub-2-lobed. Capsule curved, 6-8in. long, ⅓in. broad, glabrous, Valves tough, thin. Seeds including the wing 1 by ⅜in., wings very narrow round the apex of the seed, at its base.
"A tree with drooping branches like the weeping willow ; when in flower few trees can present a more noble or beautiful sight." (Gibson).
Uses : — The bark of the young branches is often employed in Sind as a remedy for syphilis (Murray).
902. Dolichan trone Rheedii Seem, h.f.b.i , iv. 379.
Vern. : — Vilpadri (Tam) ; Nir — pongelion (Mal).
Habitat : — Malabar.
A tree, attaining 50-60 ft. Leaves a feet long ; leaflets 3-4 pairs with an old one, 2-3 in., rhomboid, often unequal at the base ; petiolule ¼ in. Corymbs few- (sometimes 1-) fld., short-peduncled ; pedicels ¼-1in., stout. Calyx 1½ in. Corolla 4-7 in., white ; tube campanulate near the mouth ; segments 1 in., crenate toothed. Anther cells large, elliptic, separate, divaricate. Capsule 18 by ¾-1 in., nearly straight, not ribbed. Seeds (including the wings) ¾ by ½ in., rectangular.
Uses: — The seeds with ginger and Pavetta root are administered in spasmodic affections. (Rheede).
The bruised leaves have an aromatic but disagreeable odor (Trimen).
903. D. falcata, Seem. h.f. b.i., iv. 380 ; Roxb. 492.
Vern.: — Háwar (Oudh) ; Mendal, manehingi (Banswara) ;
