NOTES ON THE FLORA OF NORTHERN G AN J AM. 551 



( Flowers in January. 



373. Utricularia affinis, Wight 



374. Utricularia racemosa, Wall 



Bignoniacece. 



375. Millingtonia hortensis, Linn. Uriya Simaronabilli. Much planted. 



376. Oroxylum indicum, Vent. Uriya Pomponia. Flowers September ; fruit 

 November and December. The flower is large, purple, fleshy ; the capsules 

 attain sometimes 3 feet in length and are broad and flat. The discoid seeds 

 have large scarious or hyaline wings and are beautifully packed in the two 

 valves so as to take up a minimum of space. The leaves fall before the 

 capsules ripen. 



377. Stereospermum chelenoides, DC. Prodr. Uriya Patuli. Flowers April. 



378. Stereospermum suaveolens, DC. Prodr. Uriya Patuli. 



379. Bignonia venusta, Ker. The fine orange flowers appear in January. 



380. Tecoma stans, Juss. A f6w specimens in gardens. Flowers December. 



381. Kigelia pinnata, DC. Prodr. Much planted as an avenue tree. The 

 flowers resemble those of Oroxylum indicum. 



Pedalinece. 



382. Pedalium murex, Linn. Flowering August and September. 



383. Sesamum indicum, D.C. Prodr. Uriya Rassi. Occasionally as an 

 escape from cultivation. 



384. Martynia diandra, Glox. Uriya Bhago-nahJca. Introduced into India 

 from America and now widely spread. Very viscous all over. Leaves are 

 large and palmate. Flowers purplish. Fruit, a capsule with 2 strong curved 

 terminal spines and 2 or 3 ascending small straight ones below. This ar- 

 rangement enables the capsule to fasten on to the fur of animals, and to 

 this the rapid and widespread dispersal of the plant is no doubt due. 

 The Uriya name, which means " tiger's claws, " explains itself. 



Acanthacece. 



385. Thunbergia fragrans, Roxb. var. vestita, Nees. A pretty slender creeper 

 with white flowers, at first sight resembling a convolvulus. Flowering 

 in the cold season. 



386. Ebermaiera glauca, Nees. Flowering January. 



387. Cardanthera uliginosa, Ham. Flowering January. 



388. Hygrophila spinosa, T. Anders. Uriya Roinakka. Flowering from Nov- 

 ember to February along ditches and paddy fields. The corolla is usually 

 pale purple, but white flowers are fairly common. 



389. Petalidium barlerioides, Nees. Uriya Udrakoppa. 



390. Da^dalacanthus purpurascens, T. Anders. 



391. Dasdalacanthus montanus, T. Anders. 



392. Hemigraphis latebrosa, Nees. This plant is separated from II. elegans by 

 the number of seeds which is said to be never less than 8-seeded, and H. 

 latebrosa never more than 6, but local specimens have furnished capsules 

 with 6, 7 and 8 seeds ; the two are possibly not even well-defined varieties. 

 Grows mainly on rocky hillsides under shade. Flowers from December 

 to February. 



