Bignoma. didynami^ angiospermia. 107 



long-, by two broad. Petioles about nine inches long, chan- 

 nelled, smooth. Stipules none. Panicles terminal, the 

 larger ramifications decussate, the smaller or terminal two- 

 forked, with a sessile flower in the cleft. Peduncles and 

 pedicels round, covered with oblong, gray, scabrous specks. 

 Bractes small, caducous. Floxcers pretty large, yellow, very 

 fragrant. Calyx five-notched. Nectary a yellow fleshy 

 rino- surroundino- the base of the fferm. Filaments, there is a 

 fifth sterile one between the lower pair. Anthers double. 

 Siiynia two-cleft. Siliqne very long-, slender, twisted ; re- 

 ceptacle of the seeds spongy, m hite, with alternate notches on 

 the sides for the seeds to lodge in. 



The wood of this tree is high coloured, hard, durable, and 

 of much use amongst the inhabitants of the hills, where it is 

 plentiful. 



8. B. quadrilocularis. Corom, pi. 2. A^. 145. 

 Arboreous. Leaves three-fold, or scattered, pinnate ; leaflets 

 from four to five pairs, w ith an odd one, serrate, smooth. Pa- 

 nicles terminal, dense, downy. Siliques linear, lanceolate, 

 four-celled. 



A large tree, a native of the Circar mountains. Flowers 

 durinff the beoinnin"- of the hot season. 



Trnnk straight, and of considerable height. Bark grny, 

 with a few scabrous spots. Branches numerous, spreading, 

 forming a large shady head. Leaves about the extremities 

 of the branchlets, generally three-fold, unequally pinnate, 

 from twelve to twenty-four inches long\ Leaflets, from 

 four to five pairs, opposite, oblong, serrate, acute, smooth. 

 Stipules none. Panicles terminal, erect, large, dense, many- 

 flowered, very downy. Bractes scarcely any. Floivers large, 

 rose coloured, delightfully fragrant. Calyx generally two- 

 parted, with the upper lip two-cleft, very downy. Corol ; 

 border five-parted ; divisions equal, m ith their margins ele- 

 gantly Maved. Stamens, here is also a fifth sterile filament. 

 Anthers double. JSTectary as in B. spathacea. Sliyma 



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