334 XCIV. BIGNOXIACB.i;. 



base ; petiolules of the lateral leaflets g-^ in. long, llowers in large 

 robust erect panicles 12-18 in. long. Calyx 1-1| in. long, ovoid, 

 glabrous, divided rather less than g-way down ; lobes usually acute. 

 Corolla with dull-purple tube and yellow lobes, 2^-4 in. long, pubescent 

 outside in the upper part; tube narrow below, swollen above; lobes 

 rather more than | as loug as the tube, obovate-oblong, rounded and 

 incised at the apex. Filaments glabrous at the base. Capsules 12-20 

 by 2|-3| in., straight, compressed, 2-winged on each margin, glabrous, 

 oblong or oblong-obovate, pointed. Seeds compressed, | by :^— | in., 

 winged at the two ends and often with a small wing on one or both of 

 the long sides. Bureau, Monog. Bignon. (1864) t. 2U ; Jackson, in Index 

 Kewen. v. 2, p. 403. PanjnneHa lihecdei, Wi^ht, Icon. (1850) tt. 1343-44. 

 Pajanelia Ilheedei, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. TI. B. I. v. 4, p. 384 ; Bedd. 

 Tor. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. clxix ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 259 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 354; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 4. Pajanelia lonrjifolia, K. Schum. in 

 Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzeuf. v. 4, 3 B (1895) p. 244. Bignonia low/ifolia, 

 Willd. Sp. PL V. 3, p. 306. — Plowers : cold season. Vern, Aminje ; 

 Doundi. 



In the Bombay Presidency apparently confined to Kanara, where {fide Talbot) ifc 

 occurs in the moist forests oi' ]\ . Kanara along the banks ol" nalas in the Yellapur 

 taluka. — DiSTiUB. India (Khas'.a hills and Sylhet, W. Peninsula, Biruia, the 

 Andanians). 



The wood is excellent and deserves to be belter known; it is used in the Andamans, 

 where the tree grows to a large size, for canoes {Gamhle). 



The following non-indigenous species, not belonging to any of the 

 foregoing genera, are grown throughout the Presidency as ornamental 

 plants. Most of them are characterised by large and handsome 

 iiowers : — 



MiViwjtonta Jwrtensis, Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) p. 291. A tall hand- 

 some tree of rapid gi'o\Ath with corky bark (hence often called the 

 Indian Cork-tree by Anglo-Indians), strikingly beautiful dark green 

 foliage and white fragrant flowers with long slender corolla-tubes. It 

 is believed to be indigenous in Birma and the Malay Archipt-lago, but 

 is extensively planted in avenues and gardens throughout India. It 

 flowers Oct.-Dec, but does not ripen seed in "W. India, and is propa- 

 gated by suckers from the roots. EL B. I. v. 4, p. 377 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Suppl p. 55 ; Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 411 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 ed. 2, p. 256 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 247. Bignonia suberosa, 

 Eoxb. Cor. PL V. 3, p. 11, t. 214; Grab. Cat. p. 126.— Yern. Akas- 

 nim ; Kavla-nim. 



Bignonia magnijica, "BuW, in Gard. Chron. v. 12 (1879) p. 72. A free- 

 proui'ig plant of scandent habit, recently introduced from B. Columbia. 

 The flowers, which are produced in large branching panicles, are of 

 great size, about 31 in. across, ranging from delicate mauve to rich 

 purplish criniso]!, relieved by a cojispicuous throat of light primrose color. 

 Woodr. Gard. in Iiid. ed. 5, p. 410. 



