336 XCIT. BIGNOXIACEyE. 



in the Victoria Gardens in the Presidency town. AVoodr. Gard. iu Ind. 

 ed. 5, p. 413. 



DoUcJiandrone stijndata, Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL v. 2 (1876) 

 p. 1U4G. A tree 3U-40 ft. high. Leaves 1-1| in. long; leaHets 3-5 

 pairs and an odd one. Corolla yellovvish-bi'own outside, purple inside, 

 2-3 iu. long. Capsules wooUy-tomentose. A native of Kangoon and 

 Pegvi, raised in the old Botanic Gardens at Hewra and Dapuri from 

 Calcutta seed. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 379; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, 

 p. 174. Bignonia stipulcita, Koxb. Hort. Beng. p. 47 ; Dalz. «& Gibs. 

 Suppl. p. 56. 



Heteropliragma adenophi/Ilum, Seem, ex Benth. & Plook. f. Gen. PI. 

 V. 2 (1876) p. 1046. A deciduous tree 30-50 ft. high with large leaves, 

 a brownish-yellow densely touientose corolla, and variously contorted 

 and twisted capsules, a native of Birma and the Andamans, is more or 

 less cultivated in gardens. The wood is said to be excellent for cabinet- 

 work. PI. B. I. V. 4, p. 381 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 226. 

 Biynonia adenophylla. Wall. ; Dalz. & Gibs. ISuppl. p. 56. Mr. H. M. 

 Birdwood [Cat. Fl. Matlieran & Mahiibleshwar (1897) p. 24] mentions 

 having found a tree near the Chauki at Matheran which was no doubt 

 planted. 



Colea mauritiana, Boj. Hort. Maurit. (1837) p. 220. A shrub 10- 

 15 ft. high, a native of Madagascar. Leaflets 2 pairs and an odd one, 

 Flowers springing from the stem, remote from the leaves. Corolla red 

 veined with yellow, quite yellow within. Biqnonia Colei, Boj. in Bot. 

 Mag. (1828) t. 2817 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 56. 



Crescentia Cujete, Linn. Sp. Pi. (1753) p. 626. The Calahash-tree, a 

 native of Tropical America, is, in the gardens in the Presidency, a small 

 tree of irregular growth bearing flowers which are in color a mixture of 

 green, purple, red, and yellow, produced on the stem and older brandies 

 and followed by a fruit somewhat resembling a pumalo varying from 2 

 to 12 in. in diam. with a hard rind. The fruit is used in S. America to 

 boil water in. Jaeq. Hist. Select. Stirp. Amer. (1763) p. 175, t. Ill ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 57 ; Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 412. 



Kigelia pinnata, DC. Prodr. v. 9 (1845) p. 247. A handsome small 

 tree, a native of Tropical Africa, with pinnate leaves and long 

 pendulous racemes of dull liver-colored flowers which appear in the hot 

 season. It grows rapidly if planted on the margin of a tank in rich 

 soil, and is propagated by seed. Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 412. 



Pannentiera cereifera, Seem. Bot. Voy. Herald (1852-57) p. 182, t. 32. 

 An unarmed tree a native of Panama. There used to be a tree in the 

 con) pound of the AVestern India Club at Poena. Its curious yellow waxy- 

 looking candle-shaped fruit has obtained for it the name " Candle-free 

 of Panama.'" Seemann {I. c.) in a description of a forest of these trees 

 in the valley of the river Chagres said that a person entering it might 

 almost fancy himself transported into a chandler's shop. Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bom'b. IS^at. v. 12 (lb99) p. 354. 



