280 BIGNONIACEIC. [Pajauelia. 



uniform and nearly equidistant, prominent. Wood very similar to that 

 of Tlanchonia valida, but differs by more prominent medullary rays, and 

 larger pores, which are not arranged in bands, but isolated. 



Burma and Andaman Islands. 



Weight, 52 Ibs. per cubic foot. Used for canoes by the Andamanese. A fine 

 wood. 



Ibs. 



B 503. Andaman Islands . 52 



ORDER LXXVIII. PEDALINEJE. 



Contains no woody plants ; the genera placed by Knrz under this Order have already 

 been described under Loganiaceap and ScrophulariacesR Sesamum indicum, Linn- 

 \Yrn. Til, is the plant which yields the Sesamum or Gingelly oil, and is commonly 

 cultivated in India. 



ORDER LXXIX. ACANTHACE^]. 



Contains a large number of Indian genera, most of which are herbaceous. About 



10, however, produce shrubs or climbers, and these are divided into four tribes, viz., 



Tribe I. Thunbergiece ..... Thunlcrgia. 



II. lluelliese ...... Dccdalacanthns, Strolilanthcs 



and JEokmantKera. 



III. Acanthese ..... Acanthus. 



IV. JusticiesB ..'... JJarleria, Asystasin, PJilo- 



gacanthus, Justicia and 

 Adhatoda. 



Thunbergia contains several large climbers. T. grandiflora, Roxb. iii. 34. ; Kurz 



11. 240 ; Gamble 59. Vem. Mulhlfa, Hind., Beng., is a large handsome climber of 

 the forests of Northern and Eastern Bengal down to Chittagoug, with pale blue flowers. 

 T. coccinea, Wall. ; Gamble 59, is a large climber of the North-East Himalaya, 

 with long clusters of pendulous scarlet flowers. T. 7rtw;v/Ww, Ldl. ; Kurz ii. 240, 

 Veru. Nwaycho, Burm., is a lofty climber of Burma and the Andaman*. DitJu- 

 lacanthus contains about 14 species, the commonest of which are D. splenJms, 

 T. And. ; Gamble 59. Vern. SJtecJiin, Nep., a handsome shrub, with long spikes of 

 pink flowers, common in the undergrowth of the sAl forests of the North- East Himalaya 

 and Terai ; and D nervosus, T. And.; Gamble 59. Vern. S/iectihi, Nep. ; Topatnyok, 

 Lepcha, a beautiful shrub with brilliant blue flowers, found in tin- damp forests of the suh- 

 I limalayan tract from Dehra Dun to Assam. Stroliliuiihcx contains over 100 

 Indian species of handsome-flowered herbs or shrubs. Kurz says that S. 



. is cultivated by the Karens for its blue dye; Anderson* says that it is also 

 cultivated in Assam and tlie ^\Iisluni ] I ills, and is called " Rvom" and Fortune that it 

 is similarly cultivated in China. J\lann,in the Assam l'\nvst Administration Ke|iort for 

 1876-77, paragrapb l:J,>, gives <S. Jlufc'nlttx (pmhably this speciesK \\-rn. li'itiujwf, 

 Ass, ; J/oi/i, IMn-kial, as a dye-producing plant. S. /fant, Kur/,. Vern. My.t mtlmtt, 

 Burm.; S. Simonsii, T. And.; . Iitmionlcts, T/ And. ; 8.fmMata t KW6\ and 

 8. Neesii, Kurz, are all Inrge ihrabfl descrihed by Kur/ ii. 843-245 from Iiurma. 

 ;Krli,intntln >'tt ll'nllh-hii, Nees ; (iamMe (')(>. Vern. P(ttra)ift, Han uutrHit, Pi' 

 small shrub of the Himalaya from Simla to Bhutan. AfitnlJinn contains ;"> sj-ci.-s. 

 A. irn-ifnlins. Linn.; Itoxb. Fl. lud. iii. \\'l ; Kin-/ ii. 2-11. Vern. Kcntki. lMig. ; 

 l\linii<i, Burm., is a commo'i shrub of the Snndarhans and the coast loiv> 

 Chitta^ODg, r>nrma and the Andamaus; A. cl/ntc/ctitnl; Valil ; Kur/ ii. '2 (~2, is a shrub 

 ..I' those oi' the Andamans and Teiiasserim ; while A. volulilis, Wall., is a i-liiubing 



An Kiiuinfrali.tii nl Ihr Itidirui i PIKI! l.inn I BOO \ i'l I\,\>' l<> 1867 by 



Dr.T. Amlcrtinn, Sup.n. 1; mi i 



