Calosanthes.] LIX. BlGNONlACEiE. 347 



1. CALOSANTHES, Blume. 



A soft-wooded tree, with large, opposite, bipinnate leaves. Calyx large, 

 coriaceous, persistent, indistinctly toothed. Corolla campanulate, limb 

 oblique, of 5, nearly equal, toothed or incised lobes. Stamens 5, inserted 

 above the base of the corolla-tube, all fertile, and nearly equal ; anthers 

 2-celled, cells parallel. Ovary on a thick fleshy cylindrical, somewhat 

 pentagonal disc ; 4 rows of ovules on each placenta. Capsule large, flat, 

 linear, dehiscing at the edges, the dissepiment parallel to the valves. 

 Seeds imbricate, surrounded on 3 sides by a broad transparent wing. 



1. C. indica, Blume; Wight Ic. t. 1337/8; Bureau 1. c. t. 9. Syn. 

 Bignonia indica, Linn. ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 110. Sans. Syonaka, parna. 

 Vern. Mulin, sori, tatpalang, tatmorang, Pb. ; Ullu, ulla, arlu, kharkath, 

 N.W.P. ; Pharkath, Kamaon ; Sauna, assar sauna, Oudh ; Tattunua, C.P. 



Glabrous. Leaves 4-6 ft. long, pinnae 3 pair, the lowest pair bipinnate, 

 pinnules broad-ovate, acuminate, petiolulate, 4-8 in. long. Flowers large, 

 fleshy, dark red, with an unpleasant smell, in erect terminal, somewhat 

 unilateral racemes, on long rough hollow peduncles. Pedicels 1 in. ; 

 corolla 2-3 in. long, and nearly as broad at the mouth. Capsule shortly 

 stipitate, 15-30 in. long and 2-3 J in. broad. Wings of seeds 2-2 J in. 

 across. 



Bengal, Burma, South and Central India. Sub-Himalayan tract, common as 

 far as the Jumna, ascending to 3500 ft., rare between Jumna and Chenab. Cey- 

 lon and Java. The leaves are shed Feb., March, and renewed April, May. Fl. 

 May-July. The great sword-like fruit ripens Dec. -Feb., and often remains 

 hanging on the tree for months. 



Often several stems together, 15-20 ft. high, 12 in. girth, bark \ in. thick, 

 whitish brown, corky, wood white, open-grained, light and soft, no heartwood, 

 pith large, chambered. - The bark and fruit are used in tanning and dyeing, 

 the seeds are used to line hats, and, placed between two layers of wickerwork, 

 to make umbrellas. Boot, bark, leaves, and seeds are used in native medicine. 



2. MILLINGTONIA, Linn. fil. 



A large tree, with opposite bipinnate leaves. Calyx with 5 short, 

 truncate, recurved teeth. Corolla-tube long, slender, cylindrical, widened 

 into a funnel-shaped, oblique mouth, at the base of which the stamens are 

 inserted, and which is cleft half-way into 5, nearly equal, ovate-oblong 

 slightly imbricate lobes, nearly valvate in bud. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 exserted, with a 5th staminode; anthers 1-celled, a short appendix in 

 the place of the second cell. Ovules in 4 rows on each placenta. Cap- 

 sule flat, linear, dehiscing at the edges, the dissepiment parallel to the 

 valves ; seeds imbricate, surrounded on 3 sides by a fine transparent wing. 



1. M. hortensis, Linn. f. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 249 ; Bureau 1. c. t. 8. 

 Syn. Bignonia suberosa, Boxb. Cor. PI. t. 214; Fl. Ind. iii. 111. 



Young leaves and inflorescence slightly pubescent. Leaves 12-24 in. 

 long, pinna? 3 pair, the lowest pair bipinnate at base, pinnules ovate, acu- 



