JiJschynanthus.'] 64. gesnerace^. 151 



iESCHYNANTHUS, Jack. 



Epiphytic shrubs. Leaves opposite, fleshy, nerves obscure. Calyx 

 truncate, 5-fid. Corolla tubular-ventricose ; limb 2-lipped. Stamens 

 4, didyuamous. Disc annular. Ovary superior ; stigma peltate ; 

 placenta deeply inflexed, then recurved, bearing the ovules. 

 Capsule long linear, loculicidally 2-valved. Seeds many, small, 

 sessile, pendulous, rugose, hairy at the end next the hilum, 1 hair 

 at the apex. 



M- Perrottetii, A. DC. Prod. IX. 2G1 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 339 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 135. On the Konkan and North Kanara ghats on trees 

 in the evergreen forests, common on the Nilkund ghat. Fl. Dec, Jany. 

 Fr. ripe next cold season. 



Order 65, BIGNONIACEJE. 



Trees. Loaves opposite, pinnate. Flowers showy, hermaphrodite, 



irregular, racemose or panicled. Calyx campanulate, 2-5 lobed or 



spathaceous. Corolla 2-lipped. Stamens 4, didynamous or 5. Disc 



cushion-like or annular. Ovary 2-celled^ ovules numerous. Fruit 



a capsule usually elongated. Seeds discoid, bi'oadly winged, exal- 



buminous. 



Stamens 5 perfect Oroxylvm. 



Stamtus 4 perfect. 



Leaves undivided, (compound in extra Indian species) ...Tecoma. 



Leaves 1-2 pinnate. 



Calyx large, Bell-shaped PajAnelia. 



Calyx spathaceous ...Dolichasdeomk. 



Calyx irregularly 2-3 lobed .. Heterophragma. 



Calyx shortly lobed or truncate Stereospermum. 



Leaves 2-3 pinnate ..Milli>gtomia. 



OROXYLUM, Vent. 



A tree. Leaves bipinnate, large. Flowers large, in erect terminal 

 racemes. Calyx persistent. Leathery, truncate. Corolla campanulate, 

 oblique, 5-lobed. Stamens 5, all fertile ; anthers 2-celled. Capsule 

 large flat, linear, the dissepiment parallel to the valves, septicidally 

 dehiscent. Seeds with a broad transparent wing. 



O. indicum, Vent. Dec. Gen. Nov. 8 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 378 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Syv. 148 ; Spathodea indica, Pers. Calosanthes indica, Brandis For. Fl. 

 347 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 161. Tetu, K. Throughout the Konkan and 

 North Ki'inara ghats in moist forests, very common in the evergreen 

 forests near the Nilkund ghat. Fl. May, July. Fr. n\)G Jany.; remains 

 long on tree. Flowers fcetid, fleshy. 



MILLINGTONIA, Linn, f. 



A large tree. Leaves opposite, bi-tri-pinnate. Flowers in nu- 

 merous flowered panicles. Calyx 5-toothed, teeth recurved, truncate. 

 Corolla with a long slender tube and an oblique moath, 5-lobed. 



