TEDALIACEvK BIGNONIACEvE. 475 



Martynia, Houst. (G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 234.) 



1. diandra, Glox. ((?. Don. o. c. p. 235 ; — B. Repos. 0, t. bib ; — B. Reg. 

 23, t. 2001 ;—Roxb. H. B. p. 45 ;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 127— excl. 

 syn. Giirtn. B. M. and G. Don. — M. angulosa, Lam.) © Mexico. Fl. 

 2 inches, white-pale rose-coloured, stained with orange below on the 

 inside, and stained on the limb above with 5 central dark purple 

 spots, and fr. R. S. Domesticated about Serampore. 



Pedalium, L. (G. Don's Mill. diet. A, p. 235.) 



l.Murex, L. {G. Don. o. c.p. 236; — Roxh.fi. ind.Z, p. 114;— 7. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 127 ;— Gurtn.fr. \, p. 276, t. 58,/. 1 •,—Rheed. 10, t. 

 72 ; — Burnt, ind. t. 45, /. 2.) © Sea-shores of the Coromandel Coast. 

 At Bombay, in compounds on the Esplanade, near the Marine Lines. 

 Ceylon. Fl. largish, yellow, and fr. R. and C. S. The fresh leaves 

 have the property of thickening water, and rendering it mucilaginous. 

 {J. Grah.) 



Sesamum, L. {G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 234.) 



l.indicum, L. (G. Don. I. c. ;.—B. M. 41, /. \QS%;—Endl. ichnogr. t. 

 70.— S. orientale, L.;—G. Don. I. c. ;—Gartn. fr. 2, p. 132, t. 110, 

 /. 2 \—Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 100.— S. trifoliatum. Mill. diet. No. 3.— S. 

 luteum, Retz. — S. laciniatum, Willd. ; — Rheed. 9, t, 54, 55 ; — Rumph. 

 5, t. 76, /. I ,—Burm. zeyl. t. 38, /. 1.) f^ol Til. © All over India. 

 Cultivated in Egypt, S. America, W. Indies, the Levant, &c. Fl. larg- 

 ish, white rose-coloured, H. S. ; fr. R. S. Leaves emollient. Seeds 

 contain a fixed oil, as tasteless as Olive oil. 



/3. majus <*^ VS^ Krishno-til. Of a larger size. Fl. deeper rose-co- 

 loured. 



* Martynia annua, L. (M. proboscidea, Glox. ; B. M. 26, t. 1056.) © 

 Mexico. — M. longiflora, L, © C. G. H. — M. lutea, Lindl. ; B. Reg. 

 1 1, t. 934. © Brazil. — Josephinia grandiflora, R. Br. (f- Tropical New 

 Holland. — Sesamum prostratum, Retz. © Coromandel. 



ORDER ecu.— BIGNONIACEiE, R. Br.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 282. 



THE TRUMVET-FLOWER TRIBE. 



Trees or shrubs, often twining or climbing, by Lindl. referred to 31 

 genera. Of these, Spreng. syst. enumerates 106 species for S. America, 

 Mexico and the W. Indies ; 3 for N. America ; 3 for Madagascar ; 3 for 

 N. Holland ; 2 for Guinea ; 1 for Senegal ; and I for China. In S. Africa 

 have been found 4 species ; (Harvey,) and in the E. Indies, according to 

 Spreng. syst. Wall. Cat., about 27 ; viz. 17 of Bignonia; (both Peninsulas 

 of India, Airsam, Morung, Banks of the .Tumna, Moluccas), 6 of Spathodea, 



