Lyciivm] LXXVIII. SOLANACE.E 491 



.Mar. A thorny shrub, branches' grey, 1. lanceolate or oblanoeolate, J-l in. long. Fl. 

 white, I in. long, solitary, pedicels shorter than fl., calyx-teeth 5, equal. Corolla-tub 

 cylindrical, widening upwards, more than twice the length of lobes. Berry globose, 

 edible, yellow or red. J in. diam. 2. L. barbarum, Linn., Baluchistan {JSarghanna . 

 Pesliin valley, Sind, Punjab, Rajputana [Moraili, Elishengarh), pedicels as long as lb. 

 corolla-lobes nearly as long as tube, stamens exserted. 3. L. rutnenicum, Murray. 

 Norl li Kashmir, Ladak and Ball islan. lu-lH.oOJ ft., I. linear, calyx-lob - 8 !. unequal. 

 corolla funnel-shaped, tube somewhal longer than lobes, but not twice their length, 

 anthers long exserted, berry globose, £ in. diam. 



Oedee LXXIX. SCROPHULARIACE^:. Gen. PI. ii. 913. 



(Scrophularinece.) 



Herbs, rarely shrubs or trees, 1. usually opposite, stip. 0. Fl. usually bi- 

 sexual, pentamerous and zygomorphic. Calyx iuferior, corolla hypogynous, 

 stamens usually 4, didynamous, with a rudimentary 5th. Ovary as a rule 

 2-celled, style simple. Fr. usually a capsule, seeds as a rule numerous, 

 albumen as a rule fleshy. 



Calyx 3-4 lobed. Anthers glabrous Wightia. 



Calyx 5-toot bed. Anthers bearded. ..... BRANDISIA. 



Wightia gigantea, Wall. PI. As. Ear. t. 81. Nepal. Sikkim :i-7. ft. Manipur. 



Shan Hills, J .mm ft. Bithoko range, Salween river 3,000 ft. (D. 1!. Mo cob L880). A 

 huge evergreen epiphytic tree, with horizontal aerial roots, clasping the stem of the 



tr whii li LI grows, w I light and soft. L. glabrous coriaceous, elliptic, blade 



6-12, pel . si. .in I ■ 1 i. in. Fl. pink, numerous in an erect narrow axillary thyrsus -1-K 

 in. loie_'. Corolla 1 in. long, mealy, upper lip erecl 2-lobed, stamens far exserted. 

 Capsule U by , : in., the valves separating from the placentiferous axis. 



Brandisia discolor, Eook. f. & Thorns. Hills bet ween Sitang and Salween rivers 

 3 6,000 ft. (several other species of this genus in Yunnan). An evergreen scrambling 

 shrub, br ihlets, petioles, underside ol I., pedicels and calyx with grej stellate pubes- 

 cence. I., ovate-lam late, blade 2 3, pet. ] in. Fl. dull purplish-brown, axillary, 



solitary or in po Lrs, pedicels \ in. long, t iorolla curved, tomentose, j in. long. 



Obdeb LXXX. BIGNONIACEjE. Gen. PL ii. 1026. 



Trees, shrubs or w ly climbers. L. usually opposite, compound, leaflets 



opposite, rarely simple, stipules I ). Kl. bisexual, generally /.yiroinnrpliic, calyx 

 Eree, gamosepalous, truncate, split or toothed. Corolla 1 ubulnr or campanula'."'. 



lobes ,">, imbricate, rarely valvate iii bud. Stamens 2 or 1, rarely 5, often a 

 ahorl Btaminode in place of the 5th stamen. Ovary free, supported by an 

 annular disk. 2-celled, Ovules X On two distinct placentas in each cell, attached 



to the dissepiment, style filiform, with "_' short stigmatic lobes. Fr. often 

 elone'ated, u;eiier.illy dehiscent, the two valves separating from the dissepi- 

 ment, to which the seeds are attached, seeds winged, albumen 0. 



As far as known, the ii I of the tad i i orescent Bignoniacece has a normal struc- 

 ture, Numerous climbers oi thi fi I; found in America wit] I and 



anomalous structure, of. Schenck, Anatomie der Lianen, 212. 



A. L. simple, linear-oblong, fl. orange .... I. Tecoma pndulata. 

 D. alternate, pinnate, fr. large, gourd-like . . . Kioblia p 192 



L. opposite, trifoliolate, a climber Myctocalos 192). 



B. I., opposite, impari pinnate. 



I i 'I le Hot V. O 



Caylx apathaceous 2, Dolicuandrone. 



Cat irri ularly 8-3 oleft 8. Heti rophraom \ 



I I. I'l.llMI n 



('. L. pinnate and bi] ite, dissepiment cylindric, corkj 6. Stereospermtm. 



D. L. bi- or t ripinnate. 



Fl. white, corolla-tube 8 I in. lone; .... Millikotokia 



Fl. on , from the old wood Mayodendboh 



Fl. red and white, corolla campanulate . . . Oroxylum p. 4! 



\ preading shrub, ] narrowly winged . 1. Tecoma bipinkata. 



