279 



\S) S. cRispA. [JVaU.) 



Idetit. Dec. prod. IX. p. 206. — Dalz. Somb. flor. p. 160. 



St/n. Bignonia crisps, lioifb.—^B. ^tToyirens, Roth,—S. atro-. 

 virens, Spreng, 



SpSc. CHAit.' Arboi'eous : leaves unequally pinnate : leaflets 

 1 to 3 pair : branchlcts aad racemes pubesqeAt and velvety : leaf' 

 lets oval-ablong, acuminated at both ends, quite entire ; raceme 

 terminal, few-flpwered : , corolla tul^e slenije^, elongated : lobes much 

 curled and crispid : floWers pure white, fragrai;!! : capsnle pod^ike, 

 elongated,, obtusely-acuminated, pendulous. 



Duddi on the Gutpurba river, Mysore. Flowering in May 

 and June. 



(4) S. AI?CUATA. (B. W.J 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. IV, & t. 1340. 



Spec. Char. Arboreous : leaves unequally pinnate, 4-5 pairs, 

 leaflets from ovate subacute to orbicular, unequal at the base, entire, 

 softly pubescent when young, aiterwards glabrous : racemes ter- 

 minal, elongated, many-flowered : calyx cylindrical, oblique, pu- 

 bescent externally : tube of the corolla slender, limb funnel-shapedj 

 5-lobed, fimbriated on the margin : capsule acute, compressedi 

 |3-12 inches long by about 1 broad. 



Coimbatoie, flowering in Septembeir. 



GENUS y. HETEROPHRAGMA. 



pidyiuinAla Ang;loa|ieriiila. Sex: Syat: 



Deriv. From Heterbs, different, and Phrapma, a division ; al- 

 luding to the partitions qf the capsule. 



GEN.'GAas. Caly? campaijulate, 3-lobed : corolla with a broad 

 'tube, liinb spreading, Idbes five, eqnkl, obtuse, somewhat undu- 

 lai^ing : startteiis four, fertile, fifth sterile : cells of the anthers 

 glaWtous, divaricate: a small gland surronflding the base bfthfe 

 ovary: style filrfprm:.. stigmas two, subulate : capsule. 'rigid, ob- 

 long, acuminated, 2-valyed, 4-celled, namely, the partition thick, 

 cruciate, the longer lobes stretching to the commissure, the shorter 

 ones to the middle Of the valves : seeds attached to the shorter 

 lobes of the partitions, broadly winged. ^ 



(1) H. RoxBURGHii. (.Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. IX. p. 210. — Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 160. 



Syn. Bignonia quadrilocularis, Roxb. — Spdthodea Roxburghii, 



Spreng. 



Engrav. Roxb. Cor. II. t. 145. 



