161 



chelonoides, Linn. Fil. Suppl. 232 ; Willd sp. iii, p 304 ; Roxb. Fl 

 Ind. iii, pl06; " Padri," Rheed. Mai. vi, t. 26. Native name 

 " Padel." 



2. SuAVEOLENs, DC. in Prod. 9, p 211. — A tree; leaves 

 pinnate ; leaflets 2 to 4 pair, oval-acuminate, almost entire ; panicle 

 terminal, lax, somewhat biachiate ; calyx 5-toothed ; flowers dark- 

 purple, fragrant, appear in March and common in the April ; capsule 

 pod-shaped, cylindric. Common in the Dandelly jungles. Dr. 

 Gibson. One tree grows in the Island of Caranjah. Syn. Bignonia 

 suaveolens, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, p 104; Tecoma suaveolens, Don. 

 Gen. syst. iv, 224. Native name " Purul." 



4. TECOMA, Juss. 



1. Undulata, Don. Gen. syst. iv, p 223. — A tree, glabrous ; 

 leaves petioled, simple, linear-lanceolate obtuse, waved, entire ; 

 racemes terminating the lateral branchlets, few-flowered; calyx cam- 

 panulate, shortly and broadly 5-lobed ; coroUa large, orange-yellow, 

 campanulate ; capsule long, slender, linear-compressed, smooth. 

 Westein Kandeish ; Bunass River, Gujarat. One tree grows at 

 Dhoolia and another at Domus, both planted. Syn. Bignonia 

 undulata, Roxb. Fl ind. iii, 101 ; Smith Exot. Bot i, t. 19. 



6. CALOSANTHES, Blume. 



1 . Indica, Blume. Bijdr. 760. — A tree ; leaves opposite, pinnate, 

 leaflets on the branches of the petiole 2 to 3 pair, petioletted, sub- 

 cordate, ovate-acuminated ; panicle terminal, erect ; flowers fleshy, 

 of a dark, lurid appearance, foetid, appear in the rains ; pod 2 feet 

 long, 3 inches broad, straight and flat. Salsette jungles, and 

 throughout the Concan and Ghauts. Syn. Bignonia indica, Var. 

 and Linn. sp. 871 ; Lam. Diet, i, 428 ; B indioa, Willd. sp. iii 

 306; Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 110; B pentandra. Lour. Coch. ii, 460 

 Spathodea indica, Pers. Ench. ii, 173 ; Rheed. Mai. i, p 77, t. 43 

 Ham. Tr. Linn. Soc. viii, p 514. 



XCV. SESAMES. 

 1. SESAMUM, Urm. 



1. S Indicum, DC. PI Rar. Gard. Gen. p 18, <. 5. — An annual 

 plant; leaves opposite, or upper ones alternate, ovate-oblong or 

 lanceolate, the lower ones often 3-lobed, or 3-divided ; flowers 

 solitary in the axils, rose-coloured, handsome, but of offensive 

 odour ; capsule velvetty and pubescent, mucronate. From the seeds 

 of this plant, which is only to be seen cultivated, is obtained the 

 oil called " Jinjelly." This plant is nowhere found wild. 

 21 c 



