MILLINGTONIA HORTENSIS. (Nat. order Bignoniaceae.) 



MlXLINGTONIA. Linn. fit. — GEN. CHAR. Calyx short campanulate equally 5-fcoothed, teeth revolute, eorol hypogynous, tube infundibu- 

 liform long slender, limb bilabiate, the upper lip erect semi-bifid, the lower spreading 3 parted, divisions equal all imbricate, stamens didynamous inserted 

 into the jaws of the corol exserted, anthers calcarate 2-celled, cells parallel equal, ovary 2-celled, ovules numerous, style simple, stigma bilabiate, capsule 

 siliquseform long slender 2-celled 2-valved, partition parallel, seeds numerous round very thin surrounded with a fine transparent wing, embryo exalbumin - 

 ous with 2 reniform emarginate cotyledons, and the radicle pointing to the hilum. A tree, leaves opposite supra-decompound very similar to those of a 

 Melia, flowers white showy fragrant in terminal panicles. 



MlLLINGTONIA HORTENSIS. (Linn.) A large tree, trunk straight, bark deeply cracked in various directions and of 

 a soft spongy nature, young parts and young leaves slightly pubescent, leaves opposite supra-decompound about 2 feet long, leaflets sub- 

 c ordate entire with long tapering obtuse points, glabrous ou both sides, deep green, 1-3 inches long, petiolules 2-3 lines long, paniclea 

 terminal solitary much branched, bracts minute, flowers numerous 3-3^ inches long pure white very fragrant, style as long as the corol, 

 stigma of 2 broad lobes, fruit linear thin pointed pretty smooth 12 inches long by f inch broad. — Bignonia suberosa, Rozb. Ft, 

 Ind.\\\.p. 111. 



This is the so-called cork tree, abundant in a planted state in avenues, topes and gardens in the Presidency; it is wild, I believe, in Bir- 

 mah, but I have never seen it in the jungles of this Presidency, though it is said to occur in some of our Southern Provinces ; it is highly ornamen- 

 tal and a very rapid grower. The wood is hard, close-grained and of a pale yellow colour, not easily vjorked, flexible but not fibrous. A cubic 

 foot unseasoned weighs 50-52 lbs. and 42 lbs. when seasoned, and its specific gravity is "672, it is well adapted for furniture and ornamental worJc; 

 the spongy bark yields an inferior kind of cork. 



Analysis. 



1. Portion of a panicle of flowers. 



2. A flower bud. 



3. A full flower. 



4. Corol opened to show the insertion of the stamens and the spurred anthers. 



5. Ovary, style and stigma. 



6. Ovary cut vertically. 



7. Ovary cut transversely. 



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