N. 0. BIGNONIAOEiE. 939 



the root slender and leafy, rarely solitary with only radical leaves. 

 Leaves petioled linear-oblong pinnatifid or pinnatisect, lobes 

 many, short, crenulate, flowers axillary and in terminal racemes 

 or heads, calyx-lobes crested, corolla pink, tube very slender 

 3-6 times as long as the calyx, upper lip a slender annular 

 horn gradually narrowed from the base to the point, lower 

 broadly 3-lobed. 



Rootstock perennial ? Stems 2-10 in. erect or ascending. 

 Leaves 2-6 by J1J in., lobes or segments obtuse, cauline and 

 radical alike. Racemes short or long ; bracts leaf-like ; pedicels 

 of the lower flowers sometimes 1 in. Calyx -§--£ in., hirsute or 

 glabrate, nerves distinct. Corolla rose-pink, tube very slender, 

 sometimes 2 in. ; upper lip longer than the broad lower. 

 Capsule 7*i in. long, broadly oblong, oblique, acute, half ex- 

 serted or less. Seeds j^-ts m -> oblong, obtuse, base, apiculate, 

 striate. — Varies greatly in the size of the corolla and length of 

 its tube. (J. D. Hooker). 



Use : — Some part of this plant is used officinally in the 

 Punjab (Stewart). 



N. 0. BIGNONIACEJE. 



900. Oroxylum inclicum, Vent. h.f,b.i., iv. 378. 



Syn. : — Bignonia indica, Linn. Roxb. 495. 



Sans. : — Sheonak (a tree), Pruthusimlic (small kidneybean), 

 Shuka-nasa (Acquiline nose), Kutanata (dishonest actor), Bhuta- 

 vriksha (Goblin-tree), Katnanga (bitter bodied), Tutuka (small), 

 Salak ^bark), Aralu (a kind of tree), Mayurajangha (peacock- 

 thigh), Bhalluka (bear), Priya-jiva (dear life), Katambhara 

 (filling hips). 



Vern. : — Ullu, arlus kharkath, pharkath sauna, assar sauna, 

 shyona (Hind.); Sona, sanpatti, nasona (Beng.) ; Pomponia, 

 phunphuna (Uriya) ; Arengi banu, arengebaung, somepatta 

 (Kol.) ; Bana liatak (Santal.); Soizong (Rajbanshi) ; Kering 

 (Assam ^ ; Cherpong rMechi) ; Totilla, karamkanda (Nepal) ; 

 Dhatte (Gond.) ; Mulin, miringa, sori, tatpalang, tatmorang 



