PLANTS OF -PRINCE OF WALKS ISLAND. 101 



ANGIOSPEEMIA. 



BlGNONIA. 

 Bigonia? laciniata, H. (Stereospermum fimbr latum Dec). 



Leaves pinnate with an odd one, leaflets ovate, acuminate, 

 most, entire villous ; calyx one leafed five toothed ; corolla 

 funnel-shaped, five cleft, laciniated. Lignum cquinum Rump. 

 L. 4, c. 40, t. 46? 



This is a tall tree, with a rough, ash-coloured bark. 

 Branches towards the top of the trunk, numerous ascend- 

 ing. Leaves towards the extremities of the branches, crowded, 

 opposite, decussated, pinnated, four pairs with an odd one; 

 leaflets ovate, acuminate, obliquely sub-cordate, most entire, 

 villous, petioles common, swelled at the base, half-round, 

 furrowed above, villous, spreading ; proper very slender, very 

 short, spreading. Panicles terminal, divaricate; common 

 peduncle columnar, knotted, villous; partial brachiate, hori- 

 zontal, dichotomous. Flowers large, white, with purple 

 streaks. Calyx one leafed, cylindrical, five toothed ; toothlets 

 lanceolate, erect. Corolla monopetalous, funnel-shape, tube 

 cylindrical, a little longer than the calyx, throat large, dilated, 

 below flat, a little bent; without villous; limb spreading, five 

 cleft, nearly equal, segments obtuse, laciniated. Stam : fila- 

 ments four, arising from the tube of the corol, approaching by 

 their apices in pairs archwise, the two outer longer : in the 

 middle a very short rudiment of a fifth stamen, anthers oblong, 

 twin ; lobes widely spreading, touching by their upper surface 

 those of the opposite anthers. Pist : germ oblong, sitting on 

 a glandular ring. Style thread form, the length of the larger 

 stamina. Stigma spathulate. 



Not having seen the fruit I cannot certainly ascertain the 

 genus. It flowers in January, at which time the ground about 

 the tree is richly strewed over with its beautiful flowers. 



Gmelina. 



Gmelina integrifolia, H. (G. asiatica L.). 



Leaves most entire ; Raceme simple terminal. Stam : a 

 large shrub, very branchy, with spines awl-shape, acute, horiz- 



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