Lycium] LXXVIII. SOLANACE.E 491 



Mar. A thorny shrub, branches grey, 1. lanceolate or oblanceolate, 4-1 in. long. PI. 

 wliito. \ in. lono*, solitary, pedicpls shorter than ii,, calyx-teeth 5, eqnal. Coro]la-tube 

 rylinclrical, widening ui^wards, more than t-\\ ice the length of lobes. Berry globose, 

 edible, yellow or red. f; in. dinni. 2. L. bartianim, Linn., Baluchistan [Karghannct), 

 Pe&hin valley, Sind, Puniab, Eajputana (Moraill, Kishengarh), pedicels as long as fl., 

 corolla-lobes nearly as long as tube, stamens exserted. 3. L. rutlienicum, Murray. 

 Korth Kashmir, Ladak and Baltistau, 10-13,500 ft., 1. linear, calyx-lobes 3-4, unequal, 

 corolla funnel-shaped, tube some^vhat longer than lobes, but not twice their length, 

 anthers long exserted, berry globobe, J in. diam. 



Oeder LXXIX. SCROPHULARIACE^. Gem PL ii. 913. 



(Sc]'OjjJntJ(irhiec&,) 



Herbs, rarely shrubs or trees, 1. usuall}'- opposite, stip. 0. Tl. usually bi- 

 sexual, pentamerons and zyg-oniorphic. Calyx inferior, corolla hypogynous, 

 stamens usually 4, didynanious, with a rudiment arj^ oth. Ovary as a rule 

 2-celled, style simple, Fr. usually a capsule, seeds as a rule numerous, 

 albumen as a rule fleshy. 



Calyx 8-4 lobed. Anthers glabrous ^YIGHaIA. 



Calyx 5-toothed. Anthers bearded BiivNDisrA. 



WigMla gigantea, AYall. PL As. Ear. t. 81. Nepal. Sikklm 3-7,000 ft. iManijiur. 

 Shan Hills, 4,000 ft. Bithoko range, Salwecn river 3,000 ft. (D. B. March ISSO). A 

 huge evergreen epiphytic tree, with horizontal aerial roots, clasping the stem of the 

 tree on which it grows, wood light and soft. L. glabrous coriaceous, elliptic, blade 

 6-12, pet. stout 1-1^ in. Fl. pink, numerous in an erect narrow axillary thyrsus 4-8 

 in. long. Corolla i in. long, mealy, uj^per lij) erect 2-lobed, stamens far exserted. 

 Capsule 1} by 4 in., the valves separating from the placentiferous axis. 



Brandisia discolor, Hook. f. & Thorns. Hills between Sitang and Salween rivers 

 3-6,000 ft. (several other species of this genus in Yunnan). An evergreen scrambling 

 shrub, branchlets, petioles, underside of 1., pedicels and calyx with grey stellate pubes- 

 cence. L. ovate-lanceolate, blade 2-3, pet. ^ in. Fl. dull purplish-brown, axillary, 

 solitary?- or in pairs, jaedicels I in. long. Corolla curved, tonientose, f in. long. 



Ordee LXXX. BIGNONIACEJl. Gen. PL ii. 1026. 



Trees, shrubs or woody climbers. L. usually opposite, compound, leaflets 

 opposite, rarely simple, stipules 0. Fl. bisexual, generally zygomorpliic, calyx 

 free, gamosepalous, truncate, split or toothed. Corolla tubular or campanulate, 

 lobes 5, imbricate, rarety valvate in bud. Stamens 2 or 4, rai'ely 5, often, a 

 short staminode in place of the 5th stamen. Ovary free, supported by an 

 annular disk, 2-celled, ovules oo on two distinct placentas in each cell, attached 

 to the dissepiment, style filiform, with 2 short stigmatic lobes. Fr. often 

 elongated, generally dehiscent, the two valves separating from the dissepi- 

 ment, to which the seeds are attached, seeds winged, albumen 0. 



As far as known, the wood of the Indian arborescent Bi(jnoniacecB has a normal struc- 

 ture. Numerous climbers of this family are found in America with a varied and 

 anomalous structure, cf . Schenck, Anatomie der Lianen, 212. 



A. L. simple, linear-oblong, fl. orange . . . .1. Tecoma undulata. 

 L. alternate, pinnate, fr. large, gourd-like . . . Kigelia (j). 492). 



L. opposite, trifoliolate, a climber ISTyctocatlos (p. 492). 



B. L. opposite, im]3aripinnate. 



Capsule not winged. 



Gaylx sx3athaGeous 2. DoLicHANnaoKE. 



Calyx irregularly 3-5-cleft B. HETEROPHRAaMA. 



Capsule winged ........ 4. Pajanelia. 



C. L. pinnate and bipinnate, dissepiment cylindric, corky 5. Stereospermum. 



D. L, bi- or tripinnate. 



I'l. white, corolla-tube 3-4 in, long .... Mxllingtonia (p. 496\ 



n. orange, from the old wood Mayodendron (p. 496). 



FL red and white, corolla campannlate . . . Oroxylijm (p. 496). 



A spreading shrub, rachis of 1. narrowly winged . 1. Tecoma (r*) bipikisata. 



