496 LXXX. BICINONIAGE^ [Stereospermmn 



Brandis F. Fl. tab. 48. Yern. Paral^ Centr. Prov. ; Khar sing^ liar. ; Udl^ 

 Kan. ; PafJiiri^ Tarn. : Eclaiuj Korna^ Mai. 



A middle-feized tree, bark grey, heart wood brown, very bard. L. bi- or tri- 

 pinnate, 1-4 ft. long, leaflets glabrous, bard and slightly rough when fnll grown, 

 2-3 in. long, nearly sessile. M. fragrant, white with a tinge of yellow, in 

 dense compound pubescent panicles. Corolla campanulate from neai* the base, 

 l|--2 in. long. Capsule 12-30 in. long, a little curved, rough with numerous 

 large irregular hard tubercles, valves 1-1^ in. broad, woody, dissepiment 

 cylmdric, shining, seeds including the wings 1^ by | in. 



Satpura range. Cliaiida district. Ivliandeisli Dang^. Western Peiiinsnla Fl. 

 April, May, when nearly leailes&, tlie fx-esli foliage about tlie commencement of the 

 rains. 7. S. Iiypostictum, Miq. {Flpafhoclea amcena. A. DC] Brandis ¥, El. 349: 

 Blgno7iia mnmna^ AVall. PL As. Rar. t. 183 ; Radermachera amccna^ Seem. Tavoy. 

 Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Gro^vn in gardens, glabrous, corolla 2 in. long, 

 ■vi'hite, orange inside, lobeb equal crenulate, capsule rnst-coloured, pendulouSj slender, 

 12-18 in. long, valves thin. 



Millingtonia Ixortensis, Linn. f. ; Bedd. PI Sylv. t. 249 — Syn. Blgnonia siiberom^ 

 Eoxb. Cor. PL t.214. BelieTed to be indigenous in Burma (Kurz), Cultivated largely 

 in most parts of India and in other tropical countries. A large tree, youngest shoots 

 and indorebcence slightly pubescent. L. bipinnate, 1-2 ft. long, leaflets ovate, blade 

 1-2, pet. slender, J in. long. PL numerous, white, fragrant, corolla-tube 3-4 in. long, 

 slender, cylindrical, widened into a short funnel-shaped mouth, at the base of which 

 the 4 stamens are inserted, lobes 5, nearly equal. Capsule linear, 12 in. long, seeds 

 surrounded on 3 sides by fine transparent wings. 



Mayodendron igneum, Kurz, Prelim. Eeport Pegu 1875, App. D. with fig. Vern. 

 Eyayit^ Upper Burma. Hills between Sitang and Sal ween, 2-3,000 ft. My it Ivyina, 

 Bhamo, Upper Burma. A middle-sized tree, bark grey, longitudinally wrinkled, young 

 shoots minutely puberulous, 1. ami^le, bi-tripinnate, leaflets entire, obliquely ovate- 

 lanceolate, 3-4 In. long, glabrous, glossy. PL orange, in short corymbs, mostly from 

 the old wood, aiapearing together with the young leaves, which come soon after the 

 old 1. fall. Cal.yx siDathaceous, corolla glabrous outside, tubular, widening upwards, 

 lobes equal, very short. Capsule slender, 18-22 by I in., seeds, including the thin 

 transparent wings ^ by J in. 



Oroxylum indicum, Vent. — Syn. Calouintlies iiulica^ Blume ; "Wight Ic. t. 1337, Yern. 

 Pharri^ Plind. ; ;S'm2««, Oudli ; Totllla, Nep. ; Taitu, Mar.; Tetu, Kan.; Kijaung ya^ 

 Burm. Subhimalayan tract, from the Jumna eastwards, rare west of the Jumna. 

 Singbhum. Both Peninsulas. — Ceylon, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. China. A 

 small soft-wooded, deciduous, glabrotLs tree, L bipinnate, 3-5 ft. long, leaflets ovate, 

 acuminate, blade 3-8, ijet. J- J in. long, PL large, fleshy, purplish, with an unpleasant 

 smell, in erect, terminal racemes, peduncles long, stout, rough, pedicels 1 in. long. Calyx 

 coriaceous, persistent, indistinctly toothed, corolla campanulate, 2-3 in. long and nearly 

 as wide at the mouth, stamens 5, all fertile and nearly equal. Capsule flat, 15-80 by 

 2-3 1 in., dehiscing at the edges, the dissepiments parallel to the valves, seeds imbricate 

 with a broad transparent wing on three sides, 2-3 in. long, including the wing. 



Oemr LXXXL ACANTHACE^SE. Gen. PL ii. 1060. 



Mostly berbs, rarely shrubs or trees, 1. opposite, rarely lobed, stipules 0. Fl. 

 usually in the axils of bracts, eacli fl. supported by 2 bracteoles, calyx xisually 

 5-lobed or of 5 sepals, corolla as a laile 2-lipped or 5-lobed, lobes imbricate or 

 contorted in bud. Stamens 4: or 2, inserted in tbe corolla-tube. Ovary free, 

 2-celled, style filiform, bifid, one brancb often obsolete. Capsule loculicidal, 

 seeds often clothed with white elastic hairs (best seen when wetted), seated 

 on hard upcurved acute supports, albumen 0. 



The 1. of most genera here mentioned have in the epidermis of the upper surface 

 numerous conspicuous oystolith cells, n.sually single and elongated, readily visible as 

 raised lines (in Barhria in pairs). Exceptions are Thunbergia and Acanthus, Adhatoda 

 vmica has oystolith cells in the tissue of the leaf, not in the epidermis. 

 I. Calyx reduced to an entire or indistinctly crenulated 



ring. Capsule beaked 1. Thunbergia. 



II. Calyx of 4 sepals, the outer pair larger. 



Corolla Idipped, stamens 4 2. Acanthtjs. 



Corolla 5-lobed, stamens 2 3. Barleria. 



