N. 0. BIONONIAOE/E. 
939 
the root slender and leafy, rarely solitary with only radical leaves. 
Leaves petioled linear-oblong pinnatihd 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 Hi 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 i'i in. long, broadly oblong, oblique, acute, half ex- 
serted or less. Seeds jVto in-, 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. BIGNONIACEiE. 
900. Oroxylum indicum, Vent, h.f.b.l, iv. 378. 
Syn. : — Bignonia iudica, Linn. Roxb. 495. 
Sans. : — Sheonak (a tree), Pruthusimlic (small kidneybean), 
'Shuka-nasa (Acquiline nose), Kutanata (dishonest actor), Bhuta- 
vrikslia (Goblin-tree), Katuafiga (bitter bodied), Tutuka (small), 
Salak tbark), Aralu (a kind of tree), Mayurajangha (peacock- 
thigh), Bhalluka (bear), Priya-jiva (dear life), Katambhara 
(filling hips). 
Vern. : — Ullu, arlus kharkat.h, pharkath sauna, assar sauna, 
shyon.a (Hind.); Sona, sanpatti, n&sona (Beng.) ; Pomponia, 
phunphuna (Uriya) ; Arengi banu, arengebaung, somepat.ta 
(Kol.) ; Bana liatak (Santal.); Soizong (Rajbanshifr Kering 
(Assam) ; Cherpong (Mechi) ; Tot.illa, karamkanda (Nepal) ; 
Dhatte (Gond.) ; Mulin, miringa, sori, tatpalang, tatmorang 
