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LXXII. BIGNONIACEAE 
dispersed in nearly all tropical regions ; rare in temperate. — 
Name in honour of the Abbe Bignon, a French savant of the 
eighteenth century. 
A tree. Leaves opposite ; leaflets entire . . . . 1 . Oroxylum. 
Herbs. Leaves alternate ; leaflets toothed . . . .2. Amphicome. 
1. OROXYLTJM. From the Greek or os, ampuntain, and xylon, 
wood ; referring to the habitat of this, the only species. — India, 
Malay archipelago. 
Fig. 117. Amphicome arguta. 
Oroxylum indicimi, Vent . ; FI. Br. Bid. iv. 378. A tree. Leaves 
glabrous, opposite, 2-pinnate, 4-6 ft. ; leaflets stalked, broadly 
ovate, about 6x3 in., entire, long-pointed. Flowers foetid, dark 
red ; racemes erect. Calyx leathery, 1 in. long, obscurely toothed. 
Corolla fleshy, 2-3 in. long, bell-shaped ; lobes irregularly toothed. 
Stamens 5, four nearly equal, the fifth shorter ; anthers protruding. 
Disk broad, obscurely 5-angled. Capsule flat, 15-30 x 2-4 in. ; 
wing of seeds entire. 
Valleys below Simla, rare ; May- July. — Throughout India, ascending to 
4000 ft. — Burmah, Malay Archipelago. 
The long, sword-like capsules often remain hanging on the tree for months. 
