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LXXII. BIGNONIACEiE 
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. OROXYLUM. From the Greek oros, a mountain, and 
xylon , wood ; referring to the habitat of this, the only species.- 
India, Malay Archipelago. 
Oroxylum indicum, Vent . ; FI. Br. Ind. 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, 15-30x2-4 in.; 
wing of seeds entire. 
Valleys below Simla, rare ; May-July. — Throughout India, ascending to 
4C00 ft. — Burmah, Malay Archipelago. 
The long, sword-like capsules often remain hanging on the tree for months. 
