LXXII. BIGNONIACEiE 
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2. AMPHICOME. Prom the Greek amphi, on both sides or 
ends, and come, hair ; the membranous wing of the seeds is divided 
at each end into hair-like segments. — India, Afghanistan. 
Perennial, glabrous, erect herbs ; stems 12-24 in., sometimes 
thick and woody at the base. Leaves alternate, pinnate ; leaflets 
toothed. Mowers pink ; racemes erect or drooping. Calyx J in. 
long. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube curved ; lobes entire. Stamens 
4, in unequal pairs ; anthers cohering. Disk ring-shaped. 
Capsule slender, terete, 4-8 in. ; wing of seeds divided at each end 
into numerous, linear segments. 
Leaflets 5-7, lanceolate. Calyx-teeth linear, acute . . 1. A. arguta. 
Leaflets 9-15, ovate. Calyx-teeth none or obscure . . 2. A. Emodi. 
1. Amphicome arguta, Lindl. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 385. Leaves 
3-5 in. ; leaflets 5-7, lanceolate, end one longest, sometimes lobed. 
Calyx-teeth distinct, linear, acute. Corolla 1J-2 in. long, J-£ in. 
wide at the mouth. (Fig. 117.) 
Road between Theog and Matiana on rocks ; July, August. — N. W„ Himalaya, 
7000-8000 ft. 
2. Amphicome Emodi, Lindl. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 385. Leaves 
5-8 in. ; leaflets 9-15, ovate, end one usually the longest, some- 
times lobed. Calyx entire or obscurely toothed. Corolla 1 J-2J in. 
long, J-1J in. wide at the mouth ; tube tinged with yellow. 
Sutlej valley, on rocks, Subathoo ; July, August. — Temperate Himalaya, 
2000-9000 ft. 
LXXIII. ACANTHACE^E 
Herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple, opposite ; stipules none. 
Flowers 2-sexual, more or less irregular, usually in spikes or 
clusters often forming terminal panicles, rarely solitary or whorled, 
each flower usually in the axil of a bract and furnished with 2 
bracteoles ; bracts frequently overlapping. Calyx free, 4- or 5- 
parted or lobed. Corolla hypogynous ; tube cylindric or dilated 
upwards ; limb spreading or 2 -lipped. Stamens 4 in unequal 
pairs or 2, one pair being imperfect or wanting, attached to the 
corolla-tube, alternate with the lobes ; filaments free or united 
near the base ; anthers 2-celled, cells contiguous or separated, one 
cell sometimes abortive. Disk fleshy, more or less surrounding 
the base of the ovary, inconspicuous. Ovary free, 2-celled ; style 
simple, usually long and threadlike, tip 2-lobed, one lobe often 
minute or wanting ; ovules 2-4 in each cell, rarely many. Cap- 
sule oblong or linear, opening by two valves ; seeds few ; seed- 
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