Oroxylum
(from oros, a mountain, and xylon, wood; referring to the habitat). ORD. Bignoniaceae. A monotypic genus, the species being a glabrous stove tree, which requires almost unlimited root space for its successful cultivation; it does best when planted out in a well-drained, prepared border of turfy loam, leaf mould, and sand, and the long shoots trained near the glass. Propagated by imported seeds; or by cuttings, struck in bottom heat. O. indicum (Indian). fl. whitish, striped with purple, large, foetid, disposed in long, terminal racemes; calyx large, tubularcampanulate; corolla tube broad, obliquely campanulate, and dilated at throat; limb bilabiate. l. opposite, large, bi- or tripinnate; leaflets entire, shining. h. 40ft. India and the Malayan Archipelago, 1775. SYN. Calosanthes indica.