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BIGNONIA grandifolia. 



Gigantic-leaved Trumpet-Jlower, 



DIDYNAMIA 4NGIQSPERMIA. 



Nat* ord. Bignoni-^. Jussieu gen. 137. Div* II. Fructus capsularis 



bivalvis. Caul is arboreus aut frutescens. 

 BrGNONiACEJE- Brown prod . 47 1 • 

 BIGNONIA. Suprb vol. 3.JbL 2*9. 



Dvo. Foliis conjugatis. 

 B. grandifolia, foliis conjugatis cirrhosis, foliolis oblongis, utrinque acutia* 

 corymbo trifido terminally peduncuh's petiolis ramulisque seabris. Wittd* 

 m sp* pi. 3. 296. 

 Bignonia grandifolia* J acq. hori. schoenb* 3* 19* /♦ 287. 



Cnulkjruticosus teres cinereus glaber ramosus debilis scandens •• rami 

 teretes punctis fenugineis extantibus scabri, quales etiam petioli communes et 

 pedunculu Fou opposita conjugata cirrhosa ♦• pet* .comtn. crassus teres vis 

 uncialis flrmus ; partiales glaori semunciales: foliola ovato vel ovata~lanceolata 

 integerrima acuta venosula mbcoriacea flrmula y facie nitida et saturate virentia, 

 subtus costata et pattidi vircntia, 4 dimidio ad integrum (etihm sesqui-J pedem 

 (v. ultrh) longa, 4 ad 8 uncias lata A>, ultrh); cirrhi simplices longi validi 

 dorsales ad apicem petKcomms. PeauncL in ramutis junioribus inter 2fol* 

 opposita terminates, terni (v* soli t a rii panic ulati) laterales 2S-Jidi et S^flori, 

 intermedins duplo longior et subpaniculatus cum pedunculu partialibus sap'h 

 fyfloris. Cah tubtdosus glaber virens cum ajfusa purpura, ore 5'dentato (x>. 

 truncato et subintegro hinc tantumjisso). Cor. jlavissima, (sub-) 3-uncialu 

 tnodora glabra : tubus brevi$$imu$ 9 supra calycem coarctatus in cottum, atque 

 hie interne fubi inseruntur filamff. : / hirstdus ; faux longissima voldd com* 

 pressa, sic 9 tin*, lata, utrinque ^-sulcata sulcis superioribus intern^ per months 

 ferrugineas aspersis variegatis .* limbus %'labiatus palentissitnus, lac* sjtbro- 

 tundts aqualibus, 3 xafer. subundulatis cum intermedia crenatfL Fil. subidata, 

 2 exter. longior a et petalo duplo breviora cum tudimento brexrissimo 5<* ad 

 dorsum corolla : (loculis antheramm divaricatis incumbeniiAus ) flaw patten* 

 tibus* Germ. pedkeUatum ovatum sulcatum glabrum glandula circulati **&♦ 

 d&que insistent i styltxsfliiform. longit* staminum ; »tig. Z-lamellaium patens. 

 Jacq. 1. c. 



The drawing of this magnificent climber was taken from 

 a plant which flowered, late this summer, in the hothouse 

 of Mr. Catley's botanical garden, Barnet ; where we are 

 told it grew in such luxuriance that the branches acquired 

 nearly 30 feet in length in the space of a few months. 

 Some of the leaves we saw measured a foot and an half 

 in length, and 9 iaches across. We believe the plant is of 

 very recent introduction, as it is not enumerated either in 

 the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis, or in the Hortus 

 Suburbanus Londinensis. 



