965 
BIGNONIA pallida. 
Pale-flowered Bignonia. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. BlGNONIACEiE. 
BIGNONIA. Suprd, vol. 3. fol. 249. 
B. pallida; foliis oppositis unifoliolatis oblongis obtusis basi sub-cordatis, 
floribus axillaribus subsolitariis, pedicellis calycibusque lepidotis. 
Frutex? in caldrio 6-pedalis, erectus. Rami teretes, apice compresst, 
olivacei, squamis minutis albidis versus apices ramorum confertis atro-brun- 
neis lepidoti. Folia opposita, mnifoliolata, patentm; petioli longt, albo- 
virides, teretes, cum foliolis articulati, oblongis, bast sub-cordatis, apice 
paululum acuminatis, obtusis tamen, plants, glams, atro-viridibus, costd 
distinctd, pallidd, subtUs reticulatis, squamis paucis rans pracipue secus 
costam lepidotis. Flores subsolitarii, cernui, axillares, pedicellis lepidotis. 
Calvx elonqatus, turbinatus, ut pedicellus squamis plurimis minutis Juscis 
lepidotus, apice irregulariter disruptus. Corolla 2 uncias longa, infundibu- 
laris; tvfoo lutescente paulb incurvo, subtiis concavo; palato hirsuto elevato, 
limbo delicato, corrugato,pallid^ lilacim, diametro \\-uncmhi 
rius bilobum, inferius majus 3-partitum: lobis omnibus crermtis cdl(ltl f ' 
inferioribus per axin lilacino lineatis. Stamina tuba multb brev *°™’™'™ S 
basin inserta; rudimentum subulatum, bast hirsutumr Filamenta glabra, 
antheree glabrce, lobis divaricatis. 
This undescribed species of Bignonia was sent to the 
Horticultural Society, from the Botanic Garden at M. 
Vincent’s, in 1823, by Mr. George Caley. It grows freely 
in the stove, where it produces its delicate fugacious 
flowers in July. 
The species is remarkable for the profusion of minute 
scales with which the calyx, peduncles, and young shoots 
are closely covered. 
In the stove, 6 feet high, erect. Branches round, com¬ 
pressed at the end, like the common ash, olive-green, 
covered over with minute, whitish scales, which, at the en 
