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BIGNÓNIA* Cherére. 
The Cherere Bignonia. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. BIGNONIACEE. 
BIGNONIA. — Supra, vol. 3. fol. 249. 
B. Cherere; foliis ternatis binatisque cirrhiferis glabriusculis, foliolis. sub- 
cordato-oblongis, racemis terminalibus axillaribusque subpaniculatis, 
calycibus velutinis, corollis tomentosis, ramis angulatis. 
B. Cherere. Aubl. Guian. vol. 3. p. 647. tab. 260. Lam. encycl. 1. 415. 
B. heterophylla. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 298. Pers. syn. 2. 171. . Spreng. syst. 
2. 831. | 
. Frutex alte scandens, ramis glabris angulatis. Foliola ternata v. binata, 
foliolo altero in cirrhum mutato, subcordata, oblonga, cuspidata, pellucido- 
punctata, subtús petiolisque pilosiusculis. Racemi in spontaned axillares, 
in cultá terminales, nunc paniculati, multiflori, pedicellis pubescentibus ; 
bractee decidue. Calyx campanulatus, truncatus, velutinus, 5-dentatus. 
Corolla 23 uncias longa, tomentosa, tubo leviter arcuato, limbo 5-partito, 
laciniis oblongis, emarginatis, subequalibus. Stamina exserta ; filamenta 
leviter pubescentia ; anthere sagittate, lobis divaricatis linearibus, connectivo 
mucronato. i; 
For this beautiful species we are indebted to the Right 
Honourable the Earl of Grenville, from whose Conservatory 
at Dropmore it was forwarded by Mr. William Baillie, the 
Gardener, in July last. It is a native of French Guiana, 
where it was discovered by Aublet. The natives of that 
country manufacture the flexible shoots of it and B. in- 
carnata into baskets and broad-brimmed hats, which act as 
umbrellas, keeping off both the sun and the rain; they 
also use the shoots as cord. 
* [n memory of the Abbé Jean Paul Bignon, the librarian of the King 
of France, born in 1662, died in 1743; the friend of Tournefort, who 
dedicated this genus to him. Cherere (pronounced kerere) is the name 
given to the plants by the natives of French Guiana. ` 
