216 
hollow ; lower lip wanting. Stamens 4, didynamous. Capsule 
ovate, or oblong, echinated, 2-celled ; dissepiment prismatic, 
central, seminiferous, 
23 Eccremoca’rpus. Calyx membranous, 5-cleft, coloured. 
Corolla tubular, with an equal throat, and a 5-lobed, equal 
limb. Stamens 4, didynamous, with the rudiment of a fifth; 
anthers versatile; cells parallel, combined ; wings of seeds re- 
pandly sinuated, nerved. 
24 CaLa'wrELIs. Calyx semi-5-cleft. Corolla with a tubu- 
lar base, a ventricose throat, and a contracted, 5-lobed limb. 
Stamens 4, didynamous, without any rudiment of a sterile one. 
Lobes of anthers obtuse, divaricate, distinct at apex. Wings of 
seeds repandly sinuated, emarginate at the base. 
Trise HI. 
CnzscENTIE' E. Fruit a large, melon-shaped, 1-celled berry ; 
with a solid rind, pulpy inside. Seeds nestling in the pulp. 
25 Cresce’ntia. Calyx bipartite or bilabiate. Corolla large, 
campanulate, with a short tube, a ventricose throat, and an 
erect, 5-lobed, cleft, unequal limb. Stamens 4, didynamous, 
with the rudiment of a fifth. Berry large, many-seeded. 
26 Taxnæcium. Calyx cylindrical, truncate. Corolla with a 
very short tube, a large, ventricose throat, and a nearly equal, 
5-lobed limb. Stamens 4, didynamous; with the rudiment of a 
fifth. Berry large, corticate. 
27 TarrixNA RA. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-crenate. Corolla 
sub-campanulate ; tube longer than the calyx; throat widened ; 
limb 5-cleft, spreading; upper segment the largest. 
bifid, acute. Berry large, fleshy. Seeds compressed. 
Tribe I. 
BIGNONIE E (this tribe contains genera agreeing with the 
genus Bignénia in important characters.) Capsule 2-celled, 2- 
valved, sometimes falsely 4-celled. Dissepiment parallel or con- 
trary to the valves. Seeds transverse, compressed, winged on 
the edges. 
Stigma 
& 1. Stamens 4, didynamous, mith the rudiment of a sterile one. 
I. BIGNO'NIA (so named by Tournefort, in compliment to 
the Abbé Bignon, Librarian to Louis IV.) Tourn, inst. 72. 
Juss. 139. Gaertn. fruct. t. 52. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 
amer. 3. p. 132. D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ.—Bignónia 
species of Lin. and others. 
Lin. syst. Didynamia, Angiospérma. Calyx campanulate, 
5-toothed, rarely entire. Corolla with a short tube, a cam- 
panulate throat, and a 5-lobed, bilabiate limb. Stamens 4, didy- 
namous, that is, 2 long, and 2 short, with the rudiment of a 
fifth. Lobes of anthers divaricate. Stigma bilamellate. Cap- 
sule silique-formed, 2-celled; having the dissepiment parallel 
with the valves; seeds disposed in 2 rows, imbricate, transverse, 
with membranous wings.—Usually scandent shrubs, furnished 
with tendrils ; rarely erect trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, 
simple, conjugate, ternate, digitate or pinnate. Flowers axillary 
and terminal, usually panicled. Corollas trumpet-shaped, white, 
yellow, orange-coloured, purple, violaceous, or rose-coloured. 
§ 2. Leaves simple. 
1 B. vimtwa'tis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 132.) arbo- 
reous; leaves simple, usually by threes, linear, narrowed at 
both ends, glabrous; panicles terminal, sessile; corollas gla- 
brous. h.S. Native of Mexico, on the western declivities of 
BIGNONIACEZ. 
I. Bicnonta. 
mountains, betwixt Mescala and Estola, at the altitude of 360 
hexapods. A tall tree, with a dense, pyramidal head. Leaves 
8-10 inches long, and 5 lines broad. Calyx 5-toothed ; teeth 
acute. Corolla yellow, campanulately funnel-shaped ; limb 
downy outside, with undulated margins. 
Twiggy Vrumpet-flower. Tree tall. 
2 B.? romentosa (Thunb. jap. 252.) arboreous ; leaves sim- 
ple, cordate, tomentose, opposite ; flowers in axillary panicles, 
b. H. Native of Japan. Too-vulgo Kiri, Kampf. amoen. 
859. t. 860. Incarvillea tomentósa, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 836. 
Lower leaves cordate; upper ones ovate-acute, 5-nerved, downy 
above, and tomentose beneath, as well as the peduncles and 
pedicels. Panicles at first trichotomous, then dichotomous. 
Perhaps a species of Catálpa. 
Tomentose Trumpet-flower. — Fl.? Clt. 1820. Tree. 
3 B.? rENvisíLIQUA (Vahl. eclog. 2. p. 43.) climbing; leaves 
simple, lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous, opposite ; panicles 
terminal; corolla glabrous. h. S. Native of South Ame- 
rica. Branches beset with white dots. Leaves 2-3 inches long, 
and 1 broad. Capsule or follicle 1$ foot long. 
Slender-podded Trumpet-flower. Shrub cl. 
4 B. FLORIBUNDA ; leaves opposite, simple, ovate-roundish, 
acuminated, sub-cordate, 3-nerved, petiolate; flowers crowded, 
panicled. k.S. Native of Maranham, in low, bushy places. 
Flowers very showy, flesh-coloured, in great profusion, 
Bundle-flowered Trumpet-flower. Shrub straggling. 
5 B. PA'LuipA (Lindl. bot. reg. 965.) erect, glabrous; leaves 
simple, opposite, oblong, obtuse, rather cordate at the base; 
flowers axillary, usually solitary; pedicels and calyxes lepi- 
doted; calyx turbinate, irregularly 5-toothed. h.S. Native 
of St. Vincent. Branches terete. Corolla 2 inches long, fun- 
nel-shaped: with a yellow tube, and a pale lilac limb; lobes 
crenately ciliated. 
Pale-flowered Trumpet-flower. Fl. July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 
6 feet. 
6 B.? osrUsrFüLIA (Lam. dict. 1. p. 418.) leaves alternate, 
simple, ovate-oblong, obtuse; corymbs small, terminal; calyx 
4-lobed, unequal; corolla tubular: with a 4-lobed, unequal, 
reflexed limb. h.S. Native of Brazil. Leaves tapering into 
the petioles. Flowers large. This differs from all the rest, in 
the leaves being alternate, and in the corolla and calyx being 
4-lobed. 
Blunt-leaved Trumpet-flower. Shrub. 
7 B.? wx4crrdtta (Pers. ench. 2. p. 170.) leaves nearly op- 
posite, ovate, mucronate, coriaceous, glabrous: with revolute 
margins. hb. S. Native of Madagascar, Commers. There 
is also a variety of this, with emarginate leaves. 
Holly-leaved Trumpet-flower. Shrub. 
$ 9. Leaves conjugate, that is, one pair of leaflets at the top of 
each petiole, which is extended into a tendril. 
8 B. v’neuts (Lin. spec. 869.) scandent, glabrous; branches 
terete ?; leaves conjugate; leaflets ovate, acuminated ; tendrils 
bent, tripartite; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. k., S. Na- 
tive of Barbadoes, St. Domingo, &c. Mill. dict. no. 5.— Tourn. 
inst. 164,—Sloane, jam. 90. hist. 1. p. 208.—Plum. amer. 
80. p. 94.—Plukn. alm. 109. t. 163. f. 2. Flowers yellow. 
Follicles long. 
Claw Trumpet-flower. Fl.? Clt. 1759. Shrub cl. 
9 B. uncrna‘ra (Meyer, prim. esseq. p. 210.) scandent, gla- 
brous; leaves conjugate; leaflets oval, drawn out into a cuspi- 
date point; tendrils trifid; peduncles axillary. 1-flowered ; 
calyx bilabiate. h. |. S. Native of about the Essequibo. 
Spathódea uncinàta, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 835. Leaflets 21 inches 
long, and 14 broad, glabrous, shining above, having the veins 
red beneath. Peduncles short, rising from 2 ovate-acute brac- 
