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lena. Petioles downy. Bracteas linear, tomentose. Calyx 
tomentose, almost quite entire. Corolla funnel-shaped, white. 
The sterile filament has not been seen. 
River-side Trumpet-flower. Shrub cl. ? 
56 B.xuirrora‘us (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 139.) scandent, 
cirrhose ; branches terete, glabrous; branchlets hairy ; leaves 
ternate ; leaflets roundish-ovate, acuminated, clothed with soft 
hairs on both surfaces; panicles axillary ; corollas downy 
outside. h. ¥.? S. Native of Mexico, about Acapulco. 
Petioles tomentose. Branches of panicle dichotomous, tomen- 
tose. Calyx downy, obsoletely 5-toothed. Corolla funnel- 
shaped, red. The sterile filament has not been seen. 
Sea-shore Trumpet-flower. Clt. 1824. Shrub cl.? 
57 B. nzma’ntHa (Bert. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 832.) erect ; 
leaves ternate; leaflets elliptic, retuse, coriaceous, quite gla- 
brous; peduncles short, axillary, few-flowered. ^. S. Native 
of Porto Rico. 
Blood-flowered Trumpet-flower. 
§ 4. Leaves digitate, destitute of tendrils. 
58 B. repmpora (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 139.) 
arboreous; leaves quinate; leaflets lanceolate-oblong, obtuse ; 
with revolute edges, coríaceous, glabrous, covered with small, 
scale-like dots beneath ; peduncles axillary, usually 3-flowered ; 
corollas glabrous. h.S. Native of Cuba, between Havannah 
and Regla. Branches angular, dichotomous. Peduncles clothed 
with rusty powder. Calyx irregularly 5-6-toothed, lepidoted 
outside. Corolla 2 inches long, funnel-shaped, rose-coloured ; 
with a curved tube, and roundish, undulated lobes. 
Scaly-dotted Trumpet-flower. Tree. 
59 B. FLUVIATILIS (Aubl. guian. 2. p. 655. t. 267. H. B. et 
Kunth, l. c. p. 139. Meyer, esseq. 211.) arboreous; leaves 
quinate ; leaflets ovate-oblong, acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous, 
shining; corymbs axillary, somewhat dichotomous; corollas 
downy outside. h. S. Native of Guiana, on the banks of 
rivers, but always so near their mouths that the water is salt, 
Aublet; in humid places, on the banks of the Orinoco, near 
Carichana. Branches terete, warted. ^ Petioles puberulous. 
Calyx irregularly 3-5-cleft, clothed with white tomentum, ex 
Kunth, 4-5-toothed, ex Aubl. Corolla funnel-shaped, white. 
Follicles oblong, compressed, obtuse. Meyer's plant differs from 
that of Aublet, in the peduncles being few-flowered and termi- 
nal in the calyxes being sub-quinquefid, and in the flowers 
being fasciculately racemose. Corolla 2 inches long. Lobes of 
stigma roundish, white. 
River Trumpet-flower. Clt. 1824. Tree tall. 
60 B. æscuriròLa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
140.) arboreous ; leaflets 7, obovate-oblong, short-acuminated, 
narrowed at the base, membranous, downy above, clothed with 
canescent tomentum beneath ; panicles terminal, sub-corymbose ; 
corollas downy outside. b. S. Native of Mexico, in hot 
valleys, between Acapulco and Mescalo. A very tall tree. 
Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla sub-campanulate, orange-coloured ; 
with a very short tube; a ventricose throat, which is plicate, 
longitudinally inside; the 2 upper segments of the limb erect, 
smaller ; the 3 lower ones reflexed, bearded, marked by a yellow 
spot. 
lOO ONDE Trumpet-flower. Tree tall. 
61 B. rrucóxvrow (Lin. spec. p. 870.) arboreous; leaves 
quinate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous ; flowers 
terminal, solitary or twin. kh. S. Native of Jamaica, on 
the banks of rivers. Andr. bot. rep. p. 43. t. 43. Swartz, 
obs. p. 233.—Brown, jam. 263.—Pluk. alm. 215. t. 200. 
f. 4.—Sloane, jam. p. 154. hist. 2. p. 62. Leaves with 5-7-8 
leaflets. Calyx bilabiate; upper lip rounded ; lower lip bifid ; 
with ovate, sharp teeth. Corolla rose-coloured; with a long, 
Shrub erect. 
BIGNONIACEE. 
I. Bienonia. 
narrow tube, swelling a little at top; limb bilabiate; upper 
lip the shortest; all the segments rounded and waved, and 
somewhat villous. Follicles long, Swartz, pendulous. The 
wood is very hard and white. The flowers are white, not unlike 
those of Stramónium, rising before the leaves, several together, 
from the ends of the shoots. Pods square, Sloane. 
White-wooded Trumpet-flower. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. 
Tree. 
62 B. cunvsa/NTHA (Jacq. schoenbr. 2. p. 45. t. 211.) arbo- 
reous ; leaflets 5, ovate, acuminated, tomentose ; flowers termi- 
nal, crowded. h. S. Native at Caraccas. Leaflets on long 
pedicels, 5 inches long. Calyx tubularly-campanulate, 5- 
toothed. Corollas 2 inches long, yellow. Flowers copious at 
the tops of the branches; peduncles 1-2-flowered. 
Yellow-flowered Trumpet-flower. Fl. May. 
Tree 12-26 feet. 
63 B. uirsu'ta (Lam. dict. 1. p. 222. Willd. spec. 3. p. 
299.) arboreous; leaves quinate; leaflets obovate, emarginate, 
downy beneath; panicles terminal; corollas curved, clothed 
with rufescent, yellowish hairs outside. h.S. Native of the 
East Indies. Leaflets nearly 3 inches long. Flowers small, 
yellow-red. Calyx nearly truncate, furnished with 4 very short 
teeth. Stamens exserted. 
Hairy Trumpet-flower. Tree. 
64 B. AxTIsYvPHILÍTICA (Mart. reise. bras. ex Linnea, 5. p. 
38.) arboreous ; lower leaves bipinnate; superior ones digitately 
quinate; leaflets ovate, long-acuminated, glabrous; panicles 
dichotomous ; capsule linear, flat. fh. S. Native of Brazil, in 
the province of Rio Negro. Flowers green. Calyx inflated. 
Antisiphylitic Trumpet-flower. Tree. 
65 B. Mecapora’mica (Spreng. syst. add. p. 237.) leaves 
quinate, glabrous; leaflets petiolate, obovate-oblong, quite en- 
tire; peduncles bifid, axillary, cymose ; calyx 5-toothed ; 
corolla downy. h.S. Native of Brazil, about Rio Grande. 
Rio Grande Trumpet-flower. Shrub or tree. 
66 B. onBIcuLA'rA (Jacq. amer. 184. t. 180. f. 79.) scandent ; 
leaves quinate; leaflets oblong, acuminated, glabrous; racemes 
axillary. h.. S. Native of Carthagena, in woods. Jaca- 
randa orbiculàta, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 834. Leaflets on long 
petioles. "There is a tendril on the upper leaves, in place of a 
terminal leaflet. Flowers middle-sized, sweet-scented, yellowish, 
with a paler limb. Follicles large, orbicular, compressed, flat, 
Clt. 1823. 
shining, nearly like those of Jacaranda Bahaménsis. This is 
perhaps a species of Jacaranda. 
Orbicular-podded Trumpet-flower. Shrub cl. 
§ 5. Leaves abruptly pinnate, or bipinnate, furnished with 
tendrils, 
67 B. Cuica (Humb. et Bonpl. pl. æquin. 1. p. 107. t. 31. 
H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 142.) scandent ; leaves abruptly 
bi-pinnate ; leaflets conjugate, elliptic-ovate, acuminated, deeply 
cordate, glabrous; panicles axillary, pendulous. hk. U.S. 
Native on the banks of the Orinoco, and Cassiquiares, near 
Maypures ; Esmeralda; and Mandavaca. Bark chinky. Branches 
terete, green, dotted with brown. Leaves 8-10 inches long, 
abruptly bi-pinnate ; pinnz 2 pair; leaflets conjugate. Tendrils 
simple, from the tops of the general and partial petioles. 
Branches of panicle dichotomous. Calyx almost quite entire, 
fleshy. Corolla funnel-shaped, violaceous; limb with nearly 
equal, rounded segments. Follicles 2 inches long, compressed, 
1 an inch broad. 
Chica Trumpet-flower. Clt. 1819. Shrub cl. 
68 B. cre’matis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 141.) 
scandent; leaves conjugately pinnate, with an odd one; leaflets 
2 pairs, ovate, narrowed at top, acute, cordate at the base, 
glabrous; flowers panicled. h.. S. Native of Llanos de 
