BIGNONIACEE. 
Caraccas, betwixt the town of Calabozo, and the river Guarico. 
Habit of Clématis vitálba. Branches quadrangular, glabrous. 
Leaves 7-8 inches long; leaflets 2 inches long, and 1 broad. 
Tendrils petiolar, trifid at apex.  Panicles axillary, downy. 
Calyx obsoletely 5-toothed, cleft lengthwise, tomentose. Corollas 
white, yellowish inside; lobes nearly equal, roundish, red. 
Virgin-boner-like Trumpet-flower. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 
69 B. sasminiroua (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3, p. 
141.) scandent ; leaves conjugately bipinnate, with 2-3 pair of 
pinnae, and an odd one; leaflets 3-4 pair, with an odd one, 
ovate, obtuse, rounded at the base, the terminal one twice as long 
as the lateral ones, ovate-lanceolate. h. S. Native on the 
banks of the rivers Orinoco and Atabapo, near San Fernando. 
Branches quadrangular. Leaflets rather coriaceous, 5-8 lines 
long, lower ones sometimes ternate. Stipulas? twin, dimidiate, 
roundish-ovate. Follicles compressed, 7 inches long. This is 
a very elegant species. 
Jasmine-leaved Trumpet-flower. Clt. 1826. Shrub cl. 
70 B. rERNA'TA ; scandent; leaves ternate; divisions pinnate ; 
leaflets oblong, acute, coriaceous; panicles terminal. hk. VU. 
S. Native of Maranham, among bushes, but rare. Flowers 
pale red. 
Ternate-leaved Trumpet-flower. Shrub cl. 
71 B. sí;yucA (Vahl. symb. 2. p. 68.) glabrous; scandent? ; 
leaves abruptly pinnate; with only 2 pair of elliptic, acuminated, 
obtuse, shining leaflets; petioles margined ; racemes terminal; 
peduncles articulated, compressed ; pedicels filiform ; calyx 
with an almost entire border. h.S. Native of Madagascar. 
Branches alternate, compressed. Leaves rarely conjugate. 
Leaflets petiolate. 
Two-paired-leaved Trumpet-flower. 
Clt. 1822. Shrub cl. ? 
§ 6. Leaves impari-pinnate, destitute of tendrils. 
72 B. racemosa (Lam. dict. 1. p. 424.) glabrous, scandent; 
leaves impari-pinnate ; leaflets 5-7, ovate, acute; common 
petioles winged ; racemes simple, loose, longer than the leaves ; 
calyx short, almost truncate ; corolla tubular, with a very short, 
nearly equal limb. k.. S. Native of Madagascar. Leaflets 
shining, almost an inch long. Calyx truncate. 
Var. B; leaflets more numerous, ovate-lanceolate. h. S. 
Native of Madagascar. Leaflets 9-11. Flowers smaller, dis- 
posed in racemes, which are hardly the length of the leaves. 
Racemose-flowered Trumpet-flower. Shrub cl.? 
73 B.compre’ssa (Lam. dict. 1. p. 424.) glabrous, scandent? ; 
branches alternately nodose and compressed; leaves impari- 
pinnate ; leaflets 3 to 7, oval-oblong, obtuse, coriaceous ; 
common petioles margined ; ultimate branches compressed ; 
calyx almost truncate, with 5 very minute teeth. b... S. 
Native of the East Indies. Leaves on the compressed branches 
very minute, and simple. Flowers small, few, nearly sessile, at 
the tops of the branches. 
Compressed-branched Trumpet-flower. Shrub cl. ? 
74 B. macrosta‘cuya (Wall. cat. no. 6505.) young branches 
and rachi of leaves downy ; leaves impari-pinnate; leaflets 9, 
coriaceous, obovate-oblong, acuminated, the lower ones smaller 
and rounder: having small, subulate stipels at the base of the 
petiolules ; racemes long, terminal, simple; corolla downy out- 
side; bracteas long, linear, one to each pedicel. h. S. Na- 
tive of the East Indies, on the banks of the Saluen river, and on 
rocks at Kogun. 
Long-spiked Trumpet-flower. Tree. 
75 B. rimpria‘ta (Wall. cat. no. 6500.) erect? ; leaves 
impari-pinnate ; leaflets hairy, ovate-lanceolate, | long-acumi- 
nated; panicles terminal, trichotomous, beset with glandular 
hairs, as well as the calyxes, which are 5-lobed ; corolla funnel- 
shaped, with lacerately-fringed segments; capsule long. k. S. 
Native of the Burmese Empire, at Moalmeyne. 
I. Bienonta. 221 
Fringed-flowered Trumpet-flower. Shrub or tree. 
76 B. murtisuea (Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 1. p. 81. t. 95. t. 96.) 
arboreous ; leaves impari-pinnate, with many pairs of leaflets ; 
leaflets dimidiately ovate-cordate, acuminated, quite entire ; 
panicles large, terminal; capsule flat, lanceolate, membrana- 
ceously winged. kh. S. Native of Silhet and Penang. A 
large tree, with thick, dotted branches, long leaves, and large 
leaflets. Flowers large, 2 inches long, by threes, dirty yellow, 
purplish inside, of a saponaceous odour. Panicle 4 feet long, 
erect. Calyx pentagonal, divided into 5, acute, cuspidate teeth. 
Corolla campanulate, densely villous outside. Wings of seed 
drawn out at both ends. 
Many-paired-leaved Trumpet-flower. Clt. 1827. Tree. 
77 B. ApENOPHY' LLA (Wall. cat. no. 6503.) branches downy ; 
leaves impari-pinnate, downy beneath, as well as the rachi ; 
leaflets obovate-oblong, mucronate, sessile; the terminal one the 
largest, becoming gradually smaller to the base; the lowest 
pair close to the stem, and rounder, distant from the others ; 
panicles terminal, clothed with rusty down ; calyx large, campa- 
nulate, thickly clothed with rusty down ; lobes triangular, acute; 
corolla large, thickly clothed with woolly tomentum outside, 
but glabrous inside, with rounded lobes. h. S. Native of 
the Burmese Empire, on mount Taong-Dong, banks of the 
Irrawaddi; Prome; Segaen.  Peduncles and pedicels thick. 
Bracteas ovate-acuminated, deciduous, Pods long, terete, ribbed, 
and curved, tomentose. 
Gland-leaved Trumpet-flower. Tree. 
78 B. TErrainre (Bojer, mss. ex Hook. bot. mag. 2976.) 
arboreous ; leaves impari-pinnate, with 6-9 pair of ovate-oblong, 
acuminated, shining leaflets; panicles terminal, loose ; capsules 
terete, acuminated, fleshy ; seeds broadly winged. 5.5. Native 
of Madagascar, in the temperate regions of the mountains of 
Angove. Flowers horizontal, drooping, large, of a most delicate 
rose-colour. Calyx campanulate, with acute, green teeth, edged 
with red. Lobes of corolla rounded, crenately fringed. 
Telfair’s Trumpet-flower. Tree 20 feet. 
79 B. Corr'i (Bojer, mss. ex Hook. bot. mag. 2817.) leaves 
3 in a whorl, impari-pinnate; leaflets 5, elliptic, quite entire ; 
flowers rising from the main stem, in clusters, on short pedicels ; 
capsules oblong, acuminated, warted. b. S. Native of the 
Mauritius, and Timor. B. ramiflóra, Nov. ann. mus. 3. p. 381. 
Calyx angular, 5-toothed, coloured ; teeth obtuse. Corolla with 
a cylindrical tube, swollen upwards, thrice as long as the calyx, 
reddish, veined with yellow; segments of the limb roundish, 
waved, reddish purple. Anthers 1-celled, the other cell being 
abortive. 
Lady Cole's Trumpet-flower. Tree. 
$ 7. Leaves decompound. 
80 B. vanrA'BmLIS (Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 2. p. 45. t. 212.) 
scandent, glabrous; branches tetragonal; lower leaves biter- 
nate; superior ones conjugate, divisions ternate ; tendrils trifid, 
terminating the common petioles, as in the rest of the spe- 
cies; racemes simple, short, many-flowered, terminal; calyx 
5-toothed. h. VU. S. Native of Caraccas. Leaflets oblong, 
acuminated, glabrous. Corollas 3 inches long, with a greenish 
yellow tube, having the limb at first of the same colour ; but this 
afterwards becomes white. 
Variable Trumpet-flower. Clt. 1819. Shrub cl. 
81 B. a’tBa (Aubl. guian. 2. p. 653. t. 266.) scandent ; 
glabrous: leaves composed of 3 pinnate divisions, each division 
composed of 5 ovate-acuminated, petiolate leaflets; corymbs 
axillary, dichotomous, many-flowered. k. ,, S. Native of 
Guiana, on the banks of the river Sinemari, Lam. dict. 1. p. 
420. Willd. spec. 3. p. 505. Jacaranda alba, Spreng. syst. 2. 
p. 834. Petioles and branchlets nodose. Flowers white. Fruit 
ovate-oblong, rugged. 
