222 BIGNONIACEJE. 
White-flowered Trumpet-flower. Clt. 1823. Shrub cl. 
82 B. Aud Na (Wall. pl. asiat. rar. 2. p. 78. t. 183.) leaves 
tripinnate : each pinne furnished with 3 to 9 lanceolate, acumi- 
nated, quite entire, smooth leaflets; panicle terminal, trichoto- 
mous ; calyx bluntly 3-lobed ; limb of corolla puberulous out- 
side. h.S. Native of the Mauritius. Bign. amàra, Loud. 
hort. brit. p. 483. Branches cylindrical, dotted. Flowers very 
fragrant, pale yellow, orange-coloured inside, drooping, sub- 
corymbose. Capsule cylindrical, slender, spiral. Leaves and 
leaflets on long, angular stalks. 
Pleasing Trumpet-flower. Clt. 1828. Tree. 
83 B. GnónrA (Hamilt. herb. ex Wall. cat. no. 6510.) gla- 
brous: leaves impari-bipinnate; common rachi jointed : partial 
ones winged, as also jointed; leaflets ovate, acuminated, atte- 
nuated at the base, sessile, the odd one the largest; panicles 
terminating the branches; lobes of calyx slight, mucronate ; 
corolla glabrous. h.S. Native of the East Indies. Flowers 
middle-sized. Leaves puberulous in the young state. Leaves 
with 3 pair of pinnz, the pinne furnished with 2-3 pairs of 
leaflets. 
Ghorta Trumpet-flower. Tree or shrub. 
Cult. All the species of this genus are truly splendid while 
in blossom, and the greater number of them climbers; they are 
therefore desirable plants to train up rafters and pillars, in 
stoves, as they grow and flower freely. A mixture of loam and 
peat suits them best ; and cuttings taken from young shoots strike 
root readily, under a hand-glass, in heat, either in mould or 
sand. 
II. SPATHO'DEA (from oraS$n, spathe, a spathe, in re- 
ference to the form of the calyx.) Beauv. fl. d'ow. 1. t. 29. 
R. Br. prod. p. 471. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 
146.—Bignonia species, Lin. Roxb. and others. 
Lin. syst. Didynamia, Angiospérmia. Calyx spathaceous, 
cleft on one side, and toothed or entire on the other side. 
Corolla funnel-shaped, with a 5-lobed, rather unequal, sub- 
bilabiate limb. Stamens 4, didynamous, that is, 2 long, and 2 
short, with the addition of a fifth sterile filament. Cells of an- 
thers divaricate, hanging by their connective. Stigma bilamel- 
late. Capsule silique-formed, falcate, falsely 4-celled ; dissepi- 
ment contrary, corky. Seeds furnished with membranous 
wings, transverse. — Erect shrubs or trees, rarely climbing 
shrubs. Leaves opposite, rarely alternate, simple, conjugate, 
but usually impari-pinnate. Leaflets entire. Flowers some- 
what panicled, orange-coloured, yellow, or purple. 
§ 1. Leaves simple. 
1 S.? ALTERNIFÒLIA (R. Br. prod. p. 472.) leaves alternate, 
simple, somewhat ovate, entire, coriaceous, glabrous ; stem 
arborescent. h.S. Native of New Holland, within the tropic, 
Bauer. 
Alternate-leaved Spathodea. Tree. 
2 S.? comosa; tender parts very downy; leaves opposite, 
simple, cordate ; corymbs terminal, short, leafy ; calyx 5-cleft ; 
corolla with a long, slender tube, and bilabiate border. h. S. 
Native of Moluccas. Bignónia comdsa, Roxb. fl. ind. 3. p. 
103. 
Tufted Spathodea. Tree. 
§ 2. Leaves conjugate, tendrilled. 
3 S. raurioria (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 146.) 
scandent ; branches compressed, a little striated, glabrous; 
leaves conjugate; tendrils simple ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, coria- 
ceous, glabrous; peduncles terminal, few-flowered ; calyx cleft 
on one side, and entire on the other. 5.,,. S. Native of New 
Andalusia, in woods, near Bordones and Cumana. Leaves 3i 
I. Brenonta. 
II. SeATHODEA. 
inches long, and 2 broad. Peduncles dichotomous, 3-7 -flowered. 
Corollas orange-coloured. 
Laurel-leaved Spathodea. Shrub cl. 
4 S. Orinoce’nsis (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 147.) scandent ; 
branches terete, furrowed, glabrous ; leaves conjugate ; tendrils 
simple? ; leaflets oblong, acute, coriaceous, glabrous; calyx 
cleft on one side, and entire on the other. h.o. S. Native 
on the banks of the Orinoco, near Carichana. Leaflets 4 inches 
long. Inflorescence and colour of flowers unknown. © 
Orinoco Spathodea. Shrub cl. 
5 S. opova'rA (H. B. et Kunth, l. c.) scandent; branches 
terete, striated, downy; leaves conjugate; tendrils simple? ; 
leaflets obovate, acuminated, glabrous; axillary peduncles 1- 
flowered, and the terminal ones 3-flowered; calyx irregularly 
3-5-cleft. kh. S. Native of New Granada, near Turbaco. 
Bign. obovàta, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 330. Petioles puberulous. 
Leaflets 4 inches long, and 21 broad. Corollas about 2 inches 
long, violaceous. This plant, from the form of the calyx, pro- 
bably does not belong to the genus. 
Obovate-leaved Spathodea. Shrub cl. 
6 S. unca‘ra (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 835.) scandent, glabrous ; 
branches terete; leaves conjugate, undulated; tendrils longer 
than the petioles, trifid at apex, hooked; calyx spathaceous, 
bilabiate ; flowers lateral, umbellate, aggregate. h. 
Native of Guiana, and the West Indies. Bignónia uncàta, Andr. 
bot. rep. t. 530. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1511.—Pluk. alm. p. 109. 
t. 163. f. 2.? Flowers yellow. Perhaps a species of Bignónia. 
Hooked Spathodea. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1804. Shrub cl. 
§ 3. Leaves impari-pinnate. 
7 S. urrEROPHY'LLA (R. Br. prod. p. 472.) arboreous ; 
leaves glabrous, pinnate and ternate, or simple; leaflets lanceo- 
late-linear, entire; flowers racemose. 5h. S. Native of New 
Holland, within the tropic. 
Various-leaved Spathodea. Tree. 
8 S. cLANDULÒsA (Blum. bijdr. p. 762.) arboreous; leaves 
impari-pinnate and ternate; leaflets ovate-oblong, acuminated, 
glabrous, furnished with many glands beneath at the base; 
panicles axillary and terminal, straight. h.S. Native of Java, 
on the mountains of Parang, and at the foot of Mount Tjerimai. 
Glandular-leafletted Spathodea. Fl. year. "Tree 15 to 25 feet. 
9 S. aApENA'NTHA ; leaves ternate, verticillate, or impari- 
pinnate; leaflets ovate-oblong, acuminated, serrated ; racemes 
terminal. h.S. Native of Guinea. Bignónia glandulósa, Schum. 
pl. guin. p. 274. Limb of calyx obsoletely 4-toothed. Corolla 
pale purple; segments roundish, scattered with glands outside. 
Gland-flowered Spathodea. ‘Tree 30 feet. 
10 S. Ruzr pn (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 835.) arboreous; leaves 
downy, impari-pinnate ; leaflets 3-7 pairs, roundish, downy ; ra- 
cemes terminal, erect; calyx spathaceous; corolla much curved, 
slender. h. S. Native on the coast of Coromandel and 
Malabar. Bignónia spathacea, Lin. suppl. 283. Retz. obs. 5. 
p. 5. Roxb. cor. 2. t. 144. fl. ind. 3. p. 103.  Bign. falcàta, 
Kon. mss.—Rheed. 6. p. 53. t. 29. Shoots covered with whitish 
down. Racemes length of leaves. Flowers white, pretty large. 
Limb spreading. Fruit about a foot long, pendulous, twisted in 
various forms. This tree is called Woody by the Telingas; 
Will-padri by the Tamuls. 
Rheede's Spathodea. Clt. 1794. Tree. 
11 S. crispa (Wall. cat. no. 6515.) arboreous ; leaves villous, 
while young, pinnate; leaflets 5-7, oblong; racemes solitary, 
terminal, bearing a few flowers on long pedicels; calyx spatha- 
ceous ; corolla salver-shaped, having the segments of the border 
nearly equal, and much curled. h. S. Native of Mysore, 
where it was collected by Dr. Buchanan. Bign. atrovirens, 
Roth. herb. madr. S. atrovirens, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 835. 
Leaves 6-10 inches long. Leaflets simple, very rarely ternate. 
