': BIGNONIACEE, 
Flowers large, white. Tube of corolla cylindrical, as in the last 
species. Follicles pendulous, 12-14 inches long. 
Curled-flowered Spathodea. Tree 25 feet. 
12 S. Roxsu’renu (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 835.) arboreous ; leaves 
3 in a whorl, or scattered, impari-pinnate ; leaflets from 4 to 5 
pairs, serrated, smooth ; panicles erect, terminal, dense, downy, 
many-flowered ; fruit narrow, 4-celled ; calyx generally 2-part- 
ed, with the upper lip 2-cleft, very downy. 2.S. Native of 
the Circars. Bignònia ERA Roxb. cor. 2. t. 145. A. 
ind. 3. p. 107. Bark grey, with a few scabrous spots. Branches 
forming a dense, spreading head, Flowers large, rose-coloured, 
delightfully fragrant. Limb of corolla nearly equal, having the 
edges elegantly waved. Fruit a foot long, 2 inches broad, 3 an 
inch thick, straight, 2-valved, 4-celled: dissepiment enlarged in 
the middle, on each side, into a sharp ridge, which touches the 
valves, and divides each of the usual cells into 2 compartments ; 
and in these ridges the seeds are fixed. This species is also 
remarkable on account of the serrated leaves. The wood is 
employed for many purposes by the natives. - 
Roxburgh’s Spathodea. Clt. 1820. Tree large. 
13 S. sriPULA' TA (Wall. cat. no. 6518.) arboreous; tender 
parts villous; leaves impari-pinnate; leaflets 4-6 pairs from 
ovate to oblong-elliptic ; common petioles channelled ; stipulas 
a tuft of sessile, orbicular ones in the axils of the leaves. b. 
S. Native of Pegu. Bignónia stipulàta, Roxb. fl. ind. 3. p. 
108. Branches 4-cornered. Calyx and peduncles very woolly. 
Follicles cylindrical. 
Stipulate Spathodea. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 
14 S. LONGIFLÒRA (Vent. ex Pers. ench. 2. p. 173.) arbo- 
reous; leaves impari-pinnate; leaflets about 4 pairs, ovate to 
oblong, entire, cuspidate, downy while young; lower pair the 
smallest; panicles large, spreading, terminal; corolla bilabiate ; 
follicles pendulous, long, slender, sub-cylindrical, with sharp 
edges, and variously curved. h. S. Native about Coromandel 
and Malabar, in the more mountainous parts, as well as of 
Ceylon and Java.  Bignónia chelonoides, Lin. suppl. 283. 
Roxb. fl. ind. 3. p. 106. — Bignónia longiflóra, Willd. spec. 
3. p. 804, Padri, Rheed, mal. 6. p. 53. t. 29. Pori-padyra- 
marum of the Tamuls, and Tagada of the Telingas. Bark 
scabrous, brown. Leaves a foot long, glabrous in the adult 
state. Leaflets 4 inches long, and 2 broad.  Ramifications of 
panicles decussate, the smaller or terminal ones dichotomous, 
with a sessile flower in the fork. Flowers pretty large, yellow, 
very fragrant. Follicles very long. The wood of this tree is 
high-coloured, hard, durable, and of much use amongst the 
inhabitants of the hills, where it is plentiful. 
Long-flowered Spathodea. Clt. 1816. Tree large. 
15 S. convM5ósA (Vent. ex Pers. ench. 2. p. 173. ? Spreng. 
syst. 2. p. 835.) erect; leaves conjugate, glabrous; leaflets 
sub-cordate, acute, quite entire; petioles glandular at the base ; 
flowers corymbose. h. S. Native of Trinidad. Flowers 
yellow. 
Corymbose-flowered Spathodea. Clt. 1824. Tree. 
16 S. cauPANULA TA (Beauv. fl. d'ow. 1. p. 47. t. 27-28.) 
arboreous, glabrous; leaves alternate, impari-pinnate ; leaflets 
9, oblong-lanceolate, tapering to both ends; flowers racemose, 
terminal; calyx thick, arcuately reflexed, rather villous. h. 
S. Native of the west coast of Africa, in the kingdom of Waree. 
Corolla large, campanulate, of a reddish orange-colour, having 
the segments bordered with yellow. Genitals declinate. This 
species is remarkable, in having alternate leaves; the leaflets 
are, however, opposite. 
Campanulate-flowered Spathodea. Tree or shrub. 
17 S. uz vis (Beauv. fl. d'ow. 1. p. 48. t. 29.) erect; leaves 
impari-pinnate; leaflets 9, ovate, acuminated, toothed from the 
middle to the apex; flowers terminal. h.S. Native of Guinea, 
as at Sierra Leone and Waree. Leavesalternate. Racemes com- 
II. SrATHODEA. 
III. Tecoma. 293 
posed of 1-3-flowered peduncles. Flowers purple. Limb of 
corolla unequal; segments roundish. Calyx erect, smooth, 5- 
toothed. This species is remarkable, in having the leaflets 
toothed. 
Smooth Spathodea. Clt. 1825. Shrub 5 to 10 feet. 
18 S. TULIPÍFERA; leaves impari-pinnate; leaflets oblong, 
entire, hairy beneath; racemes corymbose, tomentose. h. S. 
Native of Guinea, at Aquapim. Bignonia tulipifera, Thonn. ex 
Schum. pl. guin. p. 273. Pedicels solitary. Corolla large, 
scarlet; segments ovate, with curled yellow edges. Tube of 
corolla short. 
Tulip-bearing Spathodea. Tree large. 
19 S.? praxiniroia (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
147.) scandent; branches compressedly quadrangular, furrowed, 
glabrous; leaves impari-pinnate ; leaflets ovate-elliptic, obtuse, 
glabrous, shining; panicles terminal, with opposite, compressed, 
dichotomous branches; calyx cleft on one side, and nearly 
entire on the other. 5.,, S. Native of Llanos de Carac- 
cas, near Calabozo, in humid places, on the banks of the 
river Guarico. Bigndnia fraxinifdlia, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 833. 
Branches warted. Leaves 8-9 inches long, with 3 pair of 
leaflets. Axils of petioles glandular. Corolla yellow, 5- rarely 
4-cleft. ; 
Ash-leaved Spathodea. Clt. 1822. Shrub cl. 
20 S. cicA/NTEA (Blum. bijd. p. 761.) arboreous ; leaves 
pinnately decompound ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, 
quite glabrous; panicles terminal, straight. h. S. Native of 
Java, in mountain woods, where it is called Kipadali. 
Gigantic Spathodea. Fl. year. Tree 80 feet. 
Cult. See Bignónia, p. 222, for culture and propagation. 
Like the species of Bignonia, they are splendid plants when in 
blossom. 
IIT. TE'COMA (from Tecomaxochitl, the Mexican name of 
one ofthe species.) Juss. gen. p. 139. R. Br. prod. 471. H. 
B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 142.—Bignónia species, Lin. 
and others. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx campanulate, 
5-toothed. Corolla with a short tube, and a campanulate 
throat; limb 5-lobed, bilabiate. Stamens 4, didynamous, that 
is, 2 long, and 2 short, with the rudiment of a fifth sterile 
filament. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule silique-formed, 2- 
celled, having the dissepiment contrary to the valves. Seeds 
disposed in 2 rows, imbricate, winged, transverse.—Erect trees 
or shrubs, rarely scandent shrubs. Leaves opposite, simple, 
impari-pinnate or digitate. Flowers terminal, panicled, yellow 
or flesh-coloured. 
§ 1. Leaves simple. 
1 T. UNDULA`TA ; arboreous; leaves opposite, simple, linear- 
lanceolate, undulated ; racemes lateral; limb of calyx cut into 5 
emarginate segments ; follicles linear, a little compressed. 
h. S. Native of Hindostan. Bignónia undulata, Roxb. fl. 
ind. 3. p. 101.  Bignónia salicifdlia) Hamilt, herb. Bark 
scabrous. Branches drooping like the Weeping Willow. Leaves 
clothed with minute, micaceous scales. Racemes 2-3 inches 
long, 5-6-flowered. Flowers very large, erect, orange-coloured. 
Segments or teeth of calyx often emarginate. Corolla with an 
obliquely campanulate tube, and a 4-parted limb; the upper 
division large, and divided into 2 rounded lobes; the under 3 
equal, with rounded, curled edges. Pods curved. Seed with a 
very thin membranous margin all round ; dissepiment contrary. 
Undulated-flowered Tecoma. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 
2 T. sPLE'NDIDA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 834.) shrub erect; 
leaves crowded, linear, acute, fleshy, glabrous; flowers subra- 
cemose, terminal; anthers exserted, woolly. b. S. Native of 
Brazil. Esterhàzia spléndida, Mikan. 
Splendid Tecoma, Fl.? Clt. 1820. Shrub erect. 
