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§ 2. Leaves digitate. 
8 T. pieita‘ta (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 142. 
arboreous ; branches terete, glabrous ; leaves digitate ; leaflets 
obovate-oblong, quite entire, acute, glabrous. h.S. Native 
of New Andalusia, near Santa Cruz. Bark white. Leaflets 7 
on each leaf, middle leaflet the largest. Capsule terete. Perhaps 
belonging to a distinct genus. 
Digitate-leaved Tecoma. Clt. 1818. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 
4 T. PENTAPHY'LLA (Juss. gen. 139.) arboreous; leaves digi- 
tate, quinate; leaflets obovate-lanceolate, quite entire, acute. 
h.S. Native of the West Indies and Brazil, if Guari-pariba, 
Marcgr. bras. 108. t. 118. Bignónia pentaphylla, Lin. spec. p. 
870. hort. cliff. 497. Schlecht, in Linnea, 6. p. 734. Swartz, 
obs. 233. Flowers 4-5 together, at the ends of the branches, 
pale blue, sweet scented. Corolla 2 inches long. Leaves pale 
green, whitish beneath, beset with minute glabrous dots, as 
well as the calyxes and pedicels. Leaflets on longish petioles. 
Calyx bilabiate: upper lip subtridentate, a little longer than 
the lower one, which is entire or bifid. Capsule 4-5 lines long, 
and 3 lines broad. 
Five-leaved Tecoma. Tree 25 feet. 
5 T. sERRATIFÜLIA ; arboreous ; leaves digitate ; leaflets 4-5, 
ovate, attenuated, serrated, glabrous ; pedicels terminal, crowded, 
l-füowered ; calyx bilabiate. h. S. Native of Trinidad, 
where it is called Pony by the Spaniards. — Bignónia serratifolia, 
Vahl. eclog. 2. p. 46. Lateral leaflets smaller than the middle 
ones, all unequally serrated from the middle. Peduncles clothed 
with farinaceous tomentum, sometimes 2-flowered. ^ Corolla 
yellow, 3 inches long. 
Serrated-leaved Tecoma. Clt. 1822. 
§ 3. Erect trees and shrubs, with impari-pinnate leaves. 
6 T. AzarExróLrA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
142.) arboreous ; branches quadrangular, glabrous ; leaflets 
3-4 pair, oblong, obtuse, serrated, glabrous; panicles simple, 
terminal. h. S. Native of the eastern declivities of the 
Andes of Peru, near Sondorilla, on the banks of the river 
Guancabamba, where it is called Fresno by the natives. 
Branches brown. Leaves 3 inches long; leaflets small. Pani- 
cles composed of simple racemes. Flowers flesh-coloured. 
Capsule compressed, 4 inches long. 
Azalea-leaved Tecoma. ‘Tree 10 to 15 feet. 
7 T. rosæròLa (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 143.) arboreous? ; 
branches terete, striated a little, glabrous; leaflets usually 2 
pair, oblong, obtuse, serrated, glabrous ; racemes terminal, 
simple. L.S. Native of Quito, near Chillo. Leaves usually 
impari-pinnate, rarely ternate or simple. Leaflets 1 inch long. 
Corollas yellow. Capsule as in the preceding species. 
Rose-leaved Tecoma. Tree.? 
8 T. sampucirouia (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 143.) arboreous ; 
branches a little compressed, glabrous ; leaves usually 2-3 pair, 
oblong, acuminated, serrated, glabrous; panicles terminal, 
simple. h.S. Native of the Andes of Peru, near Montan. 
Leaves usually impari-pinnate, intermixed also with ternate and 
simple ones. Leaflets 1$ inch long. Panicle composed of simple 
racemes. Flowers yellow. Capsule 4 inches long, warted. 
Elder-leaved Tecoma. Clt. 1824. Tree 10 feet. 
9 T. sta’ns (Juss. gen. 139.) arboreous ; branches somewhat 
tetragonal, glabrous; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, ser- 
rated, glabrous; racemes terminal, simple. h.S. Native of 
various parts of South America, and the West Indies, Mexico, 
&c. Hook. bot. mag. 3191. Bigndnia stans, Lin. spec. 871.— 
Plum. spec. 5. icon. 54.— Sloan, hist. 2. p. 63. Leaflets 4-5 pair. 
Terminal leaflets 3 inches long, the rest shorter. Flcwers yellow. 
Var. D, incisa; leaflets more deeply cut. h.S. Native of 
South America. Bignónia incisa, Colv. cat. Técoma incisa, 
Sweet, hort. brit. p. 182. 
Tree. 
BIGNONIACEZ. 
III. Tecoma. 
Standing Tecoma. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1730. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 
10 T. sorsiroria (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 144.) arboreous? ; 
branches tetragonal, glabrous; leaflets usually 2 pair, oblong, 
acuminated, serrated, clothed with white tomentum; panicles 
terminal, simple. V. S. Native near the town of Quito. 
Terminal leaflets about 4 inches long, lateral ones 3 inches long. 
Branches of panicle simple, downy. Flowers unknown, but 
probably yellow. Capsule narrowed, 7-8 inches long, warted. 
Service-leaved Tecoma. Clt.? Tree or shrub. 
11 T. wórris (H. B. et Kunth. l. c.) arboreous? ; branches 
compressedly tetragonal, downy ; leaflets 4 pairs, oblong, acu- 
minated, almost quite entire, clothed with soft down-like hairs, 
on both surfaces; panicles terminal, simple. |. S. Native of 
Mexico, near Guanaxuato. Terminalleaflets 3 inches long ; late- 
ralones 21. Branches of panicle simple, downy. Corollas yellow. 
Soft Tecoma. Clt. 1824. Tree or shrub. 
19 T.? Arrica‘na ; arboreous ; leaflets 2 pair, obovate, 
coarsely toothed, wrinkled; racemes terminal, simple, 6-7- 
flowered. h. S. Native of Senegal.  Bignónia Africana, 
Lam. dict. 1. p. 424. Leaves scabrous above, Terminal 
leaflet petiolate, lateral ones sessile. Calyx cup-shaped, une- 
qually 4-cleft. Corollas 2 inches long, 4-cleft. Perhaps a dis- 
tinct genus. 
African Tecoma. Tree tall. 
13 T. rv/LvaA ; arboreous; branches tetragonal; leaflets 
many pairs, cuneate, serrated, small, villous ; racemes axillary. 
h. S. Native of South America. Bigndnia fülva, Cav. icon. 
6. p. 58. t. 580. Stem of a fuscous-violaceous colour. Common 
petioles winged. Corollas yellowish. 
Fulvous-flowered Tecoma. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
14 T.svAvE'oOLENS; arboreous ; leaflets 3 pair, oval, serru- 
lated, glabrous; panicles terminal, thin; first divisions brachiate ; 
corolla woolly ; calyx villous, with a 4-cleft limb : upper 
division furnished with 2 minute points. b. S. Native of 
Bengal, and of the southern parts of the Coromandel coast. 
Bignónia suavéolens, Roxb. fl. ind. 3. p. 104. Bign. nocti- 
flora, Ham. herb. Bign. gratíssima, Kon. Bign. chelonoides, 
Kon. Patali is the Sanscrit name of the tree, see Asiat. res. p. 
291. Parul is the Bengalese name; and Paral is the Hindos- 
tanee name. Bark ash-coloured, rather scabrous. Leaflets ending 
in narrow, bluntish points ; the outer ones the largest, 6 inches 
long, and 3-4 broad. Panicle composed of a few spreading 
branches; the first and second series thereof opposite; the 
upper ones dichotomous, with a solitary, pedicellate flower in 
each fork; all are thickly beset with glandular, viscid hairs. 
Flowers large, of a dark, dull crimson colour, exquisitely fra- 
grant. Corolla with an ample woolly throat, convex beneath, 
flat, and plaited above; the upper division of the border shortest ; 
having the margins of all curled. Ovarium oblong-clavate, on a 
glandular receptacle. 
Sweet-scented-flowered Tecoma. Tree. 
§ 4. Climbing shrubs ; with impari-pinnate leaves. 
15 T. AusrnA'ris (R. Br. prod. p- 471.) scandent, glabrous ; 
leaflets 5, elliptic, glabrous in the adult state, entire ; panicle 
terminal; capsule oblong. h. G. Native of New Holland, 
within the tropic, and of New South Wales. Bignónia Pandórea, 
Vent. malm. t. 43. Andr. bot. rep. t. 86. Sims. bot. mag. 865. 
Panicle composed of simple racemes ; also the racemes are often 
axillary. Flowers pale red, with a dark purple, bearded throat. 
Southern Tecoma. Fl. April, July. Cit. 1793. 
16 T. wEoNA'wTHA ; scandent, glabrous ; branches angular ; 
leaflets 9, lanceolate, subserrated, bluntish, mucronate, dotted 
beneath ; panicles terminal; corolla with a bearded throat. h. 
v G. Native of New Holland. Bignónia meonántha, Link. 
enum. 2. p. 130. Bign. pandórea minor, hort. ang]. Serratures 
of leaves few, bluntish. Corolla subventricose, 8 lines long, of 
