BIGNONIACEZ. XV. CarosANTHES. 
1 P. Onrwocr'ssz (Humb. et Bonpl. pl. equin. 2. p. 81. t. 
104.) b. S. Native on the banks of the Orinoco, near 
Atures. Sickíngia Orinocénsis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 622. A 
tree, with a dense head. Bark thin, smoothish; wood white. 
Branchlets clothed with rusty tomentum at top. Leaves petio- 
late, obovate-oblong, obtuse, 5-6 inches long, white beneath, 
and clothed with rusty down on the nerves and veins. Petioles 
pilose. Branches of panicle dichotomous. 
Orinoco Platycarpum. Tree 25 to 40 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Jacaranda, p. 226. 
XV. CALOSA'NTHES (from xaXoc, calos, beautiful; and 
avoc, anthos, a flower ; in reference to the beauty of the flowers.) 
Bignónia species of Roxb. Blum. bijdr. 760. 
Liw. syst. — Pentándria, Monogijnia. Calyx entire, coria- 
ceous, tubular, campanulate. Corolla with a short tube, a 
campanulate throat, and a bilabiate border; upper lip 2-cleft ; 
under lip 3-cleft; segments wrinkled. Stamens 5, all antheri- 
ferous; the exterior pair the longest, bending in under the 
upper lip, very woolly at the base; anthers double, each part 
oblong, bursting on the under side. Hypogynous disk, a some- 
what pentagonal, fleshy body. Style length of stamens, hollow 
its whole length, having a funnel-shaped mouth, opening be- 
tween the membranous, orbicular lobes of the stigma. Capsule 
silique-formed, large, compressed transversely, a little curved, 
having the convexity upwards; dissepiment contrary to the 
valves?. Seeds numerous, surrounded by a delicate, semi-cir- 
cular, membranous wing.—4A large tree, with opposite, supra- 
decompound leaves ; and terminal, secund racemes of flowers. 
1 C.Ixnica (Blum. bijdr. 761.) hp. S. Native of the coast 
of Coromandel and Malabar, in forests, among the mountains ; 
and of Java, where it is called Pompuran. Bignonia Indica, 
Lin. Willd. spec. 3. p. 306.  Roxb. fl. ind. 3. p. 110. 
Bignónia pentándra, Lour. coch. 460.  Spathódea Indica, 
Pers. ench. 1. p. 173.  Palego-Pajoneli, Rheed. mal. 1. 
t. 43 and 44. Shyonaka and Mundooka-puna, are two of its 
Sanscrit names ; Shyona is its Hindostanee name; Vanga 
marum is the Tamul name; and Pampena, the Telinga name. 
Treelarge. Leaves opposite, decussate, 4-5 feetlong. Leaflets 
obliquely cordate, smooth, pointed. Peduncles and pedicels 
scabrous. Racemes terminal, secund, erect, stiff; lower two 
thirds naked and scabrous, somewhat quadrangular; upper 
third part imbricated on one side by very large, fleshy, dark red 
flowers; with scarcely any bracteas. Capsule long, linear. 
Indian Calosanthes. Fl.? Clt. 1775. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Jacaránda, p. 226. 
XVI. MILLINGTO'NIA (named in honour of Thomas 
Millington, an English botanist, who has written on vegetable 
physiology.) Lin. suppl. 291. Juss. gen. 138. Willd. spec. 
3. p. 382.  Bignónia suberósa, Roxb. 
Lin. syst.  Didynàmia, Angiospérma. Calyx small, slightly 
5-parted ; with nearly equal divisions. Corolla funnel-shaped ; 
tube from 2 to 3 inches long, slender and cylindrical; limb 4- 
parted; the upper division broadest, and nearly half 2-cleft. 
Stamens 4, didynamous, exserted, without any rudiment of a 
sterile filament; anthers spurred. Ovarium oblong. Style as 
long as the corolla; stigma bilamellate. Capsule slender, 
linear, pretty smooth, 2-celled, thin, pointed, about a foot 
long, and 3 inches broad, and one line thick; dissepiment pa- 
rallel with the valves. Seeds numerous, round, surrounded by 
a remarkably fine pellucid membrane. Embryo with 2 emargi- 
nate, reniform cotyledons.—A large tree. Bark deeply cracked, 
and spongy. Leaves opposite, supra-decompound ; leaflets 
XVI. Mirunetonra. XVII. Arcyria. 229 
subcordate, entire. Panicles terminal. Wood white, firm, and 
close-grained. 
1 M. worte’nsis (Lin. suppl. 291. Willd. spec. 3. p. 382.) 
5.S. Native of the East Indies, but in what particular place 
is unknown.  Bignónia suberósa, Roxb. fl. ind. 3. p. 111. Leaves 
about 2 feet long. Leaflets acuminated, 1-3 inches long. 
Panicle cross-armed; ramifications horizontal, the first trichoto- 
mous, then dichotomous, with generally a simple flower in the 
fork. Bracteas minute. Flowers numerous, large, pure white, 
delightfully fragrant. 
Garden Millingtonia.  Fl.? Clt. 1820. Tree 50 to 60 
feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Jacaránda, p. 226. 
XVII. ARGY'LIA (this beautiful genus is dedicated to the 
memory of Archibald, Duke of Argyle, a nobleman distinguished 
for his patriotic virtues, and love of science, and more especially 
of botany. His fine garden at Whitton Park, in Middlesex, 
was justly celebrated towards the middle of the last century. 
It contained a very extensive collection of plants, particularly 
of ornamental and useful American trees, many of which he him- 
self first introduced to this country.) D. Don, in edinb. phil. 
journ. 1823, and 1829, July. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Angiospérma. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla with a tubular base, and a ventricose throat ; limb nearly 
equal, 5-lobed, imbricate in estivation. Stamens 4, didyna- 
mous, that is, 2 long, and 2 short, without any rudiment of a 
sterile one. Anthers beardless, 2-parted; lobes obtuse, divari- 
cate, distinct at apex, dehiscing by alongitudinal chink. Stigma 
bilamellate, pruinose. Capsule silique-formed, 2-celled, 2- 
valved, many-seeded, torulose; valves crustaceous, navicular. 
Seeds transverse, wingless, reniform, 2-lobed at apex, with 
an obtuse margin, concave and striated on one side, and 
convex and tubercled on the other; outer testa coriaceous. 
Embryo conforming to the cavity of the seed.—Perennial, 
green herbs. Roots thick, divided, fleshy, fusiform. Stems 
erect, terete, branched, viscid, downy, fleshy. Leaves alternate, 
remote, peltately digitate, petiolate; leaflets deeply bi-tripin- 
natifid, unequal, disposed in a circle, minutely downy and viscid. 
Peduncle a continuation of the stem, fleshy. Flowers terminal, 
racemose, numerous; pedicels short, alternate, each furnished 
with a bractea at the base.  Corollas large, yellow, size of 
those of Catálpa syringefolia, showy, marked with numerous 
red dots in the throat. 
1 A. cane'scens (D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 1829. July.) 
clothed with hoary down; segments of the leaves linear, chan- 
nelled ; tube of corolla exceeding the calyx. 1. G. Native 
of Chili, about Coquimbo, Caldcleugh. The herb is more 
slender, the down more copious, short, and canescent, than in 4. 
radiata; and the flowers are smaller, but also yellow. 
Canescent Argylia. PI. 1 foot. 
2 A. rapta‘ta (D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. no. 8. p. 260. 
1823. and July 1829.) glabrous; segments of the leaves flat, 
dilated at apex; tube of corolla twice longer than the calyx. 
uy. G. Native of Peru. Bignónia radiata, Lin. spec. 871. 
Willd. spec. 3. p. 301.—Feuill. per. 1. p. 731. t. 22. Corolla 
large, yellow, dotted with red in the throat. The plant, in the 
general description, is said to be clothed with minute viscid 
down. 
Ray-leaved Argylia. Pl. 1 foot. ; ; 
Cult. The species of Argilia are extremely splendid while 
in blossom. They will thrive best in a light rich soil, such asa 
mixture of loam, peat, and sand. Cuttings will strike root in 
sand, under a hand-glass, if kept free from damp. 
