448 BIG.NONIACE.ffi. 



t. 176— Bignonia, L. T. samlmcifolia, Klh.—4'-8' high, variable in the breadth of the 

 leaflets ; corolla 2"-]£", capsule 8"-4" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., common on rocky 

 or gravelly soil ; S. Kitts !, Els., Antigua !, Wullschl., Domiuica !, Imr. ; Trinidad !, Or., 

 Sch. ; [Cuba! and Mexico! to Tucuman !]. 



T. capensis, Lindl., (a climber, with exserted stamens) is cultivated or naturalized in S. 

 Kitts ! 



6. BIGNONIA, L. 



Calyx campanulate, usually closed in the bud. Corolla campanulate or infundibular : 

 lobes 5, often unequal. Stamens didyqamous : anther-cells diverging. Ovary 2-celled : 

 stigma 2-lamellate. Capsule siliqniform, flat-compressed, marginicide: seeds winged at 

 hoth sides, uniserial along the border of the flat, placentary dissepiment, parallel to it. — 

 Shrubby climbers ; leaves opposite, 2-foliolale, with a terminal tendril, or 2>-\-foliolate. 



* Calyx closed in the bud, at length truncate or denticulate; inflorescence terminal. 



15. B. sequinoctialis, L. Glabrous; branchlets angular, usually tetragonal, or at 

 length angular-subterete ; leaflets 2 (-3), ovate-oblong or ovate, acuminate or pointleted, 

 entire ; flovjers \ arge, rosy witli stripes, corymbose; calyx truncate; corolla campauulate 

 above the base, rou.gkish ; anther-cells oblong, straightish ; capsule long, broadly linear, 

 blunt at the margin : valves slightly keeled ; seeds broadly rounded at the extremity : wings 

 opaque, nearly as broad as the middle part. — Desc. Ft. 2. t. 100. — B. spectabilis, V. B. 

 sarmeutosa, Bertol — Leaflets 6"-3", corolla 2"-3", capsule 18"-12" long; seeds (the wings 

 included) \\" broad, 10"' long.— Hab. Domiuica !, Imr. ; [Portorico ! and Mexico ! to 

 Guiana! and equat. Brazil !]. 



16. E. laurifolia, V. Branchlets puberulous or glabrescent, cylindrical ; leaflets 2, 

 elliptical or elliptical-oblong, bluntish, glabrous, reticulated-veiny, entire ; flowers rosy, 

 paniculate ; calyx truncate or repand ; corolla campanulate, tomentose ; anther-cells shortly 

 oblong, blunt, straightish.— B. Sinclairii, Benth. /—Leaflets 3"-6", corolla l"-2" long.— 

 Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh. ; [Guadeloupe!; Panama !, Ecuador !, Venezuela !, Guiana!]. 



17. B. mollis, V. Branchlets tomentose or glabrescent, cylindrical; leaflets % (-2), 

 ovate or ovate-oblong, pointed, velvety, at length puberulous above, tomentose and veiny 

 beneath, repand-entire ; flowers paniculate ; " calyx minutely 5-dentate ; corolla pubescent ; 

 capsule linear •. valves flat, keeled with a filiform midrib ; seeds subtruucate-oblong : wings 

 pellucid, half as broad as the middle part. — Vahl, Ic. 1. 10. — Flowers precocious, purple (Cr.), 

 about 1" long (Duchass.) ; leaflets 5*'-H", capsule 10"-2''' long ; seeds (the wings included) 

 l"-li" broad, 4'" long— Hab. Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Panama!, Venezuela!, Guiana]. 



** Calyx-lobes unequal : inflorescence axillary. 



18. B. Martini, DC. Glabrous; branchlets cylindrical; leaflets 2, ovate, subcordate 

 at the complicated base, pointleted, entire ; racemes axillary, few -flowered ; pedicels nodding, 

 as long as the calyx; calyx obcoaical, 3(-5)-lobed; corolla campanulate above the slender 

 base, glabrous ; anther-cells ovoid-oblong ; capsule long, linear : valves flat, sharply keeled ; 

 seeds oblong : wings pellucid above, twice to thrice as broad as the roundish middle part. 

 — Leaflets 4"-3" long : tendril formed by the abortion either of the terminal or a lateral 

 leaflet ; calyx 5"'-7"'j corolla 2", capsule 18" long, the latter 8'" broad ; seeds (the wings 

 included) 20"'-18'" broad, 7"'-6'" long.— Hab. Trinidad!, Cr.; [Guiana!]. 



19. B. unguis, L. Glabrous ; branchlets angular, at length cylindrical ; leaves stipu- 

 late : leaflets 2, shining, elliptical or elliptical-lanceolate, creuulate-subentire ; fascicles 

 2(4-l)-flowered, precocious, at length axillary ; calyx broadly campanulate, loose, obliquely 

 h-cretiate: crenatures broad; corolla yellow, glabrous: tube subcyliudrical ; anther-cells 

 oblong, incurved; capsule long, narrowly linear, blunt at the border, slightly keeled ; seeds 

 linear-oblong : wings pellucid at the extremity, much broader than the middle part. — Desc. 

 Fl. 3. I. 199.— B. requiuoctialis, Sieb. Mart. 164! — Tendrils often 3-fid, leaflets variable; 

 calyx 6"'-8'", corolla H"-3", capsule I8"-12" long, the latter 4'" broad; seeds (the wings 

 included) 15"'-12'" broad, 2"' long.— Hab. Antigua!, Nichols., Wullschl., Dominica!, 

 Imr. ; [Cuba! to Trench islands !]. 



20. B. rufinervis, Ilofmanns. Glabrous ; branchlets cylindrical ; leaflets 2-3, oval, 



