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BlGNONlA VENUSTA* COMELY TrUiMPET* 



Flower. 



Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA AnGIOSPERMIA* 



Generic Character. 



Cat 5-fidus, cyathiformis. Cor. fauce campanulata, 5-fida, 

 subtus ventricosa. Siliqua bilocularis. Sem. membranaceo- 

 alata. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



fciGNONiA venusta ; scandens, foliis ternatis, cirrhis diphyllis, 

 foliolis ovatis acuminatis, pedunculis corymboso-race- 

 mosis terminalibus, calycibus integris denticulatis. 



Bignonia venusta, scandens; foliis glabris, inferioribus ter- 

 natis ecirrhosis, superioribus conjugatis cirrhosis, foliolis, 

 oblongo-ovatis acuminatis basi inaequilateri-obliquis, pe- 

 tiolis intus villosis ; calyce brevi cylindrico-rotato aequali 

 denticulis quinque teretibus villosis invicem distantibus, 

 pedunculis corymboso-plurifloris. Bot. Reg. 249. 



Big noma spectabilis. Vahl. Symb. 3. p. 80 ? 



Descr. Stem climbing, fluted. Leaves opposite, ternate : 

 leaflets ovate-acuminate, quite smooth. Towards the extre- 

 mities of the branches the terminal leaflet is converted into a 

 tendril, either simple or branched at the end. Floicers in 

 terminal corymbose racemes, mostly drooping, lower pedi- 

 cles opposite. Calyx very small in proportion to the flower, 

 cup-shaped, entire at the margin, except five, small, villous, 

 rounded teeth. Corolla tubular : tube two or three inches 

 long, dilated and curved upwards : limb bilabiate, upper lip 

 kind, lozcer lip 3-cleft : latin ia; oblong, obtuse, with a villous 



margin. 



