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BIGNONIA GRANDIFOLIA. GIGANTIC-LEAVED 
'TRUMPET-FLOWER. 
KKK KKK KEKE EERE ERE EE 
Class and Order. 
DipynAmiA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Bienontcez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. campanulatus, integerrimus, repandus vel subden- 
tatus. Cor. campanulata, limbo bilabiato, 5-lobo. Fila- 
mentum 5 sterile. Stigma bilamellatum. Capsula silique- 
formis, bilocularis, dissepimento valvis parallelo. Semina 
transversa, biseriata, membranaceo-alata. Spreng. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Bienonta grandifolia ; foliis conjugatis cirrhosis, foliolis 
oblongis ovalibusve undulatis glaberrimis utrinque 
acutis, racemo terminali, pedicellis bi-bracteolatis - 
unifloris vel trifloris, pedunculis petiolis ramulisque 
punctato-scabris. 
Bienonta grandiflora. “ Jacq. Hort. Schoen. v. 3. p. 19. 
t. 287.” Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 3. p. 296. Bot. Reg. t. 
418. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 830. 
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Descr. Stems climbing toa very great height, branched ; 
ranches rounded; glabrous, brownish, the younger ones 
green, rough with small warts or oblong raised points. 
aves opposite, conjugate, stalked, as are the leaflets, main 
petioles rough like the stem, and bearing long, simple ten- 
rils at the extremity between the petioles of the leaflets. 
pape from six or eight inches to a foot or a foot and a 
alflong, oblong or oval, waved, acute at each extremity, 
Strongly nerved, quite entire and glabrous, glossy above 
and bright green, paler and with prominent veins beneath. 
Raceme 
