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Tecoma SrTans. ASH-LEAVED TEcomMa, — 
See eal sokestabe babe sbatesbstiae 
Class and Order. 
Dipynam1a ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.— Bienontacem. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-dentatus. Corolla subcampanulata, ore 5-lobo 
inequali. Stam. 4, didynama: filamento quiuto. sterili 
breviore. Capsule dissepimentum contrarium. _ 
Fratices, raro arbores. Folia opposita tmpari-pinnata v. 
digitata. Flores paniculati. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Trcoma* Stans ; fruticosa, follis pinnatis glabris, foliolis 
lanceolatis acuminatis profunde serratis, racemis ter- 
minalibus. } 
Tecoma Stans. Juss.—Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 834. 
Bicnonra Stans. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 871. Willd. Sp. Pl. ». 
3. p. 302. 
Bicnonia fruticosa, &c. Browne, Jam. p. 264. 
Arbor, flore luteo, fraxini folio. Plum. Ic. t. 54. 
Apocyno affinis, &c. Sloane, Jam. v. 2. p. 63. 
an 
Descr. A shrub, growing, according to authors, in its 
Native country, to a height of eight or ten feet. Leaves 
opposite, stalked, pinnated with about three pairs of oppo- 
site, lanceolate, acuminated, deeply serrated, veiny, sessile, 
Slabrous leaflets, dark-green above, paler beneath. Ra- 
cemes of few flowers, terminal. Flowers large, handsome, 
golden-yellow, faintly striated. Calyx small, campanulate, 
ve-toothed. Corolla rather infundibuliform than cam- 
: panulate ; 
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—enaeneenen 
* From Tecomawochitl, the Mexican name of one of the species. 
