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BIGNONiA picta. 

 Painted Bignonia. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 

 Nat. Ord. BiGNONIACE/E, 



BIGNONIA, Siqjra, vol. 3. foL 249. 



. J9. picta ; glabra, foliis simplicibus conjngatisque, foliolis oblongis et obovato- 

 oblongis acutis subundulatis, pedimciilis bifloris, calycis campaiiulati 

 dentibus setaceis, covollee lobis patentibus oblongis obtusis subundulatis 

 venis violaceis pictis. 



Frutex scandens, cirrhosus, gracilis. Folia 2-4 poll, longa, chartacea. 

 Corollae violacecE tid}iis fere hipollicaris, limbus eodemfere diametro. 



Probably a Buenos Ayrean plant, but of this there seems 

 no certainty. All we know about it is that it is a beautiful 

 climber, our drawing of which was made in the nursery of 

 Messrs. Rollissons, in March last. 



The large violet flowers, with deep rich purple veins, 

 have a fine appearance, while the slender habit renders the 

 plant particularly well suited for trellissing in a pot. For 

 such purposes indeed a large part of this beautiful genus is 

 perfectly adapted. People have no notion of the rich and 

 varied colours, or of the graceful forms that are to be had 

 among its many species, not to speak of the magnitude of 

 their flowers. All the tropics contain them, and the atten- 

 tion of travellers in those countries should be particularly 

 directed to sending home their seeds, which soon come up. 

 Of novelties among them there is no end. At this moment 

 there is a species before me from Melbury, Lord Ilchester's 

 seat in Dorsetshire, which is quite as handsome as this Big- 

 nonia picta, only in another way ; for it has numerous firm 

 cream-coloured spotless flowers, with an equally slender mode 



