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BIGNONIA* Cherere. 



The Cherere Bignonia. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. BiGNO>riACE/E. 

 BIGNONIA. — Supra, vol. 3. fol. 249. 



B. Cherere ; foliis ternatis binatisque cirrhiferis glabriusculis, foliolis sub- 

 cordato-oblongis, racemis terminalibus axillaribusqiie subpaniculatis, 

 calycibus velutinis, corollis tomentosis, ramis angulatis. 

 B. Cherere. Aubl. Guian. vol. 3. p. 647. tab. 260. Lam, encycl. 1. 415. 

 B. heterophylla. Willd. sp. pi. 3. 298. Pers. syn. 2. 171. Spreng. syst. 

 2.831. 



Frutex alte scandens, ramis glabris angulatis. Foliola ternata v. binata, 

 foliolo altero in cirrhum rnutato, subcordata, oblonga, cuspidata, pellttcido- 

 punctata, suhfils petiolisque pilosiuscidis. Racemi in spontaned axillares, 

 in cultu terminales, nunc paniculati, multifiori, pedicellis pubescentibus ; 

 bractece deciduce. Calyx campanulatus, truncatus, velntinus, 5-dentatus. 

 Corolla 2| uncias longa, tomentosa, tnbo leviter arcnato, limbo b-partito, 

 laciniis oblongis, emarginutis, subcpqualibus. Stamina exserta ; filamenta 

 leviter pubescenfia ; antherse sagittattje, lobis divaricatis linearibiis, connectivo 

 mucronato. 



For this beautiful species we are indebted to the Right 

 Honourable the Earl of Grenville, from whose Conservatory 

 at Dropmore it was forwarded by Mr. William Baillie, the 

 Gardener, in July last. It is a native of French Guiana, 

 where it was discovered by Aublet. The natives of that 

 country manufacture the flexible shoots of it and B. in- 

 carnata into baskets and broad-brimmed hats, which act as 

 umbrellas, keeping off both the sun and the rain ; they 

 also use the shoots as cord. 



* In memory of the Abbe Jean Paul Bignon, the librarian of the King 

 of France, born in 1G62, died in 1743; the friend of Tournefort, who 

 dedicated this genus to him. Cherere (pronounced kerere) is the name 

 given to the plants by the natives of French Guiana. 



