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Tecoma—continued. 
and air during the period of growth. The stove species 
may be grown in heat all the summer, and ripened by 
being kept cooler in autumn. ‘Those succeeding in a 
greenhouse may have plenty of light and air through the 
-summer. T. radicans, when planted out of doors, should 
be trained to a wall with a south aspect. Propagation 
is effected by root-cuttings, by cuttings of the young or 
partially-ripened shoots, or by layering. A selection of 
the best-known species is given below. Several others, 
formerly included here, will be found under Tabebuia. 
T. australis (Southern).* Wonga-Wonga Vine. Jl. in loose, ter- 
minal panicles; corolla yellowish-white, tinged inside with 
purple or red, the tube jin. to Zin. Jong, the lobes broad, not 
one-third as long as the tube. June. Z, leaflets usually five to 
nine, ovate-oblong to almost linear, entire or here and there 
coarsely crenate, variable, lin. to 3in. long. Australia, 1793. A 
tall, woody, half-hardy climber. (B. 8.) SYNS. T. diversifolia, 
Bignonia Pandorea (A. B. R. 86; B. M. 865). 
T. austro-caledonica (South Caledonian). f. small; cymes 
opposite, compound; panicles terminal. Summer. l. impari- 
pinnate, two or three-jugate, the upper ones trifoliolate; leaflets 
very broadly elliptic, obtuse, with two to four teeth below the 
acumen, sometimes nearly round. New Caledonia, 1870. A 
graceful climber. 
T. ca Sis (Cape).* #1. clustered, in pedunculate racemes ; 
corolla orange-scarlet, 2in. long, incurved ; stamens exserted. 
August. ¿. imparipinnate, four-jugate ; leaflets ovate, serrated. 
h. 15ft. Cape of Good Hope, 1823. A half-hardy, glabrous 
climber. (B. R. 1117; L. B. C. 1672.) 
T. chrysantha (golden-flowered). 
chrysantha. 
T. diversifolia (variable-leaved). A synonym of T. australis. 
T., filicifolium (Fern-leaved).* 1. opposite, imparipinnate, 5in. 
long, including the petioles, bearing considerable. resemblance 
to the fronds of some of the small, slender, pinnate Ferns ; 
leaflets nine to twelve pairs, small, ovate, deeply cut into two 
or three lobes on each side, the larger lobes being sometimes also 
toothed. Stem slight, woody. Fiji Islands, 1874. A very 
be nt, aove climber. Syn. Campsidium filicifolium (F. & P. 
» P. . 
A synonym of Tabebuia 
Fig. 11. FLOWERING BRANCH OF TECOMA RADICANS. 
Tecoma—continued. 
T, fulva (fulvous), jl. on bibracteate pedicels, seven to nine in a 
raceme ; corolla fulvous outside, yellow within, l}in. long. July. 
l scattered, lt ys ae ap multijugate; leaflets cuneate-ovate, 
sub-sessile, serrated at apex, villous when young, afterwards 
pubon petioles articulated. Branches terete, glabrous. 
h: Jit. ne 1855. An erect, stove shrub. (B. M. 4896; 
T. grandiflora (large-flowered),* 7. in a terminal panicle; corolla 
scarlet, shorter and broader than that of T, radicans, the tube 
scarcely longer than the calyx; pedicels droo ing, biglandular 
July. J. imparipinnate; leaflets three to five-jugate, ovate 
acuminate, with tooth-like serratures, A. 30ft. Ja an 
China, 1800. A glabrous, greenhouse climber. SYN. prea 
grandiflora (A. B. R. 493; B. M. 1398; F. d. S. 1124-26), 
T. jasminioides (Jasmine-like).* /l. in compact, terminal, corym- 
bose panicles ; corolla white, streaked with red in the throat, the 
tube above lin. long, the very broad lobes more than din. long. 
August, l., leaflets usually five or seven, ovate and acuminate 
or ovate-lanceolate, lin. to 2in. long, all entire. h. 20ft. Aus- 
tralia. A glabrous, greenhouse climber. (B. M. 4004; B. R. 
2002 ; P. M. B, vi, 199.) 
T. mirabilis (wonderful). 
diviana, 
T. mollis (soft). f. in a terminal panicle; corolla yellow or 
reddish. July. J. imparipinnate; leaflets aripa an (in some 
forms, the upper leaves only one or two-jugate), oblong, acumi- 
nate, nearly entire, slightly serrated at apex, velvety on both 
sides. Branches compressed-terete. h. 6ft. Mexico, Colombia, 
Peru, and Chili, 1824. A softly pub t-t tose, erect, 
greenhouse shrub. 
T., radicans (rooting).* Common Trumpet Flower. fl, in terminal 
corymbs ; corolla scarlet-red, 2in. to Sin. long, the tube thrice as 
long as the calyx. Summer. fr. stipitate, 54in. long. l impari- 
pinnate ; leaflets four or five-jugate, ovate, acuminate, dentate- 
serrate, puberulous at the sides of the nerves beneath. 
h. 25ft. North America, 1640. A hardy shrub, climbing by 
aérial rootlets. See Fig. 11. Syn. Bignonia radicans (B. M. 
. The variety minor has narrower flowers of a beautiful 
scarlet colour. 
T., roszefolia (Rose-leaved). . in terminal, sub-spicate racemes ; 
corolla yellow, glabrous, funnel-shaped. July. J. imparipinnate ; 
leaflets’ bijugate, oblong, obtuse, serrated. Branches terete,” 
somewhat striated. h. 6ft. . South America, An erect, stove 
shrub. 
T. sambucifolia (Elder-leaved). fl. in a terminal panicle; corolla 
yellow, funnel-shaped. July. l. imparipinnate ; leaflets two or 
three-jugate, oblong, acuminate, serrated. Branches slightly - 
compressed. k. 6ft. Peru, 1824. A glabrous, erect, stove 
shrub. s 
A garden synonym of T. val 
T, serratifolia (serrate-leaved). A synonym of Tabebuia ser- 
ratifolia. 
T. spectabilis (showy). A synonym of Tabebuia spectabilis. 
T. stans (standing). Yellow Elder. fl. racemose or paniculate ; 
corolla yellow, ljin. long. Summer, l. imparipinnate ; leaflets 
five to eleven, lanceolate, acuminate, deeply serrated. Branches 
terete. h. 12ft. West Indies and Mexico to Peru, &c., 1730. An 
erect, glabrous, greenhouse shrub. (B. M. 3191.) 
T, s. apiifolia (Apium-leaved). l, leaflets deeply incised, 
nearly Pinnatifid. exico, Stove. SYN. D incisa (of 
gardens). ; 
, undulata (waved). f., corolla orange-coloured, ample, cam- 
pd or dh te few-flowered, terminating the irat branch- 
lets. Summer. l. petiolate, simple, linear-lanceolate, obtuse 
undulated, entire, often nearly alternate, bin. to Tin. long 
petioles nearly lin. long. India and Arabia. A tall, erect, 
glabrous, stove shrub. SYN. Bignonia undulata (S. E. B. 19). 
‘4 diviana (Valdivian). /l. four to nine in simple, terminal 
igh oni nie orange-coloured, villous within towards the 
base. Spring. l imparipinnate; leaflets nine to fifteen, ovate- 
oblong or elliptic, often mucronate, the margins toothed or 
nearly entire, pale beneath. Branches angular. Chili, 1870. 
A climbing, stove shrub. Syns. T. mirabilis (of gardens), 
Campsidium chilense (G. C. 1870, 1182). 
TECOPHILÆA (named after Tecophila, the daughter 
of Billotti, a botanist). Syns. Distrepta, Phyganthus, 
Peppigia. OBD. Hemodoracee. A small genus (two 
species) of greenhouse, bulbous plants, natives of Chili. 
Flowers on rather long pedicels; perianth shortly and 
narrowly tubular above the half-inferior ovary, the lobes 
much longer, obovate-oblong, flat, sub-equal; scape in- 
cluded at base within a sheath with the leaves, otherwise 
leafless, one or loosely few-flowered. Leaves radical, few 
or solitary, spreading, linear or lanceolate, the base in- 
cluded in a long, scarious sheath. T. cyaneo-crocea, 
the only species yet introduced, thrives in a compost of 
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