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Bignonia—continued. - = a p 
_ every morning, and water incsingly. If well managed, 
` they will root in about two months, and should then have 
the glasses left off every night for" a week; they should 
then be transferred to small pots in the ¢ompost above 
described, passing it through a coarse sieve, to extract the 
stonés and rough pieces of soil. Af otting, the plants 
should be kept close for a short time, till they are able to 
bear full exposure to the light. In a year’s time, they 
will be large enough to plant out in their permanent 
quarters. Bignonias may also be increased by layering. 
B. zequinoxialis (equinoxial); 71. yellow ; egg two-flowered, 
terminal ones racemose. June to October. l. glabrous, conju- 
te; leaflets oblong-lanceolate. Tendrils simple, axillary. 
ayenne, 1768. 
B. æ. Chamberlaynii (Chamberlayn’s).* jJl., corolla yellow, funnel- 
shaped ; segments obtuse; racemes axillary, six to eight-flowered. 
April to October, l, leaflets ovate, acuminated, glabrous, shining 
above. Tendrils strong, simple. Brazil, 1820. (B. R. 74 41.) 
B. æsculifolia (Chestnut-leaved). A synonym a Tabebiua 
Pie ce benm 
apurensis (Apuran). fl. pedicellate, 2in. long; corolla yellow, 
ried shaped with roundish, spreading, nearly e ual lobes ; 
ikes terminal, sessile, p et leaflets elliptic-ob ong, short- 
N anatod, acutish at the base. Shady banks of the river 
Apures, near El Diamante, 1824. 
Mie 
B. argyreo-violascens (silvery-violet). J. white-yeined, in a 
young state violet. South America, 1 2. (F.M. 1 
B. aurantiaca (orange). fl. orange-coloured. South peo 1874. 
B. capreolata (tendrilled).* fl., corolla orange; peduncles 
Pra: one-flowered, crowded. April eink i BF ee: u TEN 
leaflets cordate oblong ; ; lower ones simple. Tendrils s 
Pi, phe America, 1710. Hardy in south of England. (B. M. eh) 
c. atro-sanguinea me UEAN red- le. S 
ba tate States. (B. Mt Geol ee PER rane nea 
B. Cherere (Chirere),* fl, Pe orange, 2in. long; cymes 
axillary. June to November. l., lower Wiss ‘ternate, upper ones 
pom Sage cirrhose ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, sometimes sub- 
corda’ oR iso) "Guiana oi woods and on the banks of rivers), 
1824. (B. R. 1 
B. Chica keii A ooi funnel-shaped, violaceous ; limb with 
nearly equal, rounded segments; panicles epee tE ndulous. 
E T to 10in. ara À — bipinnate ; ioetots conjuga , elliptic- 
acumina: e cor , gla I: 
Danks crete Ortan te sane y e, glabrous. ndrils simple. 
B. chrysantha (yellow-flowered). 
pom 2in. long. May. l, 1 
bed on pedicels in. 
jl. terminal, crowded ; corolla 
eaflets five, ovate, acuminated, 
long. h. 12ft. to 26ft. Caraccas, 
“an ,ehrysolewca (yellowish-white). fo, Bay ck ellow, with a 
Fones Jnly. compat Teas Sin: to` ta Gh the in ong dn en, 
Ten undivided. of the River 
B; bes ly equal, 
n near! 
l. Tin. to Bin. long, ly 
Zin. long, lin. broad, ovate, narrowed at 
the base, glabrous. Branches quadrangular, 
diversifolia (diverse-leaved). Jl., corolla yellow, jpm ulately 
funnel-shaped ; panicles terminal. J. conjugate and simple; 
leaflets roundish-ovate, acuminated, sub-cordate, gatos i 
ing. Tendrils undivided. Branches quadrangular, striated. 
Mexico, 1825. 
floribunda (many-flowered).* fi., corolla purplish, funnel- 
shaped, eight lines long; panicles axillary, powdery, witho posite 
es and dichotomous branchlets. l conjugate; leaflets 
in. Boe, c one elliptic, acuminated, acute at the base, glabrous, 
undivided. Branches beset with white warts 
a B. ta fine Te ny Mexico, 1824. 
lactiflora (milk-flowered). jl., corolla milk white, liin. long, 
_ Yillously Bones, on the outside ; ; racemes twin, with a petio- 
late bract at i the base of each pedicel. Apriland July. l. conju- 
> i eS 2in. long, cordate, ovate, glabrous. Branches 
B. TE trifid’ Santa Cruz, 1823. 
B. Lescol white onde). A synonym of Tabebiua leucozyla. 
side rales, (shore J, corolla funnel-shaped, red, downy out- 
l. ternate; leaft » dichotomously branched. May to July. 
hair on both ets ro undish-ovate, acuminated, clothed with soft 
hairy. Mexico, 1824. Branches terete, glabrous; branchlets 
kA 
k crenately* ciliated. July. 
“Bignonia—continued. : z 
= mor (soft). small, downy ; panicle terminal terminal, many-flowered. 
ine D dows Sin. long, ovate, sub- pi downy on both 
s. Cayenne, 1818, 
B. mollissima (very soft). a corollas somewhat funnel-shaped, 
A downy inside ; panicles axilla lary otomously branched, downy. 
7 leaflets 24i broad, os ovate, 
l. conjugate and simple ; in. long, lin. broa 
acute, cordate, clothed with soft hairs above. 
pallida (pale).*. ji. axillary, usually soli ; corolla ag long, 
funnel-shaped, with a yellow tube, and a pa e lilac limb ; ober 
l simple, opposita: oblong, obtuse, 
rather cordate at the base. 
(B. R. 965.) å 
B. ta (painted). A synonym of B. speciosa. į pe 
B. ; (rooting). See Tecoma radicans, ws ah 
B. reticulata (netted). Columbia, 1873.4." | os ose 
Be (Roezl’s). Columbia, 1870, — "ie 
three to six-flowered, downy. Summer. s conjugate ; 
lanceolate, Sin. long, acute at both ends, quite glabrous, : shining, 
Branches terete, sulcate. Trinidad, 1824. : 
B. speciosa (beautiful).* fi. pink, T amko andr cal; vine 
aceous, split on one side; panicl i, pinnate, 
ternate and verticillate ; "leaflets oblong-lanceola , acumina te, 
shining, serra; h. 4ft. Uru , 1840. A glabrous evergreen 
shrub. Syn. B. picta. (B. M. i 
B. bilis (showy). fl., corolla 3in. long, coriaceous, 
glabrous, a racemes terminal, short, havin e two lower 
edicels three-flowered, and the rest one-fi L aiea. 
eaflets ovate-oblong, acuminated, obtuse. A 
B. Tw eedie’s). fl. yellow; nt glabrous, limb 
oe a five pve partd, ci ted ; segments emar; uncles one- 
flowered. Summer. l conjugate ; leaflets la: acuminate ; 
petioles downy. Buenos Ayres, 1838. (B. R. "26, 
B: variabilis (variable).* fl., corolla 3in. lo , with a greenish- 
yellow tube ; limb ultimately white ; racemes simple, short, many- 
flowered, terminal. June to August. l, lower ones biternate ; 
superior ones conjugate ; divisions ternate. Branches tetragonal. 
Tendrils trifid. Caraccas; 1819. 
B. venusta (lovely). fl., corolla crimson, clavately m nial -sha 
with a spreading n Ba villous instile 3 ped, 
many-flowered. August to December. l., ower ones ae 
superior ones conjugate; leaflets oblong-ovate, ted 
oblique at the babe. razil, 1816. R. 249.) 
BIGNONIACEZ. A large order of trees, or twining 
or climbing shrubby plants. Flowers usually trumpet- 
shaped; corolla usually irregular, four or five-lobed, and 
with a swollen portion below its mouth; stamens five, 
unequal. Fruit, a two-valved, often pod-like copenle. 1 Leaves 
usually opposite, compound. The best - known 
Bignonia, Catalpa, Eccremocarpus, Jacaranda, 
- BIJUGATE. A compound leaf, with two. 
leaflets. 
BILABIATE. Having two Bipe. n 
BILBERRY. See Vaccinium Myrtillus, 
BILIMBI TREE. See Averrhoa Bilimbi. > 
BILL. A cutting i , curved forward, or hook- 
shaped toward the point, an with a handle, like a 
hatchet. It is used for p n &e. -When short, it is 
called a Hand-bill; + bg har a Hedge-bill, or Hedge- 
hook. 
(in honour of Jacques Julien Labil- 
celebrated French botanist and traveller). 
Apple B Orv. Pittosporacee. Very desirable green- 
house evergreen climbers. Peduncles solitary from e, 
apex of the branches, one-flowered, pendulous; calyx 
five subulate sepals; petals five, combined into a tub 
below, generally yellow; stamens five. Fruit edible. ; 
Leaves alternate. They thrive either in pots or planted 
out in a compost of fibrous loam, leaf soil, aye peat, in 
lardiere, 
in agente heat, root sah 
from seed, w several of the : . 
dance. "A 
B. angnatifenid ¢ ( I 
B. orig-fio 
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. longiflora (l 
iene Ta solitary ; 
Branches terete. St. Vincent, 1823," 
B: salicifolia (Willow-leaved). , corolla funnel-shap sin. 
long, copper-coleured, with a w ite limb; peduncles ae 
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