BiGNOMALES.] 



BIGNONIACE^. 



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Indians use it for painting their bodies red ; it is also an article of importance to dyers 

 in natiu'e it approaches the resins, but contains some peculiar properties • it gives ai 



orange red to cotton. The tough shoots of B. Cherere are woven into wicker-work, 

 decoction of the pods of Catalpa syrmgifolia is used in Italy as a remedy for catarrhal 

 dyspncea and coughs.— 6^<rcZ. Marj. xiii. 524. According to Ktempfer a nearly allied 

 species, or perhaps the same, found in Japan, has extremely bitter leaves and bark, and 

 a decoction of the pods is employed in asthmatic complamts; the leaves ai-e also used for 

 fomentations. The bark of the younger branches of B. antisyphilitiea is considered in 

 Brazil cne of the most powerful remedies against syphilitic* swellings of a malignant 

 character. The decoction is chiefly used, and also the bark dried and pounded, exter- 

 nally. The roots of some are venomous and bitter ; that of Tecoma stans is diuretic. 

 The bark of B. leucoxylon is regarded as an antidote to the poison of the Manchineel 

 tree. The branches of B. echmata are said to be employed in adulterating Sarsaparilla. 

 Tecoma impetiginosa abounds in tannin ; its bark is bitter and mucilaginous, and is used 

 in lotions, baths, &c. in inflammations of the joints and debility. Tecoma Ipe has 

 similar quaUties, and is prescribed by the Brazilians as a gargle in ulcei's of the mouth ; 

 the leaves are milder and are sometimes used in ophthalmic aff"ections. The leaves of 

 Sparattosperma hthontriptica are bitter, acrid, and diuretic, and have a Brazilian repu- 

 tation in calculus, in which indeed Martius testifies to their efticacy. Jacai'anda procera 

 and other species of that genus are employed in syphihtic affections. Tecoma speciosa 

 is said to be a useful diuretic and cathartic. Several kmds of Bignonia foiTn larf'^e trees 

 in the forests of Brazil, where they are felled for the sake of their timber ; that called 

 Ipe-tabacco fm-nishes dm-able ship-timber ; the Ipeima, another species, is the hardest 

 wood in Brazil. Another, called the Pao d'arco, supphes one of the best kmds of wood 

 used for bows by the Brazihan savages, especially the Botocudos of the Rio Grande de 

 Belmonte, and the Patachos of the Rio do Prado. It is said that the valuable Rosewood 

 of the caiomet-makers is produced by some species of Jacaranda ; but that does not 

 appear to be well made out. 



GENERA. 



Bignonia, L. 



Stenolobium, Don. 



Temnocydia, Mart. 



jilsocydia. Mart. 



Batocydia, Mart. 

 Pachj-ptera, DC. 

 Fridericia, Mart. 

 Astianthus, D. Don. 

 Calosanthes, Bl. 



Oroxylum, Vent. 

 Cuspidaria, DC. 



Lochmocydia, Mart. 

 Macfadyena, A. DC. 

 Lundia, DC. 

 Mansoa, DC. 

 Millingtonia, L. 



Arrabidsea, DC. 



Vasconcella, Mart. 

 Anemopsegma, Mart. 

 Distictis, JDC. 

 Haplolophium, Endl. 



Aplolophium, Cham. 

 Amphilophium, Kth. 

 Pithecoctenium, Mart. 

 Delostoma, D. Don. 

 Cybistax, Mart. 



Phryganocydia, Mart. 

 Adenocalymna, Mart. 

 Sparattosperma, Mart. 

 Spathodea, Beaiiv. 



Dolichandra, Cham. 

 Heterophragma, DC. 



Stereospermum, Cham. 

 Zeyhera. Mart. 



? Chasmia, Schott. 

 Callichlamys, Miq. 

 Tabebuia, Gom. 



Couralia, Splitg. 

 Crateritecoma, Mart. 



Phcenicocirsus, Mart. 

 Tecoma, Juss. 



Campsis, Lour. 



Tecomaria, Fenzl. 

 Catalpa, Scop. 

 Chilopsis, D. Don. 

 Pajanelia, Z>C 

 Jacaranda, Juss. 



Kordclestris, Arrud. 



lea ran da, Pers. 

 Catophractes, D. Don. 

 ? Platycarpum, H. B. K. 

 Rhigozimi, Burch. 

 Argylia, D. Don. 

 Tourretia, Juss. 



Domheya, Lher. 

 Incarvillea, Juss. 

 Amphicoma, R. Br. 

 Eccremocarpus, R. P. 



Calatnpdis, Don. 

 * * * 

 Pteropodium, DC. 

 Dipterosperma, Hassk. 

 Bravaisia, DC. 

 ? Trigonocarpus, Wall. 



Numbers. Gen. 44. Sp. 450. 

 Position. — Gesneracege. — Bignoniace^. — Crescentiaceae. 



