3. BiGNONiA.] 102. BIGNONIACE.^. 



2. B. venusta, Ker-Gawl. Syn. Pyrostegia ignea, Presl. (the 

 correct but less familiar name). 

 A very large shrub with pinnately 2-f oliolate leaves and a terminal 

 3 -fid slender tendril. Lflts. sometimes 3 on the lower leaves, ovate, 

 about 3" long. Flowers very numerous and showy, vermilion or 

 orange, about 3" long Avith the corolla-tube 2-25", in axillary crowded 

 drooping corymbose cymes. 



Very common in gardens. Fl. Jan. -Feb. Better known under its horticultural 

 name B. venusta, under which it was originally figui-ed in Botanical Register. 



5. B. callistegioides, Chamh. Syn. Bignonia speciosa, Grah. ; Clyto- 

 stoma callistegioides, Bur. (the correct name). 



Branchlets, young leaves and petioles puberulous. Tendrils simple. 

 Lflts. obovate-oblong acuminate, 25-3" long, shining, base subcordate. 

 Flowers lilac or rosy red with darker veins, about two together only 

 •on the peduncles; the jDedicels longer than the peduncle. Calyx 

 obliquely campaniilate with acute teeth. Corolla pubescent, lobes 

 orbicular-obovate half as long as the tube which is about 2". Pod 

 short oblong densely echinate. 



Native of Southern Brazil and Argentine. 



4. B, noterophila, DC. Syn. Clytostoma noterophila, Kew Herb. 



(correct name) ; Bignonia purpvirea (usual horticultural name in 

 Calcutta) . 

 Quite glabrous. Tendrils simple. Leaflets oval acuminate, base 

 acute, both sides reticvilate- venose. Flowers rosy-purple 2" long on 

 axillary 2-flowered peduncles with several ovate acute bracts. Calyx 

 campanulate, minutely 5-toothed. Corolla glabrous outside, lobes 

 orbicular. 



Native of Brazil. 



5. B. aequinoctialis, L. Syn. Cydista sequinoctialis, Miers ; C. spec- 



tabilis, 3Iiers? 

 An extensively climbing shrub with the slender green branches 

 terete but subcompressed at the ends. Tendrils simple sometimes 

 very short. Leaflets ovate- or elliptic-lanceolate rich green, shining, 

 obtusely-acuminate, reticulately nerved. Flowers purplish or rose 

 with deeper-coloured veins never at all yellow (according to De 

 Candolle) in copious axillary and terminal panicles. Calyx cupular, 

 truncate. Corolla glabrous. Capsule long linear. Seeds almost 

 spherical, winged. 



Native of Guiana. 



Corolla tubular-campanulate with two plaits on the lower side. Disc 0. 



•6. B. incarnata, Auhl. Syn. Cydista incarnata, Miers. Apparently 



reduced to Cydista sequinoctialis in Kew Herb. Includes also 



B. spectabilis, Vahl. 



A large climber Avith 3-foliolate leaves of which the terminal leaflet 



is usually transformed into a simple tendril. Lflts. coriaceous, 



shining, lanceolate, 3— i" long. Flowers pale-lilac or fle.sh-coloured, 



652 



