BIFRENARIA 



BIGNONIA 



during the early stages of their growth ; to be removed 

 thence, in May, to the borders, where they bloom in 

 July and August. 



BIFRENA'RIA. (From bis, twice, and frtznum, a 

 strap ; in reference to a double strap, or band, by means 

 of which the pollen masses are connected with their 

 gland. Nat. ord. Orchids [Orchidaceaa]. Linn. zo-Gynan- 

 dria, i-Monandria. Allied to Maxillaria.) 



Stove orchids. Offsets and divisions. Peat, sphagnum, 

 charcoal, and broken pots ; raised above the surface of 

 pots, or in baskets. Summer temp., 65 to 85 ; winter, 

 60 to 65, and rather dry. 

 B. a'tro-purpu'rea (dark purple). Dark purple. Rio 



Janeiro. 1828. 

 auranti'aca (orange-coloured), f. Orange-spotted. 



September. Demerara. 

 au'reo-fu'lva (orange- tawny). Orange. Rio Janeiro. 



1840. 

 bicorna'ria (two-horned). Orange, spotted purple. 



Brazil. 1910. 

 Charleswo'rthii (Charlesworth's). Yellow, and lip 



spotted. Brazil. 1894. 



Dallema'gnei (Dallemagne's). See B. TYRIANTHINA. 

 fra' grans (fragrant). Brazil. 

 Hadwe'nii (Mr. Hadwen's). See SCUTICARIA. 

 Harriso'na (Mrs. Harrison's). White and yellow 



tips. September. Brazil. 1836. 

 ,, a'lba (white). White, tipped red. Lip yellow, 



white, purple. 

 buckania'na (Buchanian). Violet purple, green, 



yellow. 1879. 

 inodo'ra (scentless). Green and purple. Brazil. 



1843. 



., xanthi'na (yellow). Yellow. Bahia. 1866. 

 leucorrho'da (white, red). White. Lip veined rose. 



1859. 



longico'rnis (long-horned). Orange, brown. Deme- 

 rara. 1843. 

 meli'color (honey-coloured). Honey-yellow, red. 



Brazil. 1877. 

 pa'rvula (small). Tawny-yellow. Lip purplish. 



Brazil. 1827. 

 racemo'sa (racemose). Straw-colour. Lip white, 



spotted. Brazil. 1843. 



telrago'na (four-angled). See LYCASTE TETRAGONA. 

 tyrianthi'na (purple). Violet-purple. Brazil. 1836. 



Syn. Lycaste tyrianthina, 



i, Goodso'nce (Mrs. Goodson's). Light purple. 1904. 

 vitelli'na (yolk-coloured). Yellow. Rio Janeiro. 

 1838. 



BIGELO'WIA. (Shrubby Composites, with all its 

 florets tubular. Nat. ord. Compositas.) 



May be cultivated in any good garden soil, and do 

 well against a wall. 



B. grave' olens (strong smelling). 6 to 8. Yellow. N. 



Amer. 1907. 



nuda'ta (naked). 2. Yellow. September. Carolina. 

 1818. 



BIGLANDULA'RIA. See SINNINGIA. 



BIGNO'NIA. Trumpet Flower. (Named after Abb/ 

 Bignon, librarian to Louis XIV. Nat. ord. Bignoniads 

 [Bignoniaceae]. Linn. n~Didynamia, z-Angiospermia.) 



This order furnishes the most gorgeous climbers in 

 the world; natives of the tropical forests in either 

 hemisphere. Stove evergreen climbers, except where 

 otherwise specified. Propagated easily by young, stiff 

 side-shoots, taken off in summer, inserted in sand and 

 peat in close frame, and placed in bottom-heat; peat 

 and loam. Summer temp., 60 to 75 ; winter, 45 to 55. 

 These mostly produce their flowers on short shoots, pro- 

 ceeding from well-ripened buds of the previous year's 

 wood. Few do well as pot-plants ; they like to ramble 

 over the roof in a moderate stove temperature. If the 

 wood is well hardened in summer, many of them do 

 well on the rafters of a common greenhouse, and flower 

 more freely than they would do in a stove ; but you 

 must have patience until they fairly mount the rafters. 

 Jasminoi'des may be taken as a type of these. The only 

 hardy species is capreola'ta, which is an ornamental wall- 

 climber in a sheltered situation ; propagated easily by 

 cuttings of its roots, or shoots, under a hand-glass, in 

 spring or autumn. The ra'dicans and its near neigh- 



bour, but prettier grandiflo'ra, the only other hardy 

 species of the order, have been transferred to TE'COMA, 

 which see ; the difference in th genera consisting chiefly 

 in the partition of the fruit, being parallel in Bigno'nia 

 and contrary in Te'coma. 



B. adenophy'lla (gland-leaved). See HETEROPHRAGMA 



ADENOPHYLLUM. 



aquinoctia'lis (equinoctial). 40. Yellow. June. 



Guiana. 1768. 

 ,, cesculiflo'ra (horse-chestnut-flowered). See TABEBUIA 



jeSCULIFOLIA. 



,, a'lba (white). See SPATHODEA BRACTEOSA. 



albo-lu'tea (white, yellow). Garden origin. 



,, allia'cea (garlic-scented). 10. Yellow. Guiana. 1790. 



,, amce'na (pleasing). See STEREOSPERMUM HYPOS- 



TICTUM. 



apure'nsis (Apu*>s). 10. Yellow. Orinoco. 1824. 

 i> argy'reo-viola'scens (silvery-violet). Young leaves 



violet, later with silvery veins. S. Amer. 1865. 

 ,, articula'ta Sointed). See PHYLLARTHRON NORON- 



HIANUM. 



,, auranti'aca (orange). Orange. S. Amer. 1874. 



bi'juga (twin-leaved). 6. Madagascar. 1822. 



,, buccinato'ria (trumpeter). 10. Red, orange. Mexico. 

 1824. (B. M., t. 7516.) 



caru'lea (blue). See JACARANDA C^RULEA. 



ca'ndicans (white). See ARRABID^EA CANDICANS. 



cape'nsis (Cape). See TECOMA CAPENSIS. 



capreola'ta (tendrilled). 15. Scarlet. June. N. 

 Amer. 1710. 



,, a'tro-sangui'nta (dark blood-red). Dark red- 

 purple. S. U. States. 1879. 



Caroli'ncK (Lady Caroline's). See PITHECOCTENIUM 

 CAROLINA. 



Chamberlay'nii (Chamber layne's). See ANEMOP^EGMA 



RACEMOSUM. 



chelonoi'des (Chelone-like). See STEREOSPERMUM 



CHELONOIDES. 



Chere're (Cherere). See B. BUCCINATORIA. 



Chi'ca (Chica). 10. Orinoco. 1819. 



chine'nsis (Chinese). See TECOMA GRANDIFLORA. 



chrysa'ntha (yellow-flowered). See TECOMA CHRYS- 



ANTHA. 

 ,, chrysoleu'ca (yellowish-white). 10. Yellowish-white. 



July. S. Amer. 1824. 



,, Cle'matis (Clematis). 15. Caraccas. 1820. 

 Co'lei (Cole's). See COLEA MAURITIANA. 

 como'sa (ending with hairs). See ADENOCALYMNA 



COMOSUM. 



crena'ta (scolloped). 10. E. Ind. 1823. 



cruci'gera (cross-stemmed). See B. CAPREOLATA. 



deci'piens (deceiving). 10. S. Amer. 1823. 



,, diversifo' 'lia (various-leaved). 10. Mexico. 1825. 



donia'na (Donian). 12. White. Brazil. 1816. 



,, echina'ta (bristly-/rm'ted). See PITHECOCTENIUM 



AUBLETII. 



,, elonga'ta (elongated). 8. Purple. S. Amer. 1820. 

 ,, ftoribu'nda (many-flowered). See B. DQNIANA. 

 fraxinifo'lia (Ash-leaved). See SPATHODEA FRAXINI- 



FOLIA. 



gra'cilis (slender). See B. UNGUIS-CATI. 

 grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). See TECOMA GRANDI- 

 FLORA. 

 ,, grandifo'lia (large-leaved). 60. Purple, red. June. 



Caraccas. 1816. 



heterophy'lla (various-leaved). See B. BUCCINATORIA. 

 incarna'ta (flesh-coloured). 4. White, orange. 



Guiana. 1820. 



,, i'ndica (Indian). See OROXYLON INDICUM. 

 insi'gnis (remarkable). Garden name. 

 ,, jasminifo'lia (jasmine-leaved). 10. White. Orinoco. 



1826. 



jasminoi'des (jasmine-like). See TECOMA JASMINOIDES. 

 ,, Kcre"re (Cherere). See B. BUCCINATORIA. 

 lactiflo'ra (milk-flowered). See DISTICTIS LACTIFLORA. 

 ,, latifo'lia (broad-leaved). See CALLICHLAMYS RIPARIA. 

 ,, laurifo'lia (laurel-leaved). 20. Guiana. 1804. 

 leuco'xylon (white-wooded). See TECOMA LEUCOXYLOH. 

 ,, Li'ndleyi (Lindley's). 12. Variegated. Argentina. 



1823. 



linea'ris (linear). See CHILOPSIS SALIGNA. 

 littora'lis (shore). Pink, red. Mexico. 1824. 

 longi'ssima (longest). See CATALPA LONGISSIMA. 

 lu'cida (shining). 10. S. Amer. 1823. 



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