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BIGNONIACE^E. I. BIGNONIA. II. SPATHODEA. 



JF/jtte-flowered Trumpet-flower. Clt. 1823. Shrub cl. 

 82 B. AMCE'NA (Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 2. p. 78. t. 183.) leaves 

 tripinnate : each pinnae furnished with 3 to 9 lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, quite entire, smooth leaflets ; panicle terminal, trichoto- 

 mous ; "calyx bluntly 3-lobed ; limb of corolla puberulous out- 

 side. Tj . S. Native of the Mauritius. Bign. amara, Loud, 

 hort. brit. p. 483. Branches cylindrical, dotted. Flowers very 

 fragrant, pale yellow, orange-coloured inside, drooping, sub- 

 corymbose. Capsule cylindrical, slender, spiral. Leaves and 

 leaflets on long, angular stalks. 



Pleasing Trumpet-flower. Clt. 1828. Tree. 



83 B. GHORTA (Hamilt. herb, ex Wall. cat. no. 6510.) gla- 

 brous : leaves impari-bipinnate ; common rachi jointed : partial 

 ones winged, as also jointed ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, atte- 

 nuated at the base, sessile, the odd one the largest ; panicles 

 terminating the branches ; lobes of calyx slight, mucronate ; 

 corolla glabrous, t? . S. Native of the East Indies. Flowers 

 middle-sized. Leaves puberulous in the young state. Leaves 

 with 3 pair of pinnae, the pinnae furnished with 2-3 pairs of 

 leaflets. 



Ghorta Trumpet-flower. Tree or shrub. 



Cult. All the species of this genus are truly splendid while 

 in blossom, and the greater number of them climbers ; they are 

 therefore desirable plants to train up rafters and pillars, in 

 stoves, as they grow and flower freely. A mixture of loam and 

 peat suits them best ; and cuttings taken from young shoots strike 

 root readily, under a hand-glass, in heat, either in mould or 

 sand. 



II. SPATHO'DEA (from <nra$ij, spathe, a spathe, in re- 

 ference to the form of the calyx.) Beauv. fl. d'ow. I. t. 29. 

 R. Br. prod. p. 471. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 146. Bignonia species, Lin. Roxb. and others. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx spathaceous, 

 cleft on one side, and toothed or entire on the other side. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, with a 5-lobed, rather unequal, sub- 

 bilabiate limb. Stamens 4, didynamous, that is, 2 long, and 2 

 short, with the addition of a fifth sterile filament. Cells of an- 

 thers divaricate, hanging by their connective. Stigma bilamel- 

 late. Capsule silique-formed, falcate, falsely 4-celled ; dissepi- 

 ment contrary, corky. Seeds furnished with membranous 

 wings, transverse. Erect shrubs or trees, rarely climbing 

 shrubs. Leaves opposite, rarely alternate, simple, conjugate, 

 but usually impari-pinnate. Leaflets entire. Flowers some- 

 what panicled, orange-coloured, yellow, or purple. 



1. Leaves simple, 



IS.? ALTERNIFOLIA (R. Br. prod. p. 472.) leaves alternate, 

 simple, somewhat ovate, entire, coriaceous, glabrous ; stem 

 arborescent, fj . S. Native of New Holland, within the tropic, 

 Bauer. 



Alternate-leaved Spathodea. Tree. 



2 S. ? COMOSA ; tender parts very downy ; leaves opposite, 

 simple, cordate ; corymbs terminal, short, leafy ; calyx 5-cleft ; 

 corolla with a lomr, slender tube, and bilabiate border. fj . S. 

 Native of Moluccas. Bignonia comosa, Roxb. fl. ind. 3. p. 

 103. 



Tufted Spathodea. Tree. 



2. Leaves conjugate, lendrilled. 



3 S. LAURIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 146.) 

 scandent ; branches compressed, a little striated, glabrous ; 

 leaves conjugate ; tendrils simple ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, coria- 

 ceous, glabrous ; peduncles terminal, few-flowered ; calyx cleft 

 on one side, and entire on the other, fj . w . S. Native of New 

 Andalusia, in woods, near Bordones and Cumana. Leaves 3j 



inches long, and 2 broad. Peduncles dichotomous, 3-7-flowered. 

 Corollas orange-coloured. 



Laurel-leaved Spathodea. Shrub cl. 



4 S. ORINOCE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 147.) scandent ; 

 branches terete, furrowed, glabrous ; leaves conjugate ; tendrils 

 simple ? ; leaflets oblong, acute, coriaceous, glabrous ; calyx 

 cleft on one side, and entire on the other. H . v __ / . S. Native 

 on the banks of the Orinoco, near Carichana. Leaflets 4 inches 

 long. Inflorescence and colour of flowers unknown. 



Orinoco Spathodea. Shrub cl. 



5 S. OBOVA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) scandent ; branches 

 terete, striated, downy ; leaves conjugate ; tendrils simple ? ; 

 leaflets obovate, acuminated, glabrous; axillary peduncles ]- 

 flowered, and the terminal ones 3-flowered ; calyx irregularly 

 3-5-cleft. fj . w . S. Native of New Granada, near Turbaco. 

 Bign. obovata, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 330. Petioles puberulous. 

 Leaflets 4 inches long, and 2| broad. Corollas about 2 inches 

 long, violaceous. This plant, from the form of the calyx, pro- 

 bably does not belong to the genus. 



Obovate-leaved Spathodea. Shrub cl. 



6 S. UNCA'TA (Spreny. syst. 2. p. 835.) scandent, glabrous ; 

 branches terete ; leaves conjugate, undulated; tendrils longer 

 than the petioles, trifid at apex, hooked ; calyx spathaceous, 

 bilabiate ; flowers lateral, umbellate, aggregate. ^ . ^,. S. 

 Native of Guiana, and the West Indies. Bignonia uncata, Andr. 

 bot. rep. t. 530. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1511. Pluk. aim. p. 109. 

 t. 163. f. 2. ? Flowers yellow. Perhaps a species of Bignonia. 



Hooked Spathodea. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1804. Shrub cl. 



3. Leaves impari-pinnate. 



7 S. HETEROPHY'LLA (R. Br. prod. p. 472.) arboreous ; 

 leaves glabrous, pinnate and ternate, or simple ; leaflets lanceo- 

 late-linear, entire ; flowers racemose. >j . S. Native of New 

 Holland, within the tropic. 



Various-leaved Spathodea. Tree. 



8 S. GLANDULOSA (Blum, bijdr. p. 762.) arboreous ; leaves 

 impari-pinnate and ternate ; leaflets ovate-oblong, acuminated, 

 glabrous, furnished with many glands beneath at the base ; 

 panicles axillary and terminal, straight. \i . S. Native of Java, 

 on the mountains of Parang, and at the foot of Mount Tjerimai. 



GVanrfw/ar-leafletted Spathodea. Fl. year. Tree 15 to 25 feet. 



9 S. ADENA'NTHA ; leaves ternate, verticillate, or impari- 

 pinnate ; leaflets ovate-oblong, acuminated, serrated ; racemes 

 terminal. J; . S. Native of Guinea. Bignonia glandulosa, Schum. 

 pi. guin. p. 274. Limb of calyx obsoletely 4-toothed. Corolla 

 pale purple ; segments roundish, scattered with glands outside. 



Gland-flowered Spathodea. Tree 30 feet. 



10 S. RHEE'DII (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 835.) arboreous; leaves 

 downy, impari-pinnate ; leaflets 3-7 pairs, roundish, downy ; ra- 

 cemes terminal, erect ; calyx spathaceous ; corolla much curved, 

 slender. Jj. S. Native on the coast of Coromandel and 

 Malabar. Bignonia spathacea, Lin. suppl. 283. Retz. obs. 5. 

 p. 5. Roxb. cor. 2. t. 144. fl. ind. 3. p. 103. Bign. falcata, 

 Kon. mss. Rheed. 6. p. 53. t. 29. Shoots covered with whitish 

 down. Racemes length of leaves. Flowers white, pretty large. 

 Limb spreading. Fruit about a foot long, pendulous, twisted in 

 various forms. This tree is called Woody by the Telingas ; 

 Will-padri by the Tamuls. 



Rheede's Spathodea. Clt. 1794. Tree. 



11 S. CRispA(\Vall. cat. no. 6515.) arboreous ; leaves villous, 

 while young, pinnate ; leaflets 5-7, oblong ; racemes solitary, 

 terminal, bearing a few flowers on long pedicels ; calyx spatha- 

 ceous ; corolla salver-shaped, having the segments of the border 

 nearly equal, and much curled. ^ S. Native of Mysore, 

 where it was collected by Dr. Buchanan. Bign. atrovirens, 

 Roth. herb. madr. S. atrovirens, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 835. 

 Leaves 6-10 inches long. Leaflets simple, very rarely ternate. 



