BIGNONIACE/E. II. SPATHODEA. III. TECOMA. 



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Flowers large, white. Tube of corolla cylindrical, as in the last 

 species. Follicles pendulous, 12-14 inches long. 



Curfcd-flowered Spathodea. Tree 25 feet. 



1 S. ROXBU'RGHII (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 835.) arboreous ; leaves 

 3 in a whorl, or scattered, impari-pinnate ; leaflets from 4 to 5 

 pairs, serrated, smooth ; ranicles erect, terminal, dense, downy, 

 many-flowered ; fruit narrow, 4-celled ; calyx generally 2-part- 

 ed, with the upper lip 2-cleft, very downy, ij . S. Native of 

 the Circars. Bignonia quadrilocularis, Roxb. cor. 2. t. 145. fl. 

 ind. 3. p. 107. Bark grey, with a few scabrous spots. Branches 

 forming a dense, spreading head. Flowers large, rose-coloured, 

 delightfully fragrant. Limb of corolla nearly equal, having the 

 edges elegantly waved. Fruit a foot long, 2 inches broad, \ an 

 inch thick, straight, 2-valved, 4-celled : dissepiment enlarged in 

 the middle, on each side, into a sharp ridge, which touches the 

 valves, and divides each of the usual cells into 2 compartments ; 

 and in these ridges the seeds are fixed. This species is also 

 remarkable on account of the serrated leaves. The wood is 

 employed for many purposes by the natives. 



Roxburgh's Spathodea. Clt. 1S20. Tree large. 



13 S. STIPULA'TA (Wall. cat. no. 6518.) arboreous; tender 

 parts villous ; leaves impari-pinnate ; leaflets 4-6 pairs from 

 ovate to oblong-elliptic ; common petioles channelled ; stipulas 

 a tuft of sessile, orbicular ones in the axils of the leaves. I? . 

 S. Native of Pegu. Bignonia stipulate, Roxb. fl. ind. 3. p. 

 108. Branches 4-cornered. Calyx and peduncles very woolly. 

 Follicles cylindrical. 



Stipulate Spathodea. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



14 S. LOKGIFLOKA (Vent, ex Pers. ench. 2. p. 173.) arbo- 

 reous ; leaves impari-pinnate ; leaflets about 4 pairs, ovate to 

 oblong, entire, cuspidate, downy while young ; lower pair the 

 smallest ; panicles large, spreading, terminal ; corolla bilabiate ; 

 follicles pendulous, long, slender, sub-cylindrical, with sharp 

 edges, and variously curved. ^ . S. Native about Coromandel 

 and Malabar, in the more mountainous parts, as well as of 

 Ceylon and Java. Bignonia chelonoides, Lin. suppl. 283. 

 Roxb. fl. ind. S. p. 106. Bignonia longiflora, Willd. spec. 

 3. p. 304. Padri, Rheed, mal. 6. p. 53. t. 29. Pori-padyra- 

 marum of the Taniuls, and Tagada of the Telingas. Bark 

 scabrous, brown. Leaves a foot long, glabrous in the adult 

 state. Leaflets 4 inches long, and 2 broad. Ramifications of 

 panicles decussate, the smaller or terminal ones dichotomou?, 

 with a sessile flower in the fork. Flowers pretty large, yellow, 

 very fragrant. Follicles very long. The wood of this tree is 

 high-coloured, hard, durable, and of much use amongst the 

 inhabitants of the hills, where it is plentiful. 



Long-faltered Spathodea. Clt. 1816. Tree large. 



15 S. CORYMBOSA (Vent, ex Pers. ench. 2. p. 173. I Spreng. 

 syst. 2. p. 835.) erect; leaves conjugate, glabrous; leaflets 

 sub-cordate, acute, quite entire ; petioles glandular at the base ; 

 flowers corymbose, fj . S. Native of Trinidad. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Corym&ose-flowered Spathodea. Clt. 1824. Tree. 



16 S. CAMPAXULA'TA (Beauv. fl. d'ow. 1. p. 47. t. 27-28.) 

 arboreous, glabrous ; leaves alternate, impari-pinuate ; leaflets 

 9, oblong-lanceolate, tapering to both ends ; flowers racemose, 

 terminal ; calyx thick, arcuately reflexed, rather villous. I; . 

 S. Native of the west coast of Africa, in the kingdom of Waree. 

 Corolla large, campanulate, of a reddish orange-colour, having 

 the segments bordered with yellow. Genitals declinate. This 

 species is remarkable, in having alternate leaves ; the leaflets 

 are, however, opposite. 



Com;;onu/a<e-flowered Spathodea. Tree or shrub. 



17 S. LE'VIS (Beauv. fl. d'ow. 1. p. 48. t. 29.) erect; leaves 

 impari-pinnate : leaflets 9, ovate, acuminated, toothed from the 

 middle to the apex ; flowers terminal. \ . S. Native of Guinea, 

 as at Sierra Leone and Waree. Leaves alternate. Racemes com- 



posed of 1-3-flowered peduncles. Flowers purple. Limb of 

 corolla unequal ; segments roundish. Calyx erect, smooth, 5- 

 toothed. This species is remarkable, in having the leaflets 

 toothed. 



Smooth Spathodea. Clt. 1825. Shrub 5 to 10 feet. 



1 8 S. TDLIPIFERA ; leaves impari-pinnate ; leaflets oblong, 

 entire, hairy beneath ; racemes corymbose, tomentose. f? . S. 

 Native of Guinea, at Aquapim. Bignonia tulipifera, Thonn. ex 

 Sebum, pi. guin. p. 273. Pedicels solitary. Corolla large, 

 scarlet ; segments ovate, with curled yellow edges. Tube of 

 corolla short. 



Tulip-bearing Spathodea. Tree large. 



1 9 S. ? FRAXINIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 147.) scandent; branches compressedly quadrangular, furrowed, 

 glabrous ; leaves impari-pinnate ; leaflets ovate-elliptic, obtuse, 

 glabrous, shining ; panicles terminal, with opposite, compressed, 

 dichotomous branches ; calyx cleft on one side, and nearly 

 entire on the other, tj . w . S. Native of Llanos de Carac- 

 cas, near Calabozo, in humid places, on the banks of the 

 river Guarico. Bignonia fraxinifolia, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 833. 

 Branches warted. Leaves 8-9 inches long, with 3 pair of 

 leaflets. Axils of petioles glandular. Corolla yellow, 5- rarely 

 4-cleft. 



Ash-leaved Spathodea. Clt. 1822. Shrub cl. 



20 S. GIGA'NTEA (Blum. bijd. p. 761.) arboreous; leaves 

 pinnately decompound ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, 

 quite glabrous ; panicles terminal, straight. Jj . S. Native of 

 Java, in mountain woods, where it is called Kipadali. 



Gigantic Spathodea. Fl. year. Tree 80 feet. 



Cult. See Bignonia, p. 222, for culture and propagation. 

 Like the species of Bignonia, they are splendid plants when in 

 blossom. 



III. TE'COMA (from Tecomaxochitl, the Mexican name of 

 one of the species.) Juss. gen. p. 139. R. Br. prod. 471. H. 

 B. et Kuntb, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 142. Bignonia species, Lin. 

 and others. 



Lis. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospcrmia. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-toothed. Corolla with a short tube, and a campanulate 

 throat ; limb 5-lobed, bilabiate. Stamens 4, didynamous, that 

 is, 2 long, and 2 short, with the rudiment of a fifth sterile 

 filament. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule silique-formed, 2- 

 celled, having the dissepiment contrary to the valves. Seeds 

 disposed in 2 rows, imbricate, winged, transverse. Erect trees 

 or shrubs, rarely scandent shrubs. Leaves opposite, simple, 

 impari-pinnate or digitate. Flowers terminal, panicled, yellow 

 or flesh-coloured. 



$ 1. Leaves simple. 



1 T. DNDULA'TA ; arboreous ; leaves opposite, simple, linear- 

 lanceolate, undulated ; racemes lateral ; limb of calyx cut into 5 

 emarginate segments ; follicles linear, a little compressed. 

 Ij . S. Native of Hindostan. Bignonia undulata, Roxb. fl. 

 ind. 3. p. 101. Bignonia salicifblia. Hamilt, herb. Bark 

 scabrous. Branches drooping like the Weep'mg IfUlom. Leaves 

 clothed with minute, micaceous scales. Racemes 2-3 inches 

 long, 5-6-flowered. Flowers very large, erect, orange-coloured. 

 Segments or teeth of calyx often emarginate. Corolla with an 

 obliquely campanulate tube, and a 4-parted limb; the upper 

 division large, and divided into 2 rounded lobes ; the under 3 

 equal, with rounded, curled edges. Pods curved. Seed with a 

 very thin membranous margin all round ; dissepiment contrary. 



Undulated- flowered Tecoma. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



2 T. SPLE'NDIDA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 834.) shrub erect; 

 leaves crowded, linear, acute, fleshy, glabrous ; flowers subra- 

 cemose, terminal ; anthers exserted, woolly. I? . S. Native of 

 Brazil. Esterhazia splendida, Mikan. 



Splendid Tecoma. Fl. ? Clt. 1820. Shrub erect. 



