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BIGNONIACE^E. III. TECOMA. 



2. Leaves digitate. 



3 T. DIGITA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 142. 

 arboreous ; branches terete, glabrous ; leaves digitate ; leaflets 

 obovate-oblong, quite entire, acute, glabrous. fj . S. Native 

 of New Andalusia, near Santa Cruz. Bark white. Leaflets 7 

 on each leaf, middle leaflet the largest. Capsule terete. Perhaps 

 belonging to a distinct genus. 



Digitate-\e&ved Tecoma. Clt. 1818. Tree 80 to 40 feet. 



4 T. PENTAPHY'LLA (Juss. gen. 139.) arboreous; leaves digi- 

 tate, quinate ; leaflets obovate-lanceolate, quite entire, acute. 

 Ir} . S. Native of the West Indies and Brazil, if Guari-pariba, 

 Marcgr. bras. 108. t. 118. Bignonia pentaphy'lla, Lin. spec. p. 

 870. hort. cliff. 497. Schlecht, in Linnsea, 6. p. 734. Swartz, 

 obs. 233. Flowers 4-5 together, at the ends of the branches, 

 pale blue, sweet scented. Corolla 2 inches long. Leaves pale 

 green, whitish beneath, beset with minute glabrous dots, as 

 well as the calyxes and pedicels. Leaflets on longish petioles. 

 Calyx bilabiate : upper lip subtridentate, a little longer than 

 the lower one, which is entire or bifid. Capsule 4-5 lines long, 

 and 3 lines broad. 



Five-leaved Tecoma. Tree 25 feet. 



5 T. sERRATiFbtiA ; arboreous ; leaves digitate ; leaflets 4-5, 

 ovate, attenuated, serrated, glabrous ; pedicels terminal, crowded, 

 1 -flowered ; calyx bilabiate. V} . S. Native of Trinidad, 

 where it is called Pony by the Spaniards. Bignonia serratifolia, 

 Vahl. eclog. 2. p. 46. Lateral leaflets smaller than the middle 

 ones, all unequally serrated from the middle. Peduncles clothed 

 with farinaceous tomentum, sometimes 2-flowered. Corolla 

 yellow, 3 inches long. 



Serrated-leaved Tecoma. Clt. 1 822. Tree. 



3. Erect trees and shrubs, with impari-pinnate leaves. 



6 T. AZALEvEFOLiA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 142.) arboreous ; branches quadrangular, glabrous ; leaflets 

 3-4 pair, oblong, obtuse, serrated, glabrous ; panicles simple, 

 terminal. Tj . S. Native of the eastern declivities of the 

 Andes of Peru, near Sondorilla, on the banks of the river 

 Guancabamba, where it is called Fresno by the natives. 

 Branches brown. Leaves 3 inches long ; leaflets small. Pani- 

 cles composed of simple racemes. Flowers flesh-coloured. 

 Capsule compressed, 4 inches long. 



Azalea-leaved Tecoma. Tree 10 to 15 feet. 



7 T. ROS/EFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 143.) arboreous?; 

 branches terete, striated a little, glabrous ; leaflets usually 2 

 pair, oblong, obtuse, serrated, glabrous ; racemes terminal, 

 simple. T? S. Native of Quito, near Chillo. Leaves usually 

 impari-pinnate, rarely ternate or simple. Leaflets 1 inch long. 

 Corollas yellow. Capsule as in the preceding species. 



Rose-leaved Tecoma. Tree. ? 



8 T. SAMBUCIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 143.) arboreous ; 

 branches a little compressed, glabrous; leaves usually 2-3 pair, 

 oblong, acuminated, serrated, glabrous ; panicles terminal, 

 simple, fj . S. Native of the Andes of Peru, near Montan. 

 Leaves usually impari-pinnate, intermixed also with ternate and 

 simple ones. Leaflets l inch long. Panicle composed of simple 

 racemes. Flowers yellow. Capsule 4 inches long, warted. 



Elder-leaved Tecoma. Clt. 1824. Tree 10 feet. 



9 T. STA'NS (Juss. gen. 139.) arboreous; branches somewhat 

 tetragonal, glabrous ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, ser- 

 rated, glabrous ; racemes terminal, simple. Jj . S. Native of 

 various parts of South America, and the West Indies, Mexico, 

 &c. Hook. bot. mag. 3191. Bignonia stdns, Lin. spec. 871. 

 Plum. spec. 5. icon. 54. Sloan, hist. 2. p. 63. Leaflets 4-5 pair. 

 Terminal leaflets 3 inches long, the rest shorter. Flowers yellow. 



Var. /3, incisa ; leaflets more deeply cut. Jj . S. Native of 

 South America. Bignonia inci-a, Colv. cat. Tecoma incisa, 

 Sweet, hort. brit. p. 182. 



Standing Tecoma. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1730. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 



10 T. SORBIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 144.) arboreous? ; 

 branches tetragonal, glabrous ; leaflets usually 2 pair, oblong, 

 acuminated, serrated, clothed with white tomentum ; panicles 

 terminal, simple, fj . S. Native near the town of Quito. 

 Terminal leaflets about 4 inches long, lateral ones 3 inches long. 

 Branches of panicle simple, downy. Flowers unknown, but 

 probably yellow. Capsule narrowed, 7-8 inches long, warted. 



Service-leaved Tecoma. Clt. ? Tree or shrub. 



11 T. MOLLIS (H. B. et Kunth. 1. c.) arboreous?; branches 

 compressedly tetragonal, downy ; leaflets 4 pairs, oblong, acu- 

 minated, almost quite entire, clothed with soft down-like hairs, 

 on both surfaces ; panicles terminal, simple. ^ S. Native of 

 Mexico, near Guanaxuato. Terminal leaflets 3 inches long ; late- 

 ral ones 2|. Branches of panicle simple, downy. Corollas yellow. 



Soft Tecoma. Clt. 1824. Tree or shrub. 



12 T. ? AFRICA'NA ; arboreous ; leaflets 2 pair, obovate, 

 coarsely toothed, wrinkled ; racemes terminal, simple, 6-7- 

 flowered. fj . S. Native of Senegal. Bignonia Africana, 

 Lam. diet. 1. p. 424. Leaves scabrous above. Terminal 

 leaflet petiolate, lateral ones sessile. Calyx cup-shaped, une- 

 qually 4-cleft. Corollas 2 inches long, 4-cleft. Perhaps a dis- 

 tinct genus. 



African Tecoma. Tree tall. 



13 T. FU'LVA ; arboreous ; branches tetragonal ; leaflets 

 many pairs, cuneate, serrated, small, villous ; racemes axillary. 

 ^2 . S. Native of South America. Bignonia fulva, Cav. icon. 

 6. p. 58. t. 580. Stem of a fuscous-violaceous colour. Common 

 petioles winged. Corollas yellowish. 



/Wtxnw-flowered Tecoma. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



14 T. SUAVE'OLENS ; arboreous; leaflets 3 pair, oval, serru- 

 lated, glabrous; panicles terminal, thin ; first divisions brachiate; 

 corolla woolly ; calyx villous, with a 4-cleft limb : upper 

 division furnished with 2 minute points. I? . S. Native of 

 Bengal, and of the southern parts of the Coromandel coast. 

 Bignonia suaveolens, Roxb. fl. ind. 3. p. 104. Bign. nocti- 

 flora, Ham. herb. Bign. gratissima, Kon, Bign. chelonoides, 

 Kon. Patali is the Sanscrit name of the tree, see Asiat. res. p. 

 291. Parul is the Bengalese name ; and Pared is the Hindos- 

 tanee name. Bark ash-coloured, rather scabrous. Leaflets ending 

 in narrow, bluntish points ; the outer ones the largest, 6 inches 

 long, and 3-4 broad. Panicle composed of a few spreading 

 branches ; the first and second series thereof opposite ; the 

 upper ones dichotomous, with a solitary, pedicellate flower in 

 each fork ; all are thickly beset with glandular, viscid hairs. 

 Flowers large, of a dark, dull crimson colour, exquisitely fra- 

 grant. Corolla with an ample woolly throat, convex beneath, 

 flat, and plaited above ; the upper division of the border shortest ; 

 having the margins of all curled. Ovarium oblong-clavate, on a 

 glandular receptacle. 



Sweet-scented-flowered Tecoma. Tree. 



4. Climbing shrubs ; with impari-pinnate leaves. 



15 T. AUSTRA'LIS (R. Br. prod. p. 471.) scandent, glabrous ; 

 leaflets 5, elliptic, glabrous in the adult state, entire ; panicle 

 terminal; capsule oblong. fj . ,_,. G. Native of New Holland, 

 within the tropic, and of New South Wales. Bignonia Pandorea, 

 Vent. malm. t. 43. Andr. bot. rep. t. 86. Sims. bot. mag. 865. 

 Panicle composed of simple racemes ; also the racemes are often 

 axillary. Flowers pale red, with a dark purple, bearded throat. 



Southern Tecoma. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1793. 



1 6 T. MEONA'NTHA ; scandent, glabrous ; branches angular ; 

 leaflets 9, lanceolate, subserrated, bluntish, mucronate, dotted 

 beneath ; panicles terminal ; corolla with a bearded throat, t? . 

 ^,. G. Native of New Holland. Bignonia meonantha, Link, 

 enum. 2. p. 130. Bign. pandorea minor, hort. angl. Serratures 

 of leaves few, bluntish. Corolla subventricose, 8 lines long, of 



