BIGXONIACE.E. III. TECOMA. IV. JACARANDA. 



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reddish white colour. Leaves and flowers smaller than in 

 Tecoma australis. Upper lip of corolla etnarginate. 



Smaller-flowered Tecoma. Fl. April, July. Clt. ? Shrub cl. 



17 T. jAswrsoiDES ; leaves impari-pinnate, glabrous, shining ; 

 leaflets 5, oblong-lanceolate, bluntly acuminated, entire, paler 

 beneath ; panicles terminal, trichotoroous. ^ . w . G. Native 

 of New Holland, in Moreton Bay. Bignonia jasminoides, Cun- 

 ningh. in Loud. hort. brit. p. 582. Branches terete, glabrous, 

 green. Calyx crenately 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, 

 downy inside and outside, and a little bearded in the throat, of 

 a pale blush colour, almost white, with a dark purple throat. 

 Segments of corolla rounded, rather unequal. The fifth or ste- 

 rile filament very short, bearded at top ; all the rest bearded at 

 the base. 



Jasmine-like Tecoma. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1830. Shrub cl. 



18 T. DIVERSIFOLIA ; leaves impari-pinnate, very variable; 

 lower ones smallest, with 1 1 sessile, ovate-roundish, unequal- 

 sided, deeply crenated leaflets : the terminal leaflets the largest, 

 ovate-oblong, and bluntly acuminated, having the common 

 petiole winged, and articulated at the pairs of leaflets ; the leaves 

 become as they ascend the stems gradually larger, the leaflets 

 more entire ; the ultimate ones are therefore the largest, with 

 only 5 leaflets, which are ovate-oblong, bluntish and repandly 

 crenate, having the terminal leaflet twice the size of tlie lateral 

 ones. ^ . w . F. Native of New Holland. The petioles have 

 always narrow wings, and the leaves are dark green, glabrous, 

 and shining. 



Diverse-leatcd Tecoma. Fl. ? Clt. 1830. ? Shrub cl. 



19 T. CAPE'XSIS (Lindl. bot. reg. 1117.) scandent, glabrous; 

 branches terete ; leaflets !>, ovate, serrated, bearded in the axils 

 of the veins beneath ; racemes terminal on long peduncles ; 

 calyx 5-toothed ; limb of corolla 4-parted ; segments nearly 

 equal, obtuse ; the upper one emarginate. \ . w . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Bignonia Capensis, Thunb. prod, 

 p. 105. Ait. hort. kew. 4. p. 50. Flowers middle-sized, of 

 an orange scarlet colour, 2 inches long. 



Cape Tecoma. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1783. Shrub cl. 



20 T. GRASDiFLORA (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 184.) slightly 

 scandent, glabrous: leaflets 7-9, ovate, acuminated, coarsely 

 serrated, attenuated at the base ; panicles terminal, pendu- 

 lous ; calycine segments lanceolate, length of the tube of 

 the corolla. fj . w . G. Native of China and Japan. Bigno- 

 nia grandiflora, Thnnb. jap. 253. Blum, bijdr. 778. Bign. 

 Chinensis, Lam. diet. 1. p. 424. Rjotsjo, Kasmpf. amoen. p. 

 856. Banks, icon. Kaempf. t. 21. Incarvillea grandiflora, 

 Spreng. syst. 2. p. 836. Tung-tong-Ja of the Chinese. 

 Branches rooting. Young shoots spotted with dark purple. 

 Leaves 6-10 inches long ; petioles marginate. Flowers pendu- 

 lous, forming terminal, cross-armed panicles, large, of a tawny 

 orange colour on the outside, and of a tolerably bright reddish 

 orange inside, with brighter streaks. Nectary a glandular, cre- 

 nated rinjr. Anterior lobe of stigma recurved. 



Grtat-fowered Tecoma. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub 

 climbing. 



21 T. RADicAus (Juss. gen. p. 139.) scandent, glabrous; 

 branches rough, radicant ; leaflets 9, ovate, acuminated, coarsely 

 serrated ; racemes terminal, corymbose, on long peduncles ; tube 

 of corolla 5 times longer than the calyx. Ij.^.H. Native of Caro- 

 lina, Florida, and Virginia. Bignonia radicans, Lin. spec. 871. 

 hort. cliff. 317. ups. 178. Grov. \-\TS. 73. Mill. icon. t. 65. 

 Duham, arb. 1. p. 103. t. 1. Sabb. hort. 2. t. 84. Du Roi, 

 hardb. 1. p. 116. Wangenh. amer. 68. t. 26. f. 53. Willd. 

 arb. 47. Curt. bot. mag. 485. Riv. mon. p. 101. Mor. hist. 

 3. p. 612. f. 15. t. 3. f. 1. Corn. can. 102. t. 103. This is a 

 beautiful hardy climber, fixing itself to trees or walls, by roots, 

 like ivy. The flowers are produced at the ends of die shoots, 



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in large bunches ; and have long swelling tubes, shaped some- 

 what like a trumpet, whence this species, as well as all the species 

 of Bigiwnia, have the name of Trumpet-flower. The corolla is 

 large, scarlet orange-coloured. 



Var. /3, minor ; flowers smaller, scarlet. >j . ^ H. Native 

 of Carolina, There is a remarkable difference between this 

 and the species, in the shape and size of the leaves, as well as in 

 the colour and size of the flowers. 



footing Tecoma. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1640, /3, 1724. Shrub cl. 



5. Leares decompound. 



22 T. XYLOCA'RPA ; arboreous ; leaves bi-tripinnate ; leaflets 

 from obliquely oblong to semicordate ; panicles terminal ; seg- 

 ments of the limb of -the corolla round, and curled ; capsules 

 long, linear, crooked, ligneous, tubercled. T? . S. Native of 

 Soonda, in the East Indies. Bignonia xylocarpa, Roxb. fl. ind. 

 3. p. 108. Bark ash-coloured, rather spongy, and considerably 

 cracked. Leaves 1-4 feet long. Common petioles scabrous. 

 Branches of panicle opposite or tern, 2-3 or more times dichoto- 

 mous, slightly downy, with a single flower in each fork. Brae- 

 teas ovate-oblong. Flowers large, white, with a tinge of yellow, 

 delightfully fragrant. Capsule 2 feet long; dissepiment con- 

 trary. 



Woody-fruited Tecoma. Tree 20 to 40 feet. 



Cult. All the species of this genus are elegant plants, well 

 worth the cultivator's care. T. radicant is a hardy climbing 

 shrub, well fitted for decorating a wall, or front of a house. The 

 other species require the same treatment as that recommended 

 for the species of Bignonia, see p. 222. 



IV. JACARA'NDA (the name of /. Braziliana in Brazil.) 

 Juss. gen. p. 138. ed. Usteri, p. 154. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 

 amer. 3. p. 145. Humb. et Bonpl. pi. aequin. 1. p. 59. D. 

 Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 1823. Bignonia species of some 

 authors. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiosperma. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-toothed ; rarely tubular, truncate, entire. Corolla tubular at 

 the base, very much dilated above, campanulate, ventricose 

 beneath; limb bilabiate, 5-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous ; with 

 a fifth longer, sterile filament, which is villously bearded at top. 

 Anthers 1-lobed in most of the species, with an obsolete rudi- 

 ment of another lobe ; rarely 2-lobed (as in Jacardnda tomen- 

 tdsa), with the lobes equal and diverging. Stigma bilatnellate. 

 Capsule broad, compressed, 2-celled ; valves thick, ligneous ; 

 dissepiment contrary to the valves, placentiferous on both sides. 

 Seeds flat, transverse, with foliaceously- winged edges ; outer 

 testa coriaceous, rugosely plicate. Trees natives of South Ame- 

 rica, with the habit of the fine-leaved species of Acacia. Leaves 

 opposite, bipinnate. Flowers showy, panicled, terminal, rarely- 

 lateral, blue, violaceous, or yellow. 



$ 1 . Anthers 1 -looed. Leaves abruptly bi-pinnate. 



1 J. ACUTIFOLIA (Humb. et Bonpl. pi. aequin. 1. p. 59. t. 17. 

 nov. gen. 3. p. 145.) leaves bipinnate, usually with 5-6 pair of 

 alternate pinnae; leaflets 9-12 pairs, linear-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, glabrous ; corolla silky, with a straight tube. Fj . S. 

 Native of Peru, near San Felipe : and on the banks of the river 

 Guancabamba. Bark grey, chinky. Leaflets opposite or alter- 

 nate. Panicle terminal, large, pyramidal, many-flowered. Calyx 

 campanulate, 5-toothed ; teeth ovate, acute. Corolla large, 

 violaceous ; with a campanulate throat, ventricose beneath. 

 Capsule oval, acutish. 



Acute-leaved Jacaranda. Tree 10 feet. 



2 J. OBTUSIFOLIA (Humb. et Bonp. pi. sequin. 1. p. 62. t. 18. 

 Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 145.) leaves bipinnate ; with many pairs 



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