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BIGNONIACE^E. IV. JACARANDA. V. AMPHILOPHIUM. 



of alternate or opposite pinnae (about 1 5 pairs) ; leaflets many- 

 pairs alternate or opposite, oval-oblong, obtuse, downy ; corollas 

 glabrous, having an arched tube, which is three times shorter 

 than the throat. T? . S. Native on the banks of the Orinoco, 

 in shady places, near Carichana, where it is called Arbol del roseto. 

 Bark grey, wrinkled. Leaves a foot long. Leaflets contiguous. 

 Panicle large, many-flowered, diffuse, usually lateral. Calyx small, 

 campanulate, 5-toothed ; teeth acute. Corolla violaceous, gla- 

 brous, larger than those of J. mimosifblia ; throat much dilated. 

 Ovarium ovate, 2-edged. 



Obtuse-leaved Jacaranda. Tree 30 feet. 



3 J. MIMOSIFOLIA (D. Don, in bot. reg. t. 631.) leaves bipin- 

 nate, with many pairs of opposite pinnae (14-24 pair), each 

 pinnae bearing 10-28 pair of trapezoid-oval oblong, mucronate, 

 downy leaflets, the odd or terminal leaflet lanceolate, and longer 

 than the lateral ones ; corollas silky, having the tube a little 

 arched, and 3 times shorter than the throat. T; . S. Native of 

 Brazil. J. ovalifolia, R. Br. in bot. mag. t. 2327. Bark grey, 

 nodose from cicatrices at bottom. Leaves beset with scattered, 

 shining dots. Leaves \\ foot long. Panicles large, terminal, 

 naked, erectly pyramidal. Flowers showy, drooping, blue. 

 Calyx villous, 5-toothed. Ovarium ovate-oblong, acuminated. 



Mimosa-leaved Jacaranda. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1818. 

 Tree 6 to 1 feet. 



4 J. FILICIFOUA (D. Don. in edinb. phil. journ. 1823.) leaves 

 bipinnate, with many pairs of opposite pinnae (9-18 pair), each 

 pinnae bearing from 6 to 15 pair of contiguous trapezoid-oval, 

 mucronate, glabrous, coriaceous leaflets : the odd or terminal 

 one elliptic-rhomboid, acute, large ; corolla glabrous, with an 

 arched tube about equal in length to the throat. J? S. Native 

 in woods, at the river Essequibo. J. rhombifolia, Meyer, prim, 

 esseq. p. 213. Bignonia filicif61ia, Anderson, cat. hort. St. 

 Vincent, in trans, soc. arts, &c. vol. 25. p. 200. Branches elon- 

 gated, with broad cicatrices occasioned by the falling of the 

 leaves. Leaves 1 to Ij foot, shining above, and glaucous 

 beneath. Panicles lateral and terminal. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-toothed. Corollas large, violaceous, with a narrow cylin- 

 drical tube, and a wide, campanulate throat. Ovarium elliptic. 



Fern-leaved Jacaranda. Fl. ? Clt. 1800. Tree 25 to 40 

 feet. 



5 J. COPA'IA (D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 1823.) leaves 

 bipinnate, with 4-5 pairs of opposite pinnae, each pinna bearing 

 3-6 pair of elliptic or cuneated, obtuse, coriaceous, glabrous 

 leaflets ; calyx tubular, truncate ; corollas velvety. Tj S. 

 Native of Guiana, in woods. Bignonia, Capaia, Aubl. guian. 2. 

 p. 650. t. 265. and 262. J. procera, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 834. 

 Bignonia procera, Willd. spec. 3. p. 307. Pers. ench. 2. p. 

 173. Bark thick, grey, wrinkled. Leaves 1^ to 2 feet long. 

 Panicle large, terminal. Calyx truncate, entire, with a short 

 cleft on both sides of the mouth. Corolla blue, size of those of 

 Digitalis ambigua, with a dilated, ventricose, bearded throat. 

 Capsule oval, obtuse. 



Copaia Jacaranda. Clt. 1793. Tree 60 to 80 feet. 



6 J. BAHAME'NSIS (Sims. bot. mag. under no. 2327.) leaves 

 bipinnate ; pinnae alternate ; leaflets opposite or alternate, acute 

 at both ends ; calyx truncate ; corollas glabrous. Tj . S. Native 

 of the Bahama Islands, particularly of the Island of Providence, 

 near the town of Nassau, Catesby. Bignonia ccerulea, Lin. 

 spec. 872. Mill. diet. no. 11. Willd. spec. 3. p. 307. 

 Catesb. car. 1. p. 42. t. 42. Panicle terminal. Flowers blue. 

 Fruit emarginate. 



J3a/irt,a-island Jacaranda. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1 724. Tree. 



7 J. BRASILIA'NA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 420.) leaves bipinnate; 

 leaflets oblong, acute ; panicles lateral ; fruit short, with sinuated 

 edges. \) . S. Native of Brazil. Bignonia Braziliana, Willd. 

 spec. 3. p. 307. Jacaranda II. Pis, bras. p. 165. Flowers yellow. 



This species will be easily distinguished from the rest, by its 

 yellow flowers. We know nothing of the anthers. 



Brazilian Jacaranda. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



2. Anthers Z-lobed : lobes equal. Leaves impari-bipinnate. 



8 J. TOMENTOSA (R. Br. in bot. mag. under no. 2327. in bot. 

 reg. 1103.) leaves bipinnate, with 3-5 pairs of pinnae, and an 

 odd one ; leaflets ovate or elliptic, acute or acuminated, un- 

 equal, tomentose in the young state, and beneath in the adult 

 state ; corollas silky ; branches downy. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, Sir George Staunton, and Sello. J. pubescens, Lodd. 

 cat.? Bark grey. Leaves a span long. Panicles small, ter- 

 minal, tomentose ; peduncles 1-3-flowered. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-toothed ; teeth ovate, acute. Corolla violaceous or blue ; with 

 a widened throat. Capsule oval-orbicular. 



Tomentose Jacaranda. Fl. ? Clt. 1824. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



Cult. Jacaranda is a genus composed of elegant trees, having 

 much the habit of the fine-leaved Acacias ; bearing large, usu- 

 ally terminal panicles of showy blue, or violaceous flowers, and 

 on that account are worth cultivating in every collection of 

 stove plants. They grow freely in a mixture of loam, peat, and 

 sand, or any light rich soil ; and cuttings, half ripened, strike 

 root readily, if planted in sand, with a hand-glass placed over 

 them ; but the leaves of these cuttings should not be shortened, 

 or cut in any way. If the trees are kept dry in winter, it will 

 check their growth, and throw them into flower. 



V. AMPHILOTHIUM (from a/x^Xo^oc, amphilophos, 

 crested on all sides ; limb of corolla much curled.) H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 148. Bignonia species, Lin. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiosperma. Calyx campanulate, 

 with a double limb ; inner one bilabiate ; outer one spreading, 

 undulately curled. Corolla somewhat coriaceous, with a short 

 tube, a large ventricose throat, which is sulcately compressed in 

 front : limb bilabiate ; upper lip large, helmet-shaped, bidentate ; 

 lower one straight, tridentate, about equal in length to the supe- 

 rior one. Stamens 4, didynamous, that is, 2 long, and 2 short, 

 with the rudiment of a fifth. Lobes of anthers cohering at top, 

 divaricate. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule ovate, rather ligneous, 

 2-celled, 2-valved. Seeds imbricate, membranaceously-winged, 

 transverse. Climbing, cirrhose shrubs; with opposite, conjugate 

 leaves, and terminal panicles of rose-coloured or red flowers. 



1 A. PANICULA'TUM (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 149.) leaves 

 conjugate ; leaflets ovate-roundish, acuminated, subcordate, 

 finely lepidoted on both surfaces, clothed with down-like hairs 

 on the middle nerve beneath, and on the inside of the petioles ; 

 tendrils trifid. fj . ^. S. Native of New Andalusia, near the 

 monastery of Caripe, and on mount Cocollar. Bignonia pani~ 

 culata, Lin. spec. 869. Jacq. amer. 183. t. 116. Vahl. symb. 

 3. p. 80. Plum. spec. 5. icon. 56. f. 11. Panicle composed of 

 3-flowered peduncles. Corollas rather fleshy, rose-coloured. 

 Jacquin's plant has the lower leaves ternate. 



Far. fl, nolle; leaflets orbicular, acuminated, cordate, clothed 

 with adpressed, rufescent, stellate, branched tomentum beneath. 

 Tj . ^j. S. Native near Vera Cruz. A. molle, Cham, et 

 Schlecht. in Linnaea. 5. p. 120. Branches tetragonal, tomen- 

 tose. 



Panicled Amphilophium. Fl. ? Clt. 1738. Shrub cl. 



2 A. MUTISII (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 149. t. 

 219.) leaves conjugate; leaflets ovate-roundish, acuminated, 

 cordate, finely lepidoted on both surfaces ; petioles glabrous ; 

 tendrils angular, trifid at top. Tj . w . S. Native of New 

 Granada, near Mariquita, in temperate places. Branches some- 

 what 6-angled, glabrous, white ; branchlets green, beset with 

 powdery atoms. Branches of panicle few-flowered. Corollas 



