1778 



TECOMA 



TECOPHIL.EA 



and with a beak at the apex, 3-5 in. long. July-Sept. Pa. 

 and III. to Fla. and Texas. B.M. 485. Gn. 22, p. 339. 

 F. 1873, p. 220. A.F.12:34. Mn. 2:9.-Var. atropurpurea, 

 Hort. (var. grandiflora atropurpurea, Hort.). With 

 large, deep scarlet fls. Var. speciosa, Hort. Scarcely 

 climbing, usually forming a bush with long and slender 

 branches: lfts. small, oval, abruptly narrowed into a 

 slender point often % in. long: fls. orange-red, with 

 rather straight tube; limb about 1% in. across. Var. 

 prtecox, Hort. With large scarlet fls. 



8. gTandiildra, Del. (T. Chininsis, C. Koch. Bitj- 

 nbnia Chindnsis, Lam. Cdmpsis adr&pens, Lour.). 

 Chinese Trumpet Creeper. Fig. 2477 (adapted from 

 Gardening). Climbing shrub, with few or no aerial 

 rootlets: lvs. odd -pinnate; lfts. usually 7-9, ovate to 

 ovate-lanceolate, serrate, glabrous beneath, l}4-2% in. 

 long: fls. in terminal racemes; corolla funnelform-cam- 

 panulate, shorter and broader than that of the preced 

 ing species, scarlet, about 2 in. across; calyx 5-lobed 

 to the middle, about as long as the tube of the corolla: 

 fr. obtuse at the apex. Aug., Sept. China, Japan. B.M. 

 1398; 3011. F.S. 11:1124, 1125. Gn. 27, p. 94; 33, p. 348; 

 47, p. 373. G.F. 3:393. F.R. 2:27. Gng. 4:195. -Less 

 high-growing and sometimes shrubby; flowers when 

 quite small and can be grown as a pot-plant, also suited 

 for forcing. Var. atrosanguinea, Hort. With deeper 

 scarlet fls. Var. Thunbergi, Hort.( T. Thunbergi, Sieb.). 

 Fls. bright scarlet, with very short tube and reflexed 

 lobes. Often a var. of T. radicans is cult, under the 

 name T. Thunbergi. There are probably also hybrids 

 of this and the preceding species. Var. prSecox is ad- 

 vertised. 



9. Amboinensis, Blume. Evergreen climbing shrub: 

 lvs. odd-pinnate; lfts. 3-7, stalked, elliptic-ovate, acumi- 

 nate, sinuate or almost entire, puberulous beneath, 

 3-3% in. long: fls. in lateral racemes, corolla tubular- 

 funnelform, with erect or slightly spreading 5-lobed 

 limb, red, 3-4 in. long. Amboina. 



10. Ricasoliana, Tanfani ( T. Mackinii, W.Watson. 

 Panddrea Ricasoliana, Baill.). Evergreen climbing 

 shrub: Its. odd-pinnate; lfts. 7-11, short-stalked, ellip- 

 tic-ovate, acute or acuminate, serrate, dark green above, 

 pale beneath, glabrous, about 1 in. long: fls. in loose, 

 terminal panicles ; corolla funnelform, campanulate, 

 with spreading 5-lobed limb, light pink, striped red, 

 2 in. long; calyx 5-toothed: fr. linear, terete, 10-12 in. 

 long. S. Africa. 



11. australis, R. Br. (Bignbnia Pandora-, Sims). 

 Wonga-wonqa Vine. Evergreen high-climbing shrub: 



lvs. odd-pinnate; lfts. 3-9, 

 -. ^ ■ -., """-.', elliptic-ovate to ovate-lan- 



- '-':U'-'Z%'^:' ? -.. ceolate, acuminate but 



bluntly pointed, entire or 

 sometimes coarsely cre- 

 nate, shining above, gla- 

 brous, 1-2M in. long: pan- 

 icles many-fld.; corolla 

 funnelform - campanulate, 

 with 5-lobed spreading 

 limb, yellowish white, 

 spotted violet in the 

 throat, % in. long: fr. ob- 

 long, pointed, 2-3 in. long. 

 Spring. Australia. B.M. 

 865. Gn. 27, p. 94. 



12. jasminoides, Lindl, 

 {Big n bnia jasminoi d e s . 

 Hort.). Bower Plant op 

 Australia. Evergreen 

 climbing shrub: lvs. odd- 

 pinnate; lfts. 5-9, almost 

 sessile, ovate to lanceolate, 

 acuminate but bluntly 

 pointed, entire, glabrous, 

 1-2 in. long: panicles 

 rather few -fid.; corolla 

 funnelform - campanulate, 

 witli large spreading 5- 



lobed limb with crenate lobes, white, rosy pink in the 



throat, 1K-2 in. long; calyx small, 5-lobed. Aug. -Oct. 



B.R. 23:2002. B.M. 4004. R.H. 1895, p. 109. Var. alba 



is a trade name. 



2477. 



r^-v-t'-vj*-- 



grandiflo 

 a clothes post. 



13. filicifdlia, Nichols. (Campsidium filicitilium, 



Van Geert). Climbing evergreen shrub: lvs. odd -pin- 

 nate, 5 in. long; lfts. 19-25, ovate, with 2 or 3 lobes on 

 each side, the larger lobes sometimes dentate. Fiji 

 Islands. F. 1874:280. 

 T. oesculifblia, DC. (Tabebuia tesculifolia, Hemsl. 



Biguonia leseulifolia, Humli & Bolipl. I Evergreen 

 tree, about 20 ft. high: lvs. digitate, with 7 oblong- 

 obovate lfts., pubescent above, tomentose beneath: 

 fls. in terminal panicles, subcampanulate, orange- 

 red, with yellow spots on the 3 lower lobes. Mex- 

 ico .— T. chrysdntha, DC. (Tabebuia chrysantha, 

 Nichols.). Evergreen tree: lvs. digi- 

 tate, with 5 ovate entire, tomentose . 

 lfts.: fls. in terminal racemes, yel- iilrv 

 low, funnelform, 2 in. long. Caracas. £\ \ 

 —T. fiilva, Don (Teeomaria t'ulva, ^'wto? 

 Baill.). Evergreen upright shrub to \'^- 

 15 ft. high: lvs. odd-pinnate, with 9- V- 

 13 small, ovate, toothed lfts.: Ms. in 

 terminal panicles, tubular - funnel- 

 form, slender, yellow, tinged red, 1% 

 in. long; stamens 

 slightly exserted. 

 Peru. B.M. 4896. F. 

 S. 11:1116.— 2". ser- 



ratifiilia. Don 

 (Tabebuia serra- 

 tifolia, Nichols.). 



Evergre 



lvs. digitate. with 

 4-5, oblong-ovate 

 nate lfts. serrate at the 

 apex, 3-5 in. long: fls. in ter- 

 minal panicles, tubular-fun- 

 nelform, yellow. W. Indies. 

 —T. spectilbilis. Planch. & 

 Lind. (Tabebuia spectabilis, 

 Nichols.). Evergreen tree: 

 lvs. digitate, with 5-stalked, 

 ovate to oblong-ovate, cren- 

 ately serrate lfts.: lis. in 

 al panicles, orange- 

 yellow, funnelform -campa- 

 nulate. Columbia. F.S. 9: 

 948.— T. Taldiviana, Phil. 

 ( Campsidium Chilense.Reiss. 

 &Seem.). Evergreen climb- 

 ing shrub: lvs. odd-pinnate, with 9-15 elliptic to ovate-oblong, 

 small lfts., serrate near the apex or almost entire: fls. in ter- 

 minal racemes, tubular, with short 5-lobed limb, orange, about 

 1 in. long. Chile. G.C. 1870:1182. B.M. 6111. 



Alfred Rehder. 



TECOPHILffiA (named for Tecophila Billotti, daugh- 

 ter of a botanist). Hmmodoracew. Chilean Crocus. 

 Two Chilean bulbous early-flowering plants, useful for 

 pots or for forcing, one of which is offered by Dutch 

 bulb dealers. They look like blue crocuses. They are 

 stemless plants, with 1- few-fid. scapes and linear or 

 lanceolate leaves arising from tunicated corms. The 

 flowers are blue, campanulate. with 6 segments, 3 per- 

 fect stamens and 3 staminodia, a single style and a 3- 

 loculed ovary. The botanical position of Teeophilaea is 

 open to discussion, but the inferior ovary seems to take 

 it out of the Liliacese, with which it has been placed by 

 some writers. The plants are useful for blooming in 

 pots indoors early in spring. T. violteflora, Bertero, 

 does not appear to be introduced. The one in cultiva- 

 tion is— 



cyanocrocus, Leyb. (sometimes written T. cyano- 

 crocea). Scapes 1-3, erect, 3-6 in. high, 1-fld.: lvs. 

 2-3, linear-canaliculate and undulate : fl. azure-blue 

 with white throat, about 1% in. long, with a narrow 

 tube and obovate segments. Var. Leichtlini, Hort., 

 has fls. deep blue with no trace of yellow; said by 

 some to have a white center. Var. Regelii, Baker (not 

 known to be in the trade), lias longer peduncles, longer 

 and narrower scarcely undulate lvs., and narrow oblong 

 segments. Species hardy at New York city in protected 

 places, but usually the plants do not thrive more than 

 a year or two; they ought to do better farther south. 

 Blooms very early in spring. Fls. violet-scented. 



L. H. B. 



2476. Trumpet Vine - 

 Tecoma radicans (X %). 



