TECOMA 



unsightly fences and buildings. This tecoma ripens its 

 seed so abundantly that hundreds of seedlings come up 

 around the old plant. The value of this shrub, bloom- 

 ing so late in autumn, cannot be overestimated. T. 

 mollis, incorrectly known to the trade as T. stems var. 

 iflutina, also does well, but being a native of Guate- 

 mala it is much less hardy than the former. The growth 

 is more upright and stiff, the leaflets are much larger, 

 less serrate, and much darker green and the flowers, 

 which are borne in terminal panicles, are smaller and 

 without fragrance and the color is a much lighter yellow. 

 It also flowers several weeks earlier than T. stems. The 

 foliage looks crimped and often blackish, being attacked 

 by a kind of aphis and by several fungi. T. Smiihii is 

 said to be a hybrid between T. mollis and Tecomaria 

 capcnsis, raised near Melbourne, Australia, by Edwin 

 Smith. The plant comes true from seed, and seedlings 

 flower when about a year old, beginning to open their 

 large clusters of yellow and reddish trumpets in April 

 and continuing with short intervals until cut down by 

 frost in December. (H. Xehrling.) 



A. Fls. pure yellow, funnelform-campanulate, abruptly 



contracted above the base. 

 B. Lvs. glabrous or nearly so. 



stans, Juss. (Stenolbbium stdns, Seem.). YEIXOW 

 ELDER. Upright shrub: Ivs. odd-pinnate; Ifts. 5-11, 

 almost sessile, oblong-ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, 

 serrate, glabrous. 2-5 in. long and %-lJ^ in- broad: fls. 

 in large, terminal racemes or panicles; corolla funnel- 

 form-campanulate, yellow, 1J-3 in. long; anthers pubes- 

 cent : calyx with 5 short teeth: caps, linear, 5-7 in. long. 

 Sept.-Dec. S. Fla. to W. Indies and S. Amer. B.M. 

 3191. Sometimes called yellow bignonia. Fls. fra- 

 grant. Var. angustata, Rehd. (Stenolobium indsum, 

 Woot. <fc Standley). Lfts. 7-11, lanceolate to linear- 

 lanceolate, sharply or incisely serrate with flaring teeth, 

 1-3 in. long and j^-J^in. broad. Texas, Ariz., and Mex. 

 This variety is hardier than the type, which is some- 

 times cult, as T. sambucifolia; the true T. sambuci- 

 folia. HBK., from Peru, which has glabrous anthers, 

 is probably not in cult. 



BB. Lvs. villous or tomentose beneath. 



m611is, Humb. & Bonpl. (T. vdutina, Lindl. T. 

 stdns var. relutina, Hort.). Similar to the preceding, 

 but pubescent: Ifts. 5-9, oblong-ovate., acuminate, less 

 deeply serrate or almost entire, villous-pubescent on 

 both sides or only beneath. 2-4 in. long: fls. like those 

 of the preceding, but smaller and paler and not fra- 

 grant. Mex. to Chile and Peru. It lasts in bloom 

 much longer and the fls. keep well in water, a rare 

 occurrence in this genus. 



AA. Fls. yellow and red, tubular-funnelform, gradually 

 narrowed toward the base. 

 B. Lfts. obtuse or acutish. 



Smithii, W. Wats. Fig. 3783 (adapted from The Gar- 

 den). Upright shrub: Ivs. odd-pinnate; Ifts. 11-17, 

 oblong, obtuse or acutish, serrate, 1-2 in. long: fls. in 

 large, compound panicles, sometimes 8 in. long and as 

 broad; corolla tubular-funneiform. with 5 reflexed 

 rounded lobes, bright yellow tinged with orange, lJ^-2 

 in. long. Sept.-Jan. Intro, from Austral, and supposed 

 to be a hybrid of T. mollis and Tecomaria capensis. G.C. 

 111.14:649. Gn. 48:23. I.H. 43:55, 107. Gt. 44, p. 

 52. G.M. 36:627. J.H. III. 42:371. Blooming in the 

 greenhouse in winter and well suited for cult, in pots. 

 It has been said that it comes true from seed, but 

 plants raised by Franceschi from seed received from 

 the originator had mostly pure yellow fls. 



BB. Lfts. acuminate. 



Garrocha, Hieron. Glabrous small shrub: Ivs. 3J-5 

 in. long; rachis narrowly winged; Ifts. 7-11, short- 

 stalked, oblong-ovate, acuminate, serrate, 1-2 in. long: 



TECOMARIA 



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fls. in slender racemes forming terminal panicles 4-6 in. 

 long; calyx with long-acuminate teeth; corolla about 2 

 in long, yellow with scarlet tube, slender, very gradu- 

 ally narrowed toward the base, limb %-l in. across; 

 anthers slightly exceeding the mouth: caps. 2^-4 in. 

 long. July-Aug. Argentina. A smaller and more 

 graceful plant than T. stans, strikingly handsome with 

 its bright yellow and scarlet fls. 



T. se*culif6lia, DC.=Tabebuia sesculifolia. T. amboinbisis, 

 Blume. Evergreen climbing shrub: Ivs. odd-pinnate with usually 

 5 ellipuc-obovate Ifte. 3-3 Ji in. long: fls. tubular-funnelform, rei 

 3-4 in. long, in lateral racemes. Amboina. Once offered by John 

 baul, but has probably now disappeared from cult. It is not a true 

 Tecoma and belongs possibly to Pandorea. T. australis, R. Br = 

 Pandorea australis. T. Brycei, N. E. Br.=Pandorea Brycei. 

 T. capensis, LindL=Tecomaria capensis. T. chinensis, Koch= 

 Campsis chinensis. T. filicifdlia, Nichols.=Pandorea australis. 

 T. ./titoo, Don=Tecomaria fulva. T. grandiflora, DeL=Campsis 

 chinensis. T. hybrida, Jouin=Campsis hybrida. T. intermedia, 



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3783. Tecoma Smithii. ( X Ji) 



Schelle=Campsis hybrida. T. jasminaides, LindL=Pandorea ias- 

 minoides. T. leucorylon, Mart.=Tabebuia triphylla. T. Mdc- 

 kenii, W. Wats.=Pandorea Ricasoliana. T. pentdntha, offered by 

 the S. Calif. Acclim. Assoc., is unknown to the writer. T. penta- 

 phyUa, Juss.=Tabebuia pentaphylla. T. radicans, Juss.=Campsis 

 radicans. T. Regime Sabx, Franceschi^Pandorea Brj-cei. T. 

 Ricasoliana, Tanfani=Pandorea Ricasoliana. T. rosea, Bertol.= 

 Tabebuia rosea. T. serraiifdlia, Don=Tabebuia serratifolia. T. 

 shirensis, Baker=Tecomaria shirensis. T. spectdbilis. Planch.^ 

 Tabebuia spectabiUs. T. Thunbergii, Sieb.=Campsis chinensis 

 var. Thunbergii. T. mldiriana, PhiL=Campsidium chilense 

 T. Whytei, C. H. Wright^Tecomaria shirensis. 



ALFRED REHDER. 



TECOMARIA (name derived from Tecoma, alluding 

 to its affinity). Bignoniacex. Warm-country plants, 

 grown for their showy bloom. 



Evergreen shrubs with slender, often sarmentose 

 branches: Ivs. opposite, odd-pinnate; Ifts. serrate: fls. 

 in terminal panicles or racemes; calyx campanulate, 

 regularly 5-toothed; corolla funnelform, slightly curved; 

 stamens mostly exserted, with pendulous diverging 

 cells; disk cupulate: caps, linear, compressed. Five 

 species in Cent, and S. Amer. and in S. Afr. 



The tecomarias are half-climbing or nearly upright 



