BIGELOWIA BILLARDIERA 265 



where it flowers abundantly during the latter end of September and 

 during October, producing heavy masses of corymbs often 9 to 12 ins. 

 across. It does not need a rich or heavy soil, but a well-drained, sandy 

 loam, and all the sunshine possible. The above description is made from 

 the plant at Kew, figured in the Botanical Magazine ; but in a wild state 

 the species is spread over a wide extent of country, and is said to 

 vary much. 



Var. ALBICAULIS, Nuttall, differs from the above in having the branches 

 clothed with woolly down, and the tube of the corolla clothed with long hairs. 



B1GNONIA CAPREOLATA, Linnaus. CROSS VINE. 



BIGNONIACE^:. 

 (Bot. Mag., t. 864.) 



An evergreen or semi-deciduous climber (according to climate); in 

 nature ascending trees to a height of 40 to 50 ft. : stems long, slender, 

 smooth except at the joints. Leaves opposite, composed of two leaflets 

 on a common stalk J in. long, which is prolonged into a branched tendril. 

 Leaflets oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 2 to 5 ins. long, J to 2 ins. 

 wide; heart-shaped at the base, tapered at the apex, smooth and deep 

 green ; stalk J in. long, hairy on the upper side. Flowers orange-red, 

 clustered in the leaf-axils, each on a stalk i to ij ins. long. Corolla 

 between tube- and funnel-shaped, ij to 2 ins. long, ij ins. wide at the 

 mouth, where it spreads into five ovate, rounded lobes. Calyx bell- 

 shaped, | in. long, shallowly five-toothed. Pod about 6 ins. long, slender, 

 flattened. Blossoms in June. 



Native of the south-eastern United States; introduced in 1710. In 

 order to succeed near London this handsome climber must have a 

 sheltered, sunny wall. It is the only member of a very large and 

 ornamental genus of climbers confined to the New World that can be 

 grown out-of-doors by us. The popular name refers to the cross-like 

 appearance of the wood when cut through transversely. 



Var. ATROSANGUINEA (Bot. Mag., t. 6501) has darker, red-purple flowers, 

 and longer, narrower leaves. 



BILLARDIERA LONGIFLORA, Labillardiere. PITTOSPORACEyE. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 1507.) 



A climbing, evergreen shrub, with slender, smooth stems and narrow, 

 lanceolate, entire leaves, i to ij- ins. long. Flowers solitary in the leaf- 

 axils, each one on a slender stalk, | in. long, pendulous ; the five petals 

 are oblanceolate, f in. long, free but not spreading, greenish yellow. 

 Fruit an oblong-globular, dry capsule, of a beautiful dark blue, f to i in. 

 long. 



A native of Tasmania; introduced in 1810. Unfortunately this 

 delightful climber can only be grown out-of-doors in the milder parts of 

 Great Britain. The finest plants I have seen are in the garden of Sir 

 John Ross of Bladensburg, at Rostrevor, Ireland, and in that of Mr 



