LII. BldJO-ti I A'CEJE TE'COMA. 



Genus II. 



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TE'COMA Juss. The Tecoma 



Didynamia Angiospermia. 



]ientification. Juss. Gen., p. 139. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 223. 



\ifnonyme. Bignfinw sp. of Lin. and others. 



iterivation. From Tecomaxochitl, the Mexican name of one of the species. 



veil. Char., S^-c. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothecl. Corolla with a short tube 

 and a campanulate throat ; limb 5-lobed, bilabiate. Stamens 4, didynamous, 



i" that is, 2 long and 2 short ; with the rudiment of a fifth sterile filament. 

 Stigma bilamellate. Capsule silique-formed, 2-celled, having the dissepi- 

 ment contrary to the valves. Seeds disposed in 2 rows, imbricate, winged, 

 i transverse. (Doit's Mill.) 



I Leaves compound, opposite, exstipulate, 'deciduous ; imparipinnate. 

 Flowers terminal, panicled, orange or scarlet. Shrubs, scandent, decidu- 

 ous ; natives of Asia and North America. 



I The only hardy species yet introduced is a deciduous climbing shrub, quite 

 jirdy, and readily propagated by cuttings of the shoots or roots. 



k I. T, RADi^CANS Juss. The rooting-branched Tecoma, or Trumpet Flower. 



kntification. Juss. Gen., p. 139. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 225. 



\nonymes. Bignbnm radicans Lin. Sji. 871. ; Bignbnw radicans major Hort. ; Gelsemium Clematis 

 \Barrel. Icon. 59. ; Bignfinra /raxinifolia Catcsb. Car. ; Jasmin de Virginie, Fr. ; Wurzeln Big- 

 lionia, Oer. ; Esschenbladige Bignonia, Butch. ; Gelsomino americano, Ital. 

 igravings. Bot. Mag., t. 485. ; and oar fig. 1287. 



\)ec. Char., ^c. Climbing, glabrous. Branches 

 i rough, rooting. Leaflets 9, ovate, acuminated, 

 ; coarsely serrated. Racemes terminal, corymbose, 

 on long peduncles. Tube of corolla 5 times 

 , longer than the calyx. (Don's Mill.) A robust 

 jdeciduous climber, which fixes itself to trees or 

 jWalls by its roots, like ivy. CaroUna, Florida, and 

 iVirginia. Stems 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 

 |1640. Flowers scarlet and orange-coloured, large ; 

 [August and September. 



\riett/. 



\ -i T. r. 2 major Hort. has the flowers larger and 



of a darker scarlet j the leaves, also, differ 



considerably, both in size and shape. Ca- 

 ! rolina ; August. Introduced in 1724. 



|ln British gardens it grows vigorously, producing 

 t!ts of leaves and fine flowers abundantly at the 

 'iremity of the branches, but is rather apt to become naked below. 



j 1 2. r. GRANDiFLo^RA Swt. The great-flowcred Tecoma. 



i'itificalion. Sweet's Hort. Brit., p. 14. :-Don'sMilL, 



, p. 225. 

 ^\nymes. Bignbnia grandiflbra Thunb. Fl. Jap. 



.3. ; B. chinensis Lam. Diet. 1. p. 424. ; Rjotsjo 



;S7>j/)/ Ama-n. p. 8.56. ; Incarvillea grandifl6ra 



mng. Syst. 2. p.836. ; Tung-von-fa, Giinese. 



12&7. T. radicans. 



^iravings. 

 12S8. 



Banks Icon. Ka;mpf., t. 21.; and our 



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Jic. Char., Sfc. Slightly scandent, glabrous. 

 liCaflets 7 9, ovate, acuminated, coarsely 

 errated, attenuated at the base. Pani- 

 ;les terminal, pendulous. Calycine seg- 

 jients lanceolate, length of the tube of 

 e corolla. Branches rooting. Young 

 cots spotted with dark purple. Leaves 



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128.^. T. grandiflora. 



