TECOMA 



TECOMA 



1777 



cold night, and 6 or 7 degrees of frost kill the plant 

 down to the ground. For this reason the vine should 

 be banked with dry sand every fall and if killed down 

 to the banking it must be cut off immediately or the 

 entire plant will be lost. Plants raised from seed re- 

 ceived under the name of T. Kicasoliana, from Italy, 

 are much hardier and more ttoriferous than those 

 obtained from seed imported from South Africa, but 

 the flowers of both are exactly alike. In order to 

 flower profusely this species must be planted in the 

 full sun. It usually requires a few years before it starts 

 into a vigorous growth, and it rarely flowers before its 

 fifth year or before it has attained considerable size. 

 In Florida, T. Mackenii should be planted on tall 

 stumps, or on arbors and sheds by itself, never mingled 

 with other species. This species is properly T. 



T. filicifolia, from the Fiji Islands, has never flowered 

 in the writer's garden and is cut down by frost almost 

 every winter, but it is a strong grower and worth plant- 

 ing for the foliage alone. 



T. Vnhlifiana has proved to be a very poor grower 

 and is very difficult to keep in health for any length of 

 time. Apparently not in the trade. jj. NKHRLING. 



(Including some names from other genera, s. L. = supple- 

 mentary list.) 



A. Habit upright. 



B. Foliage digitate: fls. pink. 



C. Panicles few-fid 1. leueoxylon 



cc. Panicles many -fid 2. rosea 



BB. Foliage pinnate : fls. yellow. 



(Stenolobium.) 

 c. Lfts. acuminate. 



D. Lvs. glabrous 3. stans 



DD. Lvs. villous - pubescent bt- 



neath 4. mollis 



cc. Lfts. oblong, obtusish 5. Smithii 



AA. Habit climbing or prostrate, rarely 



suberect. 



B. Stamens exserted. (Tecomaria.) 6. Capensie 

 BB. Stamens included. 

 c. Pairs of Ifts. 2-5. 



D. Fls. in racemes, orangi, 

 red or scarlet. (Campsis.) 

 E. Lfts. serrate: racemes ter- 

 minal. 

 F. Corolla - tithe much 



longer than calyx 7. radicans 



FF. Corolla-tube little ex- 

 ceeding the calyx 8. grandiflora 



EE. Lfts. entire or sinuate: 



racemes axillary 9. Amboinensis 



DD. Fls. in terminal panicles, 

 whitish or light pink 

 (Pandorea.) 



E. Margin of Ifts. serrate... 10. Ricasoliana 

 EE. Margin of Ifts. entire. 



F. Corolla % in. long 11. australis 



FF. Corolla l%-2 in. long. .12. jasminoides 

 cc. Pairs of Ifts. 9-12. (Campsid- 



ium .) 13. f ilicif oliuni 



1. leucbxylon, Mart. (Bignonia Ieuc6xylon, Linn.). 

 Evergreen tree: Ivs. long-petioled, digitate; Ifts. usu- 

 ally 5, stalked, oblong - lanceolate, entire, glabrous, 

 1-2 X in. long: fls. terminal, in few-fld. racemes or 

 solitary; corolla funnelform, with large, spreading limb, 

 rosy pink, 2-2V in. long; calyx 2-lipped : capsule linear, 

 6-8 in. long. W. Indie?, Guiane 



2. rosea, Bertol (Tabebula rdsea, DC.). Evergreen 

 tree: Ivs. digitate; Ifts. 5, rarely 3, long-stalked, ovate 

 to oblong, acuminate, entire: fls. in many-fld. terminal 

 panicles; corolla funnelform-campanulate, with short 

 tube and large, spreading lobes, rosy pink; calyx cam- 

 panuliite, obscurely 2-lobed, almost truncate. Guate- 

 mala. 



3. stans, Juss. (T. sambucifblia, Humb. & Bonpl. 

 Stenoldbium stans, Seem.). YELLOW ELDER. Upright 

 shrub: Ivs. odd-pinnate ; Ifts. 5-11, almost sessile, 

 ovate-lanceolate to narrow-lanceolate, acuminate, in- 

 ciscly serrate, glabrous, 1/^-4 in. long: fls. in large, 

 terminal racemes or panicles; corolla funnelform-cam- 

 panulate, yellow, 1% in. long; calyx with 5 short teeth; 

 capsule linear, 5-7 in. long. Spring to Sept. S. Fla. to 

 ,M< x.. W. Indies. B.M. 3191. Sometimes called yellow 

 begonia. Fls. fragrant. 



4. m611is, Humb. & Bonpl. (T. velutina, Lindl. T. 

 stans, var. velutina, Hort.). Similar to the preceding, 

 but pubescent: Ifts. 5-9, ob- 

 long-ovate, acuminate, less 



deeply serrate or almost en- 

 tire, villous pubescent on 

 both sides or only beneath, 

 2-4 in. long: fls. like thost 

 of the preceding, but little 

 or not at all fragrant. Mex- 

 ico to Chile and Peru. 



5. Smithii, W. Wats. Fig. 

 2474 (adapted from The Gar- 

 den). Upright shrub: Ivs. 

 odd-pinnate; Ifts. 11-17, ob- 

 long, obtuse or acutish, ser- 

 rate, 1-2 in. long: fls. in 

 large, compound panicles, 

 sometimes 8 in. long and as 

 broad ; corolla tubular - fun- 

 nelform, with 5 reflexed 

 rounded lobes, bright yel- 

 low tinged with orange, 1%- 

 2 in. long. Sept. -Jan. In- 

 troduced from Australia and 

 supposed to be a hybrid of 

 T. mollis and Capensis. G. 

 C. III. 14:649. Gn. 48:1022. 

 I.H. 43:55, 107. Gt. 44, p. 

 52. G.M. 36:627. - Bloom- 

 ing in the greenhouse in 

 winter and well suited foi "~ 

 cultivation in pots. 



6. Capensis, Lindl. (Te- 

 comaria Caplnsis, Seem.). 

 CAPE HONEYSUCKLE. Climb- 

 ing shrub: Ivs. odd-pinnate; 

 Ifts. 7-9, ovate, acute, coarsely 

 serrate, glabrous, about 2 in. 

 long: fls. in peduncled tei- 

 minal racemes; corolla tubu- 

 lar, curved, with 4-parted 

 spreading limb, the upper 

 lip emarginate, orange-red, 

 about 2 in. long ; calyx 5- 

 toothed: capsule linear, 3-5 

 in. long. Aug. -Nov. S. 

 Africa. B. R. 13: 1117. L. 

 B.C. 17:1672. R.H. 1895, p. 

 108. 



7. radicans, Juss. (Big- 

 nonia radicans. Linn. 

 Campsis radicans, Bur.). 

 TRUMPET CREEPER. TRUM- 

 PET VINE. TRUMPET HONEY- 

 SUCKLE. Figs. 2475, 2476. 

 High-climbing shrub, cling- 

 ing with rootlets: Ivs. odd- 

 pinnate; Ifts. 9-11, oval to ovate-oblong, acuminate, ser- 

 rate, dark green above, pale and pubescent beneath, at 

 least along the midrib, l%-2% in. long: fls. in terminal 

 racemes; corolla tubular- funnelform, with 5 broad 

 spreading lobes, usually orange with scarlet limb, 2-3 in. 

 lonir, tube almost thrice as long as the 5-toothed calyx r 

 fr. cylindric-oblong, keeled along the sutures, stalked 



2475. The Trumpet Creeper 

 climbs by means of aerial 

 roots. Tecoma radicans. 



