1778 



TECOMA 



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

 and 111. 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: Ifts. small, oval, abruptly narrowed into a 

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

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

 praecox, Hort. With large scarlet fls. 



8. grandiH6ra, Del. (T. Chintnsis, C. Koch. Big- 

 nbnia Chinensis, Lam. Cdmpsis adrepens, Lour.). 

 CHINESE TRUMPET CREEPER. Fig. 2477 (adapted from 

 Gardening). Climbing shrub, with few or no aerial 

 rootlets: Ivs. odd -pinnate; Ifts. usually 7-9, ovate to 

 ovate-lanceolate, serrate, glabrous beneath, l>2-2>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. praecox is ad- 

 vertised. 



9. Amboingnsis, Blume. Evergreen climbing shrub: 

 Ivs. odd-pinnate; Ifts. 3-7, stalked, elliptic-ovate, acumi- 

 nate, sinuate or almost entire, puberulous beneath, 

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

 funnelform, with erect or slightly spreading 5-lobed 

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



10. Eicasoliana, Tanfani (T. MacMnii, W.Watson. 

 Pnnddrea Ricaaoliana , Baill.). Evergreen climbing 

 shrub: Ivs. odd-pinnate; Ifts. 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. (Bigndnia Pandbrce, Sims). 

 WONGA-WONGA VINE. Evergreen high-climbing shrub: 



Ivs. odd-pinnate; Ifts. 3-9, 

 elliptic-ovate to ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate but 

 bluntly pointed, entire or 

 sometimes coarsely cre- 

 nate, shining above, gla- 

 brous, 1-2^2 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, 

 (Bigndnia jasrninoldes. 

 Hort.). BOWER PLANT OF 

 AUSTRALIA. Evergreen 

 climbing shrub: Ivs. odd- 

 pinnate; Ifts. 5-9, almost 

 sessile, ovate to lanceolate, 

 acuminate but bluntly 

 pointed, entire, glabrous, 

 1-2 in. long : panicles 

 rather few - fld. ; corolla 

 funnelform - campanulate, 

 with 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. 



TECOPHIL^A 



13. filicifdlia, Nichols. (Campsldium filicifdlium, 

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

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

 each side, the larger lobes sometimes dentate. Fiji 

 Islands. F. 1874:280. 



T. cesculifolia, DC. (Tabebuia sesculifolia, Hemsl. 

 Bignonia aesculifolia, Huinb. & Bonpl.). Evergreen 

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

 oboyate Ifts., pubescent above, tomentose beneath: 

 fls. in terminal panicles, subcampanulate, orange- 

 red, with yellow spots 011 the 3 lower lobes. Mex- 

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

 Nichols.). Evergreen tree: Ivs. digi- 

 tate, with 5 ovate entire, tomentose 

 Ifts.: fls. in terminal racemes, yel- 

 low, funnelform, 2 in. long. Caracas. 

 T. fulva, Don (Tecomaria fulva, 

 Baill.). Evergreen upright shrub to 

 15 ft. high: Ivs. odd-pinnate, with 9- 

 13 small, ovate, toothed Ifts.: fls. in 

 terminal panicles, tubular - funnel- 

 form, slender, yellow, tinged red, 

 in. long; stamens 

 slightly exserted. 

 Peru. B.M. 4896. F. 

 S. 11:1116. T. ser- 



24/6. Trumpet Vine 

 Tecoma radicans (X %) 



2477. Tecoma erandiflora 

 on a clothes post. 



ratifolia, Don 

 (Tabebuia serra- 

 tifolia, Nichols.). 

 Evergreen tiee : 

 Ivs. digitate, with 

 4-5, oblong-ovate 

 acuminate Ifts. serrate at the 

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

 minal panicles, tubular-fun- 

 nelform, yellow. W. Indies. 

 T. specidbilis, Planch. & 

 Lind. I Tabebuia spectabilis, 

 Nichols.). Evergreen tree: 

 Ivs. digitate, with 5-stalked, 

 ovate to oblong-ovate, cren- 

 ately serrate Ifts.: fls. in 

 terminal panicles, orange- 

 yellow, funnelform -campa- 

 nulate. Columbia. F.S. 9: 

 948. T. Valdividna, Phil. 

 (CampsidiumChilense,Reiss. 

 & Seem.). Evergreen climb- 

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

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

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

 lin.long. Chile. G.C. 1870:1182. B.M. 6111. 



ALFRED REHDER. 



TECOPHIL2EA (named for Tecophila Billotti, daugh- 

 ter of a botanist). Hcumodoracete . 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-fld. 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 Tecophilsea is 

 open to discussion, but the inferior ovary seems to take 

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

 some writers. The plants are useful for blooming in 

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

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

 tion is 



cyanocrdcus, Leyb. (sometimes written T. cyano- 

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

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

 with white thro.at, about IK 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. Eegelii, Baker (not 

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

 and narrower scarcely undulate Ivs., 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. 



