TECOMA 



cold night, and 6 or 7 degr 

 down to the ground. For t 

 be banked with dry sand ev 



3f frost kill the plant 

 •eason the vine should 

 fall and if killed down 

 jS immediately or the 

 entire plant will be lost. I'lants raised from seed re- 

 ceived under the name of T. JiH-dsotiana, from Italy, 

 are much hardier and more floriferous 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 i. (itn. - :. i. ,v yi-ars before it starts 

 into a vigorous grow l ■; i' !>■ flowers before its 



fifth year or befov ' I . m ,1 considerable size. 



In Florida, T. .1/./.,.,,,, ,(i,..ii,i he planted on tall 

 stumps, or on arbors and slie<ls l.y itself, never mingled 

 with other species. This species is properly T. liieaso- 



T. filicifolia, iromtbe 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. Valdiviana 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. Nehrlinc. 



A. Hahit npviijht. 



B. Fuliinic ili'litul, : fig. pink. 



e. Paiiiriis (, H--iia 1. leucoxylon 



cr. I'.niiri, X iiniini-fld 2. rosea 



BB. Foliu, I,' ji, iniiitr : fls. ijelloiv. 

 {UleniilobiKHl.) 

 c. Lfts. acuminatt. 



D. Lvs. glabrous 3. stans 



vo. 1/vs. villous -jnihescent be- 

 neath i. mollis 



cc. Lfts. oblong, obtusish 5. Smithii 



A. Habit ilimbing or prostrate, rarely 

 siibenct. 

 B. Slamtiis exserfed. (Tecomaria.) 6. Capensis 

 EB. Stamens included. 

 C. Pairs of Ifts. £-C. 



D. Fls. in racemes, orange, 



red or scarlet. (Campsis.) 



E. Lfls.sfrraf,-: rarcwrsler- 



FF. ( <irr. 



EE. Lfls. , 



DD. FU. ill /. 



whitish 

 (Paiido 



TECOMA 1777 



2. rosea, Bertol {Tabebuia rAsea, DC). Evergreen 

 tree: lvs. digitate; Ifts. 5, rarely :i, 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- 

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

 mala. 



3. st&ns, Juss. [T. sambucifdlia, Humb. & Bonpl. 

 Stenolobimn stans. Seem.). Yeli^ow Elder. Upright 

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

 ovate-lanceolate to narrow-lanceolate, ainii;iiiat.-. iii- 

 cisely serrate, glabrous, l}^-4 in. Ioul': I1-. in l^ii^jr. 

 terminal racemes or panicles; corolla fiiniM linnn ,:iin- 

 panulate, yellow, VA in. long; calyx with ,i >li'.it l.illi; 

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

 Mex., W. Indies. B.M. 3191. -Sometimes called yellow 

 begonia. Pis. fragrant. 



4. m6IIis, Humb. & Bonpl. (T. veliitina, 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 those 

 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: lvs. 

 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, i3right yel- 

 low tinged with orange, i%- 

 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. 30:627. - Bloom- 

 ing in the greenhouse in 

 winter and well suited for 

 cultivation in pots. 



6. Capensis, Lindl. [Te- 



radicans 



grandiflora 



Amboinensis 



<i null . . .10. Ricasoliana 

 EE. Maiyiii nf Ifts. iiitiri. 



F. Corolla % in. long 11. australis 



FF. Corolla 1%-^ in. long. .12. jasminoides 

 cc. Pairs of Ifts. 9-lS. {Campsid- 



ium- ) 13. Silicifolium 



1. leuo6xylon. Mart. (Bigndnia leucdxylon, Linn.). 

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

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

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

 solitary; corolla funnelform.with large, spreading limb, 

 rosy pink, 2-21^ in. long; calyx 2-lipped : capsule linear, 

 6-8 in. long. W. Indies, Guianp 



CaphlK 



Climl 



1ft-, 7 ■ ,:. ..-oarsely 



StMii- . •• :■ I.nllt2in. 



loiiir: [I-. Ill p. iliiii.-led ter- 

 minal racemes; corolla tubu- 

 lar, curved, with 4-parted 

 spreading limb, the upper 

 lip emarginate, orange-red, 

 atiout 2 in. long : calyx 5- 

 toothed: capsule linear, 3-5 

 in. I..1IL'. Aug. -Nov. S. 

 Afrii-a. B. R. 13: 1117. L 

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

 108. 



7. radioans, Juss. {Big- 

 ndnia radlcan s . Linn 

 Ciimpsis radleans, Bur.) 

 Trumpet Creeper. Trvm 

 PET Vine. Tri-mpet Honey- 

 suckle. Figs. 247.'i, 2476. 

 High-climbing shrub, cling- 

 ing with rootlets: lvs. odd- 

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

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

 least along the midrib, \]4-2yi in. long: fls. in terminal 

 racemes ; corolla tubular - funnelform, with 5 broad 

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

 long, tube almost thrice as long as the 5-toothed calyx ^ 

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



2475. The Trumpet Creeper 

 climbs by means of aerial 

 roots. — Tecoma radioans. 



