1778 TECOMA 



and with a beak at the apes, 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. atropurpiirea, 

 Hort. (var. grandiflora atropurpiirea, Hort.). With 

 large, deep scarlet fls. Var. specidsa, 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 l^i in. across. Var. 

 precox, Hort. With large scarlet fls. 



8. grandifldra, Del. [T. Chinensis, C. Koch. Big- 

 ndnia 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, 1}4-2% in. 

 long: fls. in terminal racemes; corolla funnelforra-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.P. 3:393. F.R. 2:27. Gng. 4:195. -Less 

 hiL'li-!rrnwin>_' and sometimes shrubby; fiowers when 

 t|iiii( ~!ii 1 :1 :iii.l can be grown as a pot-plant, also suited 



1 ' - ir. atrosangiiinea, Hort. With deeper 

 >. \ ' Thiinbergi, Hort.{J'. r7ii(H6e»-(/i, Sieb.). 

 I'N. l'i!-li! . iirlrf, with very short tube and reflexed 

 lobes. (Iftiii a var. of T. radicans is cult, under the 

 name T. Tliiinbergi. There are probably also hybrids 

 of this and the preceding species. Var. prscoz is ad- 

 vertised. 



9. AmboinSnsis, Blume. Evergreen climbing shrub: 

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

 nate, sinuate or almost entire, puberulous beneath, 

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

 funnelform, with erect or slightly spreading 5-lobed 

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



10. BicasoMna, Tanfani (T. Maehinii, W.Watson. 

 Pandbrea Micasoliiina, 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. auBtrills, R. Br. {Bigndnia Panddrce, 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, 1-2K in. long: pan- 

 icles many -fid.; corolla 

 funnelform - campanulate, 

 with 5-lobed spreading 

 limb, yellowish white, 

 spotted violet in the 

 throat. % in. long: fr. ob- 



alia. 



ag. 



8«5. (in. 27, p. 94. 



12. jasminoldes, Lindl, 

 (Bigndnia jasminoWes. 

 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, 



rather few - fld. ; corolla 

 funnelform - campanulate, 

 with large spreading 5- 

 lobed limb with crenate lobes, white, rosy pink in the 

 throat, l>2-2 im long; calyx small, 5-lobed. Aug.-Oct. 



TECOPHIL^A 



13. filiclfdlia, Nichols. (Campsldium filicifdUum, 

 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 

 IsHui F 18-4 '80 



T asc I fdl a TtC tT } h 



tate V tl o o ate ent re tomentose 

 Ifts fl n term nal racemes yel 

 low fu nelfor "^ n long Caracas 

 —T f Iva Do (Tecon ar a £ Iva 

 Ba 11 ) E ergreen pr gl t shrub to 

 15 ft h gh Ivs odd p nnate w th 9 

 13 small o ate tootl e 1 Ifts fls n 

 term nal pa eles tubula funnel 

 form slender yellow t nged red I/2 



I'/ , .. /rial Pi'" " I' ^ W Inle 



/ \ ^♦ii* -r 'II Planch & 



> ' \ 'JpW^ I 1(111 pectab I 



. \ -^ \ i 1 ) E i, een t ee 



^y {J ' ' M J%e"r 



,// itely ser ate Itts fls n 



Itts fls 

 ^^ pa les oia _ 



^®^ yellow funnelform campa 



9476 Trnmrtpt V n#- — UUlate Columb a F S 9 



"'" ""mP^vne 948 -r Tald a o PI 1 

 Tecoma rad cans CX 4) (CanpsdumCl lease Re ss 

 Su Seem ) E ergreen cl n 1 

 ing si rub Ivs odd p n ate w th 9-15 ell pt c to ovate oblong 

 small Itts serr te near tl e ape-^ or aln ost ent re fls n ter 

 minal r een es tubular w th short 5 lobed 1 mb ora ge al ( 

 lin.long. Chile. G.C. 1870::'"~ " 



l.M. 611 



Alfred Eehder. 



R.H. 1895, 



. 109. Vi 



&lba 



TECOPHILfflA (named for Tecophila Billotti, daugh- 

 ter of a botanist). Hiemodoriiceai. Chilean Croci'S. 

 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 G segments, 3 per- 

 fect stamens and 3 staminodia, a single style and a 3- 

 loeuled ovary. The botanical position of Tecophilffia is 

 open to discussion, but the inferior ovary seems to take 

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

 some writers. The plants are useful for blooming in 

 pots Indoors early in spring. T. riolieflora , Bertero, 

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

 tion is- 



cyanocidcus, 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 throat, about 1% in. long, with a narrow 

 tube and obovate segments. Var. Lelchtlini, Hort., 

 has fls. deep blue with no trace of yellow; said by 

 some to have a white center. Var. KSgelii, 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. 



