352 Bignon iacecz Tecoma. 



T. radlcans (fig. 193), syn. Bigndnia radlcans. Trumpet 

 Flower. A tall climber with opposite pinnate leaves, supporting 



frig. 193. Tecoma radicans. (i nat. size.) 



itself by meads of rootlets from the joints. Flowers orange and 

 scarlet, produced in Summer. North America from Pennsyl- 

 vania southwards. This is the species commonly seen in gardens. 

 T. grandiflora is from North-eastern Asia, and resembles the 

 last, but the tube of the corolla is shorter and the throat more 

 open. 



3. CATlLPA. 



Erect trees with large simple leaves and terminal panicles 

 of flowers. Calyx bilabiate. Corolla campanulate. Fertile 

 stamens 2 or 4. Capsule long and slender, with the partition 

 contrary to the valves. A small genus occurring in the West 

 Indies, North America, Japan, and China. The name is the 

 Indian appellation for the North American species. 



