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BIGNONIA GRANDIFLORA. r 
Large-flowered Bignonia. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Bignonie. Juss. Gen. p. 137. 
Sect: I. Fructus capsularis, 2-valvis, rarius 3-valvis. 
Calyx teres angulatusve apice 5-fido. Corolle Tubus brevissimus aut longiusculus : Limbus 
plus minus ventricosus, 5-lobus, parum irregularis. Nectarium callosum, figura varium. 
Filamenta 5, medium sterile. Anthere divaricato-2-loba. Pericarpium siliquef 
2-3-valve, septovalvis contrario. Stigma 2-3-lamellare. Seminaalata. <Arbores aut Frutices, 
nunc Hedere more fibris scandentes. Folia opposita, impariter pinnata, forsan etiam digitata 
aut simplicia. Flores paniculis confertis aut diffusis. Bractew ad basin ramorum caduce. 
# Folia impariter pinnata. 
B. caule volubili: foliolis ovatis, serratis, acuminatis: panicula diffusd: ealyce angulato, in- 
wqualiter 5-fido: corolla tubo brevissimo, limbo late infundibuliformi: nectario cotyliformi. 
B. grandiflora. Ic. Kempf. p. 1. t.21. B. chinensis. Lamarck in Encycl. Bot. v. 1. p-418- 
B. grandiflora. Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 253. Rjosjo. Kempf. Amen. p. 856. 
Sponte nascentem in Ins..Nipon, legit C. P. Thunberg. 
Floret apud nos Septembri, Octobri. 
The genus’ of Bignonia, as first established by Tournefort and adopted by Linné, includes at 
least three others, which Jussieu has separated, but by barbarous names. One of these, to 
which our plant belongs, is the original species figured in the Institutiones Rei Herbarie of his 
illustrious countryman, and now vulgarly known throughout Europe, by the name of Bignonia: 
I must not hesitate therefore in restoring it, and to those with a dissepiment parallel to the 
Stem comprest, and climbing luxuriantly if not confined in a pot. Leaves pinnate with an odd 
leaflet: Petiole at the base and leaflets somewhat kneed with their margins frequently winged by 
tell acuminate, rough with 
into a bristle: Limb widely funnel-shaped. Barren filament very small. Anthers ‘inserted 
near the top. Nectarium saucer-shaped, 10-lobed. Stigma finely torn, or ciliated. ae 
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_ REFERENCES TO THE PLATE, 
1. Corolla not expanded, ng the projecting 
2. Its tube laid open, and Stamina. 
3. Two views of an Anther magnified. 
4. The Nectarium. 
5. The Pistillum. 
6. A young Fruit cut transversely, magnified. 
