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or Ash-leaved Bignonia. A very beautiful climber, with pinnate 

 leaves ; leaflets gashed ; stems with rooting joints, by which it 

 adheres to walls, &c. like Ivy; flowers in large bunches at the end 

 of the shoots, of a scarlet orange-colour. Native of Florida. 

 Gardens Parell and Dapoorie. We doubt whether this be not 

 the true Bignonia venusta, which name has been wrongly given to 

 another species. In this the tendrils merely chng to a support; 

 they are not roots. 



6. T jAaMiNOiDES. — Leaves irapari-pinnate and often ternate, 

 glabrous ; flowers pale-blue ; a climber, native of Moreton Bay, in 

 New Holland ; Dapoorie, &c. not common. 



6. T Chrysoteicha DC. v. 9, p 216. — Native of Brazil; the 

 flowers appearing after the fall of the leaf, which is 3-divided; does 

 produce seed not with us. Garden Hewra, from plant sent by 

 Mr. Law. 



7. Bignonia Unguis, Var. tenuis, Linn. sp. 869 ; Mill. Diet. 

 No. 5; Tourn. Inst. 164. — A dehcate extensive climber, rooting 

 like Ivy to the trees on which it ascends ; leaves ovate-acuminate, 

 shining, somewhat corrugated ; flowers vivid yellow ; has not borne 

 fruit. It is a native of Barbadoes, J. St. Domingo ; plant sent by 

 Mr. Law, C. S. 



8. B CoLEi, Don's syst. 4, p 221 ; Colea candlelabra, Bot. 

 Mag. t. 2817. — A small erect tree, with unequally pinnated leaves; 

 flowers from the stem, red, veined with yellow; no fruit. Garden 

 Parell. A very beautiful species, native of Madagascar. 



9. B Gracilis (?). — A climber with narrow-lanceolate leaves 

 and double tendrils. Garden Hewra ; plant from Mr. Law. 



10. B Venusta.— The chmber which bears this name in the 

 Bombay gardens, Parell, Sewree, &c., though in some respects 

 similar to that described in Don's syst., is altogether diflierent in the 

 form and colour of the flowers, which in B venusta are partially 

 crimson ; but as these scandent, exotic species with us seldom or 

 never bear seed, there is necessarily much uncertainty in applying 

 specific names to each, and hence a considerable margin must be 

 left for possible error. 



11. B Stipulata, Spathodea slip, Wall. PL Asiat. Res. 1, p 81, 

 t. 95, 96. — A tall tree, impari-pinnate ; leaves acuminate, entire; 

 flowers large, outside dark yellow and inside purple ; seed-vessel 

 20 inches long, flat, the seeds have long wings. Gardens Hewra 

 and Dapoorie, from Calcutta seed. 



12. B Adenophylla, Wall. Cat. No. 6503. — Leaves impari- 

 pinnate, downy beneath; leaflets obovate-oblong, mucronate sessile; 

 corolla large yellow, thickly tomentose outside ; superior lacinise 

 much curled ; pods variously contorted, tomentose. Native of 

 Burmah ; gardens Hewra and Dapoorie, from Calcutta seed. 



