448 BIGNONIACEiE. 



i. 176.— Bignonia, L. T. sarabucifdlia, StA.—i'-S' high, variable in the breadth of the 

 leaflets ; coroUa 2"-li", capsule 8"-4" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., common on rocky 

 or .gravelly soil; S. Kitts !, His., Antigua!, WullscU., Dominica!, Imr.; Trinidad!, Or., 

 Sch. ; [Cabal and Mexico! to Tucuman!]. 



T. capensis, Lindl., (a climber, with exserted stamens) is cultivated or naturalized in S. 

 Kitts ! 



6. BIGNONIA, L. 



Calyx campanulate, taaually dosed in the bud-. Cordlla Campanulate or infundibular : 

 lobes 5, often unequal. Stamens didynamous : anther-cells diverging. Ovary 2-ceUed : 

 stigma Z-lamellate. Capsule siliquifbrm, iiat-com pressed, marginicide : seeds wiuged at 

 both sides, uniserial along the border of the iiat, placentary dissepiment, parallel to it. — 

 Shrubby climbers ; leaves opposite, Zr/oliolate-, teith a terminal tendril, or 3-1 -foliolaie. 



* Calyx closed in the lud, at length truncate or denticulate ; inflorescence terminal. 



/^ 15. B. sequinoctialis) L. Glabrous ; iranchlets angular, usually tetragonal, or at 

 length angular-snbterete ; leaflets 2 (-3), ovate-oblong or ovate, acuminate or pointleted, 

 entire ; flowers 1 arge, rosy with stripes, corymbose ; calyx truncate ; corolla campanulate 



^ above the base, roughish ; anther-cells oblong, straightish ; capsule long, broadly linear, 

 blunt at the margin : valves slightly keeled; seeds broadly rounded at the extremity : wings 

 opaque, nearly as broad as the middle part. — Desc. Ft. 2. t. 100. — B. spectabilis, V. B. 

 sarmentosa, Bertol. — Leaflejs 6"-3", corolla 2"-3", capsule 18"-12" long ; seeds (the wings 

 included) li" broad, 10'" long. — Hab, Dominica!, Imr.; [Portorico! and Mexico! to 

 Guiana! and equati Brazil !]. 



16. B. laurifolia, V. Branchlels puiem/ous or giahrescent, cylindrical ; leaflets %, 

 elliptical or elliptical-oblong, bluntish, glabrous, reticulated-veiny, entire ; flowers rosy, 

 paniculate ; calyx truncate or repand ; corolla campannlalej tomentose ; anther-cells shortly 

 oblong, blunt, straightish. — B-. Sinclairii, Bvnth^ J — Leaflets 3"-6", corolla l"-2" long. — 

 Hab-. Trinidad!, ioE^.; [Guadeloupe!; Panama!, Ecuador!, Venezuela!, Guiana!]. 



1^. B. mollis, V. Branchlets ^OTKewZosf or glabrescent, cylindrical; leaflets % (-2), 

 ovate or ovate-oblong, pointed, velvety, at length pubernlous above, tomentose and veiny 

 beneath, repand-eutire ; flowers paniculate ; "calyx minutely 5-dentate; corolla pubescent;" 

 capsule linear : valves flat, keeled with a filiform midrib ; seeds subtruncate-oblong : wings 

 pellucid, half as broad as the Middle part. — Fahl, Ic, t'. 10. — Flowers precocious, purple {Cr.), 

 about 1" long {Duchass.) ; leaflets B^-li", capsule 10"-2" long ; seeds (the wings included) 

 l"-li" broad, 4'" long. — Hab. Trinidad!, O. ; [Panama.!, Venezuela!, Guiana]. 



** Calyx-lobes unequal ; inflorescence axillary. 



18. B. IMartiiii, JDG Glabrous; branchlets cylindrical; leaflets 2, ovate, subcordate 

 at the complicated base, pointleted, entire ; racemes aiilhry;, few flowered ; pedicels nodding, 

 as long as the calyx; calyx oiconical, 3(-5)-lobed; corolla campanulate above the slender 

 base, glabrous ; anther-cells ovoid-oblong ; capsule long, linear : valves flat, sharply keeled ; 

 seeds oblong: wings pellucid above, twice to thrice as broad as the roundish middle part. 

 —Leaflets 4"-3" long : tendril formed by the abortion either of the terminal or a lateral 

 leaflet; calyx 5"'-7 , corolla 2", capsule 18" long, the latter 8'" broad ; seeds (the wings 

 included) 20"'-l 8"< broad, 7"'-6"' long.— Hab. Triuidad!, Cr.; [Guiana!]. 



19. B. unguisj X. Glabrous; branchlets angular, et length cylindrical; leaves stipu- 

 late : leaflets 2, shining, elliptical or eUiptical-lanneolatej crenulate-subentire ; fascicles 

 2(4-l)-'llowered, precocious, at length axiUai-y ; calyx broadly campanulate, loose, obliquely 

 h-crenate: crenatures broad; corolla yellow, glabrous: tube subcylindrical ; anther-cells 

 oblong, incurved; capsule long, narrowly linear, blunt at the border, slightly keeled ; seeds 

 linear-oblong : wings pellucid at the extremity, much broader than the middle part.— DeJC. 

 n. 3. t. 199.— B. sequinoctialis, Sieb. Mart. 164!— Tendrils often 8-fid, leaflets vaiiable; 

 calyx 6"'-8"', corolla 14"-3", capsttlc 18"-^12" long, the latter 4'" broad ; seeds (the wings 

 included) 15"'-12"' broad, 2"' long.— HaB. Antigua!, Nichols., Wullschl., Dominical, 

 Imr. ; [Cuba! to R-ench islands !]. 



20v B. rufinervia, Hoffmanns. Glabrous ; branchlets cylindrical ; leaflets 2-3, oval, 



