LIL BIGNONIA'CE/E* TE'COMA. 661 
Genus II. 
TE'COMA Juss, Tue Tecoma. Lin, Syst. Didynaimia Angiospermia. 
Identification. Juss. Gen., p. 139.5 Don’s Mill., 4. p. 223. 
Synonyme. Bigndnia sp. of Lin. and others. 
Derivati -From 7 hitl, the Mexican name of one of the species. 
Gen. Char., §c. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Corolla with a short tube 
and a campanulate throat ; limb 5-lobed, bilabiate. Stamens 4, didynamous, 
that is, 2 long and 2 short ; with the rudiment of a fifth sterile filament. 
Stigma bilamellate. Capsule silique-formed, 2-celled, having the dissepi- 
ment contrary to the valves. Seeds disposed in 2 rows, imbricate, winged, 
transverse. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves compound, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous; imparipinnate. 
Flowers terminal, panicled, orange or scarlet. — Shrubs, scandent, decidu- 
ous; natives of Asia and North America. : 
The only hardy species yet introduced is a deciduous climbing shrub, quite 
hardy, and readily propagated by cuttings of the shoots or roots. 
A 1. J. napi‘cans Juss. The rooting-branched Tecoma, or Trumpet Flower. 
Identification, Juss. Gen., p. 139. ; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 225. 
Synonymes. Bigndnia radicans Lin. Sp. 871. ; Bigndnia radicans major Hort. ; Gelsémium Clématis 
Barrel. Icon. 59.; Bigndnia fraxinifdlia_Catesb. Car.; Jasmin de Virginie, Fr. ; Wurzeln Big- 
nonia, Ger. ; Esschenbladige Bignonia, Dutch. ; Gelsomino americano, Ital. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 485.; and our fig. 1287. 
Spec. Char., §c. Climbing, glabrous. Branches 
rough, rooting. Leaflets 9, ovate, acuminated, 
coarsely serrated. Racemes terminal, corymbose, 
on long peduncles. Tube of corolla 5 times 
longer than the calyx. (Don’s Mill.) A robust 
deciduous climber, which fixes itself to trees or 
walls by its roots, like ivy. Carolina, Florida, and 
Virginia. Stems 20ft. to 30ft. Introduced in 
1640. Flowers scarlet and orange-coloured, large ; 
August and September. 
Variety. 
4 T. 7. 2 mdjor Hort. has the flowers larger and 
of a darker scarlet; the leaves, also, differ 
considerably, both in size and shape. Ca- 
rolina ; August. Introduced in 1724. 
In British gardens it grows vigorously, producing 
tufts of leaves and fine flowers abundantly at the 
extremity of the branches, but is rather apt to become naked below. 
4 2. T. GRANDIFLO'RA Swt. The great-flowered Tecoma. 
Identification. Sweet’s Hort. Brit., p. 14. ;-Don’s Mill. 
4. p. 225. 
1287. T.radicans. 
. 1288, 
Spec. Char., §c. Slightly scandent, glabrous. 
Leaflets 7—9, ovate, acuminated, coarsely 
serrated, attenuated at the base. Pani- 
cles terminal, pendulous. Calycine seg- 
ments lanceolate, length of the tube of 
the corolla, Branches rooting. Young 
shoots spotted with dark purple. Leaves 
uu 3 
1280, T. grandiflora. 
