232 BIGNOXIACE.E. 



3. APHYLLOX, Mitchell. Naked Broomraee. 



Gr. a. privative, and pft uI7o?i foliage, alluding to the naked stalks. 



Flowers perfect, solitary on long naked scapes, without 

 tiractlets. Calyx 5-clcft, regular. Corolla-tube long, 

 curved, with a spreading border, somewhat 2-lipped ; the 

 upper lip deeply 2-cleft, the lobes similar to the 3 of 

 lower lip. Stamens included, Stigma broadly 2-lipped 

 Capsule with 4 equidistant placentas, 2 borne on each 

 valve half way between the midrib and the margin. 



1. A. uxiflora, Torr. & Gr. One-Jiowered Cancer-\ 



subterranean or nearly so, very short, scaly, often branched, each I r 

 sending up 1 to 3 slender 1-fiowercd scapes; calyx-lobes lance-awl- shaped; I 

 rate. 

 Woods. April, Hay. Hairy. brownish-yellow. C&roHa 1 inch !on_-. 



vith purple, with 2 yellow bearded folds in the throat. (Orobanehc 

 flora, L.) 



Order 69. BIGNGNIACEJET.— Biynonia Fami 



TTxxfy or sometimes herbaceous plants, wttk monopetalous dl'lynamoas Jam 

 mostly 2-cellcd ovary and the numerous anatr^pous seeds xvitha large fiat embryo sad 

 no albumen. — Calyx 2-lipped, 5-cleft, or entire. Coroiaa tubular or 

 5-lohid, somewhat irregular and 2-lipped. Stamens 5, inserted on the coroll 

 S sterile. Ova:;y free, bearing a long style and a 2-lippeI stigma. 



Sub-order i. BIG-XGXIEJE. True Bigxoxia Family. 



Truit a 2 valved pod ; seeds fiat winged. Trees or icoody 



1. TECOMA, Juss. Trumpet-flower. 



Abridged from the Mexican name. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 6-toothed. Corolla funnel-Form 



lobed, a little irregular.. Stamens 4, didynamous. CAP- 

 SULE long and narrow, 2-celled, 2-valved, the partition con- 

 trary to the valves. Seeds in a single row in each cell, — 

 Trees or shrubs, cft-en dimhiivj, with opposite, dijitate or un- 

 equally pinnate leaves and shoicy flowers. 



1. T. radicaxs, Juss. Trumpet Creeper. 



Climbing by radicating tendrils : lea ves unequally pinr... to 11, orate, 



pointed, toothed ; fi avers in terminal corymbs; corolla-tube thrice longer than the 

 calyx; stamens included. 



A splendid climber in woods and thickets, along rivers. June? — Aug. Stem 20 

 to 80 feet in length, ascending trees. Leaves 10 to 15 inches long ; Uafieti 2 to 3 by 

 1 to 2 inches. Flowers \y z inch long, orange and scarlet showy" 



