BXGNONIA FAMILY 
( Bignoniacece) 
Trumpet Creeper (Tecoma radicans) is an exceed¬ 
ingly beautiful woody vine having a southern disposition. 
The stem grows from 20 to 40 feet long and is either 
prostrate or climbing. Sometimes it extends over the 
ground, climbing over the bushes that may be in its 
path, and again it may take an upward course and 
climb the trunks and branches of small trees. As it 
is a hardy plant it is often seen in cultivation and is 
used to decorate porches in the North. 
The flowers are trumpet-shaped, red within and tawny 
or orange on the outside of the tube. They grow in 
terminal clusters of two to nine blossoms, each in a cup¬ 
shaped, two-parted calyx. The corolla is about 214 
inches long and flares into five rounded lobes. Four 
anther-bearing stamens and a pistil are in the upper 
part of the tube. The leaves grow oppositely on the 
stem and are each composed of 7 to 11 ovate, toothed 
leaflets. We find this vine from N. J. to la. and south¬ 
wards. 
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