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grows in fo;ne parts of Virginia, , but noj in fo g^eat plen- 
ty. Tire inhabitants there call it yellow jafinine, -perhaps 
from the Tweet odour of its Sowers. It was cultivated in 
1640, by Parkinfon. Gatelby lays,. that the; flowers fine 11 
like thofe of the Wall-flower; and that it always lofes its 
leaves in winter. 
4. Bignonia unguis: leave.s -conjugate ; tendril very 
fliort, bowed, three-parted- This has-llender flems which 
require fupport. The leaves are final!, ovafe, entire, and 
placed oppofite at ‘every joint; at the fame places come 
out the tendrils, by which the plants-fallen themfelves to 
whatever grows near them ; the flowers are axillary, and 
ftiaped like thofe of the foxglove. 1 hey are not Succeed¬ 
ed by pods in this country. Native of the Well. Indies. 
Bignonia aequinodlialis : leaves conjugate, cirrhofe; 
leaflets ovate-lanceolate ; peduncles two-flowered; filiques 
linear. This has very weak flender branches, which put 
out tendrils at the joints, with four leaves, two on each 
fide oppofite ; they are waved on their edges, of a bright 
green, and continue through the year ; the branches ram¬ 
ble very far where they have room ; the flowers are large, 
yellow, and produced at the joints of the flalks.. . Miller 
received it from La Vera Cruz, in New Spain. 
6 . Bignonia panictilata : leaves conjugate, cirrhofe ; 
leaflets cordate-ovate ; flowers racemed ; peduncles three- 
flowered. This rifes with woody (terns, which put out 
tendrils at the joints. The leaves come out on each lide 
the branches, upon pretty long foot-ftalks, two at each 
joint, oppofite ; they are entire, and have a fine hairy down 
on their under fide. The flowers grow in loofe fpikes at 
the end of the branches ; they are tubulous, and do not 
fpread much at the top; their colour is violet, and they 
fmell very fweet. The feed-velfels are hard, woody, and 
open in four parts. It was lent to Mr. Miller from La 
Vera Cruz, by Dr. Houfton. Obferved about Cartha- 
gena, by Jacquin. 
7. Bignonia crucigera : leaves conjugate, cirrhofe; leaf¬ 
lets cordate; ( 1 cm muricated. Stem twining, rugged, 
when cut tranfverfely reprefenting a crols, whence its tri¬ 
vial name. It rifes to the tops of the tailed: trees, fending 
out many branches, which have four narrow borders or 
wings running longitudinally, fo as to referable a fquare 
{talk. The leaves are produced by pairs on each fide the 
branches ; they are (Ynooth, and on fliort foot-ftalks.; The 
flowers are in final! clufters from the axils ; they have 
pretty long tubes, fpread open at the top, and are of a pale 
yellow colour: they are fucceeded by flat pods a foot in 
length. It was fent to Mr. Miller from Campeachy. 
5. Bignonia capreolata, or four-leaved trumpet-flower: 
leaves conjugate, cirrhofe; leaflets cordate-lanceolate; 
bottom leaves Ample. This has woody ftems which rife 
to a great height, climbing on the trees which grow near 
it, fattening to their branches by its clafpers, and fending 
out many branches, which have leaves on them growing 
by fours, two on each fide, growing oppofite at the joints, 
and covered on their under fide with a foft hairy down, 
of a yellowilh colour. The flowers are produced in loofe 
panicles at the ends of the branches ; they are ftiaped like 
thofe of the fox-glove, are of a pale yellow colour, and 
are fucceeded by flat pods, a foot long. Linnaeus fays, 
that the peduncles are one-flowered, and heaped ; the ca¬ 
lyxes bell-lliaped and entire. It was fent to Mr. Philip 
Miller from Campeachy, by Mr. Robert Millar. Native 
of Virginia and Carolina, and cultivated here in 1730. 
9. Bignonia pubefcens: leaves conjugate, cirrhofe; leaf¬ 
lets cordate-ovate, pubefcent beneath. This has very 
llender trailing ftalks, which muft be fupported; the 
branches fatten themfelves by their tendrils to whatever 
plants are near them, and extend to a great diftance. The 
leaves are oblong, and green all the year ; they are often 
fingle at bottom, but upwards are placed by pairs oppo¬ 
site at each joint. The flowers are axillary, yellow, and 
Shaped like thofe of the fox-glove. Thefe appear in Au- 
guft, but are not fucceeded by pods in this country. It 
grows naturally in Virginia, and other parts of America. 
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iq. Bignonia triphylla, or three-leaved trumpet-flower: 
leaves ternaie ; leaflets ovate, acuminate ; ftern ftirubby, 
erecf. This has a woody Item, covered with an alh-co- 
1011 red bark, and rifes to the height of ten feet ; fending 
out many fide branches, with trifoliate leaves placed op- 
pofite at each joint. The fl.owers come out at the extre¬ 
mity of the branches in loofe panicles, and are of a dirty 
white colour. Thefe are fucceeded by flat narrow pods. 
It was fent to Mr. Miller from Vera Cruz by Dr. Hopftcun, 
n. Bignonia pentaphylla, or hairy five-leaved trumpet- 
flower: leaves digitate; leaflets quite entire, obovate. This 
rifes with an upright fiem near twenty feet high, fending 
out many lateral branches, covered with a white bark. 
The leaves come out oppofite at the joints upon long foot- 
ftalks ; they are compofed of five oval ftirf leaflets joined 
at their bale, where they are narrow, but widen towards 
the top, where they are rounded and obtufe ; they are of 
a pale green, inclining to white on their under fide. The 
flowers are produced at the ends of the brandies four or 
five together, on very (bort peduncles; they are narrow: 
at bottom, but the tube enlarges upwards, and at top 
fpreads open wide; they are of a pale bluifti colour, and 
Imell fweet. The pods are taper and crooked, about four 
inches long, with wings of a lilver colour. It was fent to 
Mr. Miller from Jamaica, by. Dr. Houftoun, and there¬ 
fore was introduced here before 1733. 
12. Bignonia leucoxylon, or fmooth five-leaved trumpet- 
flower, white wood, or tulip-flower : leaves digitate ; leaf¬ 
lets quite entire, ovate, acuminate. The trunk of this 
tree is of a middling (ize, with upright ftiff branches. 
Flowers folitary, terminating, large, rofe-coloured. Sir 
Hans Sloane fays, that this tree is as large as any in the 
ifiand of Jamaica, having a very great ftraight trunk co¬ 
vered with a fmooth .whitifh bark, and a very hard white 
wood. The petioles are three or four inches long. The 
leaves fall off for fome weeks, and then the flowers come 
out of the ends of the twigs, feveral together, on pedun¬ 
cles an inch in length : they are white, like thofe of ftra- 
monium, and fall off very foon. The pod is five or fix 
inches long, brownifh, fquare, and marked with feveral 
eminent lines. According to Browne, it grows to a con- 
fiderable fize, when raifed in a kind foil, and is generally 
looked upon as a good timber-wood ; but, when its growth 
is not luxuriant, it is only fit tor cattle-yokes, and fuch 
other fmall conveniences as require a tough yielding wood. 
The juice and tender buds ol this tree are faid to be an 
antidote againft the poifonotis juice of the manchineel : 
they are indeed bitter, and may ferve to prevent excoria¬ 
tions or blitters for a time, and thereby protraft tfie ope¬ 
ration of that cauftic juice, until a part of its virulency 
wears off, or other afliftance can be obtained ; but emui- 
fions and oily medicines will be always found to anfwer 
much better. Mr. Miller fays, that it rifes with an up¬ 
right Item to the height of forty feet, in the natural coun¬ 
try of its growth ; and that the feeds are difperfed by the 
wind to the neighbouring lands, where the plants come up 
in great plenty. This and the foregoing fort have been 
generally confounded, but the growing plants are ex¬ 
tremely different; for the under leaves of this are fome- 
times compofed of five, at other times of four, oval leaves ; 
and on the upper part of the branches they come out fin¬ 
gle, placed by pairs oppofite ; thefe are as large as thofe 
of the bay-tree, and of equal thicknefs, rounded at their 
end ; each has a long foot-ftalk, whereas thofe of the for¬ 
mer join at their bafe to one centre. The flowers of this 
fort are produced fingle at the wings of the leaves, have a 
narrow tube near two inches long, but fpread open very 
wide at the top, where they are cut into five unequal feg- 
ments, which are fringed on their borders ; the corolla is 
white, and has an agreeable odour. It was cultivated in 
1759, by Mr. Miller, who fays that he received it from 
Barbadoes by the title of white wood. 
13. Bignonia radiata, or ray-leaved trumpet-flower 1 
leaves digitate; leaflets pinnatifid. Stem three inches.high • 
leaves compofed of feven or nine leaflets, each fegment of 
3 which 
