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Dicotyledons with Gamopetolous Flowers — Boraginacece, 
BIGNONIACE^E.—Usually woody climbers, with opposite rarely simple leaves,. Corolla showy, hypogynous, 
irregular. Stamens epipetalous, fewer than corolla-lobes, usually didynamous. Ovary 2-celled, or i-celled with 
parietal placentation ; ovules numerous. Seeds commonly winged. 
Distribution.—A considerable, almost wholly Tropical, Natural Order; most numerous in the New World 
Many are Hanes or rope-like climbers, attaining a great height in Brazilian forests, and forming a luxuriant crown 
of brilliant flowers and leafage on the tops of the trees. 
USES, &c.—Unimportant, excepting as ornamental garden and plant-house climbers. The flowers are large 
and mostly brightly coloured, as in the Trumpet creepers ( Tecoma radicans of the United States, T. jasminoides of * 
Australia and others), Bignonia, Jacaranda , Spathodea and Gatalpa; the last a hardy tree in the South of 
England, introduced from North America. 
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Natural Order 
SCROPHULARIACEA:. Tab. 63. 
Diagnosis. —Herbs, rarely shrubs, with alternate or opposite leaves. 
Corolla hypogynous, irregular. Stamens epipetalous, usually fewer than 
corolla-lobes, 4 and didynamous, or diandrous. Ovary 2-celled, with 
indefinite ovules. Seeds albuminous. 
