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BIGNONIA gerandifolia. 
Gigantic-leaved Trumpet-flower. 
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DIDYNAMIA «ANGIOSPERMI4. 
Nat. ord. Brcnontm, Jussieu gen. 187. Div. II. Fructus capsularis 
bivalvis. Caulis arboreus aut frutescens. . 
BicnNonraAcex. Brown prod. 471. 
BIGNONIA. Supra vol. 3. fol. 249. 
Div. Foliis conjugatis. : 
B. grandifolia, foliis conjugatis cirrhosis, foliolis oblongis, utrinque acutis, 
corymbo trifido terminali, pedunculis petiolis rdmulisque scabris. Willd. 
sp. pl. $. 296. 
Bignonia grandifolia. Jacq. hort. scheenb. 3. 19. t. 287. 
Caulis fruticosus teres cinereus glaber ramosus debilis scandens: rami 
teretes punctis ferrugineis extantibus scabri, quales etiam petioli communes et 
pedunculi. Fol. opposita onieven cirrhosa: pet. comm. crassus teres viz 
uncialis firmus ; partiales glabri semunciales: foliola ovato vel ovata-lanceolata 
integerrima acuta venosula subcoriacea firmula, facie nitida et saturate virentia, 
subtus costata et pallidé virentia, a dimidio ad integrum (etidm sesqui-) pedem 
(». ultra) longa, 4ad 8 uncias lata (v. ultra): cirrhi simplices longi validi 
dorsales ad apicem peti. comms. Pedunc', in ramulis junioribus inter 2 fol. 
opposita terminales, terni (v. solitarii paniculati) laterales 2-3-fidi et 3-flori, 
intermedius duplo longior et subpaniculatus cum pedunculis partialibus sepe 
“B-floris. Cal. tubulosus glaber virens cum affusd purpurd, ore 5-dentalo (v- 
truncato et subintegro hinc tantim fisso). Cor. flavissima, (sub-) 3-uncialis 
tnodora glabra: tubus brevissimus, supra calycem coarctatus in collum, atque 
hic interné (ubi inseruntur jfilama.:) hirsutus: faux longissima valdé com- 
pressa, sic 9 lins. lata, utrinque 2-sulcata sulcis superioribus interne per maculas 
ferrugineas aspersis variegatis: limbus 2-labiatus patentissimus, lac. subro- 
tundis equalibus, 3 infer. subundulatis cum Ficeaie crenata. Fil. subulata, 
2 exter. longiora et petalo duplo breviora cum rudimento brevissimo 5ti ad 
dorsum corolle: (loculis antherarum divaricatis incumbentibus ) favo pallen- 
tibus. Germ. pedicellatum ovatum sulcatum glabrum glandule circulari niti- 
deque insistens + stylus filiform. longit. staminum : stig. 2-lamellatum patens. 
Jacq. |. c. ; 
The drawing of this magnificent climber was taken from 
a plant which flowered, late this summer, in the hothouse 
of Mr. Catley’s botanical garden, Barnet; where we are 
told it grew in such luxuriance that the branches acquired 
nearly 30 feet in length in the space of a few months. 
Some of the leaves we saw measured a foot and an half 
in length, and 9 inches across. We believe the plant is of 
very recent introduction, as it is not enumerated either in 
the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis, or in the Hortus 
Suburbanus Londinensis. 
