. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. conspi-cuous in Bignonia capreolata, and seems to be general in the woody species. M. Gaudi-chaud assures us that in Guayaquil these twiners have at first only 4 divisions of theirwoody system, but afterwards acquire 8, then 16, and probably 32, the divisions regu-larly following this mathematical progression. He also finds some indication of the ten-dency in the old stems of Bignonia capreolata. See his Recherches Generales sii^r VOrga-nographies (tc. p. 129, and the figures a
. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. conspi-cuous in Bignonia capreolata, and seems to be general in the woody species. M. Gaudi-chaud assures us that in Guayaquil these twiners have at first only 4 divisions of theirwoody system, but afterwards acquire 8, then 16, and probably 32, the divisions regu-larly following this mathematical progression. He also finds some indication of the ten-dency in the old stems of Bignonia capreolata. See his Recherches Generales sii^r VOrga-nographies (tc. p. 129, and the figures accompanying the statement. The tropics of either hemisphere are the chief station of this noble-looking Order,whose trumpet-shaped flowers are the glory of the places which the species mhabit. TheOrder extends northwards in North America as far as Pennsylvania, and southwards intothe southern provinces of Chile. In Europe it is unknowii in a wild state. The species are best knovMi for the great beauty of the flowers, which fromtheii large size, gay colours, and gieat abundance, are often among the most striking. Fig. CCCCLVII. objects in a tropical forest. Chica (called also Carajuru) is a red feculent substanceobtained by boiling the leaves of Bignonia Chica in water ; the Chica is quickly precipi-tated by adding some pieces of the bark of an unknown tree, called Arayana ; the Fig. CCCCLVII.—1. capsule of Bignonia echinata; 2. the same with the valves removed and theplacenta remaining covered with seeds. BiGNOMALES.] BIGNONIACE^. 677 Indians use it for painting their bodies red ; it is also an article of importance to dyersin natiue it approaches the resins, but contains some peculiar properties • it gives ai orange red to cotton. The tough shoots of B. Cherere are woven into wicker-work,decoction of the pods of Catalpa syrmgifolia is used in Italy as a remedy for catarrhaldyspncea and coughs.—6^<rcZ. Marj. xiii. 524. According to Ktempfer a nearly alliedspecies, or p
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