. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. f)60 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Order LII. BIGNON/J^C^^. Ohd. Chah. Calyx divided or entire. Corolla tubular, generally irregular 4—3-lobed. Stamens 5, but either 1 or 3 of them are sterile. Ovarium 2- celled, guarded by a glandular disk. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule 2-valved, 2
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. f)60 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Order LII. BIGNON/J^C^^. Ohd. Chah. Calyx divided or entire. Corolla tubular, generally irregular 4—3-lobed. Stamens 5, but either 1 or 3 of them are sterile. Ovarium 2- celled, guarded by a glandular disk. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule 2-valved, 2-celled. Dissepiment parallel or contrary. Seeds compressed, winged. Albuvien none.—The structure of the fruit and placentation of the seeds readily distinguish this order from its allies. {G. Don.) Leaves simple or compound, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous or sub- evergreen ; serrated or entire. Flowers terminal and axillary. — Shrubs, climbing by tendrils ; natives of North America and China. The genera which contain hardy species are thus distinguished : — BiGNO^NW Tourn. Calyx 5-toothed. Dissepiment of the fruit parallel. Te'coua Juss. Calyx 5-toothed. Dissepiment of the fruit contrary. Cata'lpa Juss. Calyx 2-parted. Dissepiment of the fruit parallel. Genus I. BIGNO^N/^ Tourn. The Trumpet Flower. Lin. Syst. Didynamia Angiosp^rmia. Identification. Tourn. Inst., 72.; Don's Mill., 4. p. 216. Synonymes. Bignone, Fr.; Trompetenblume, Ger.; Bignonia, Ital. Derivation. Named by Tournefort in compliment to Abb^ Bignon, librarian to Louis XIV. Gen. Char., S;c. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, rarely entire. Corolla with a short tube, a campanulate throat, and a 5-lobed bilabiate limb. Stamens 4, didynamous, that is, 2 long and 2 short; with the rudiment of a fifth. Lobes of anthers divaricate. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule silique-formed, 2-celled ; having the dissepiment parallel with the valves. Seeds disposed in 2 rows, imbricate, transverse, with membranous wings. (Don's Mil
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