. 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. LII. BIGNON/^'C^yE • TE'cOMA. Genus II. 661 n TE'COMA Juss. The Tecoma. Lin. Syst. Didynamia Angiospermia. Identification. Juss. Gen., p. 139.'; Don's Mill., 4. p. 223. St/Ttonyme. Bign&nia sp. of Hn. and others. Derivation, .From Tecomaxocftitl, the Mexican name of one of the specie
. 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. LII. BIGNON/^'C^yE • TE'cOMA. Genus II. 661 n TE'COMA Juss. The Tecoma. Lin. Syst. Didynamia Angiospermia. Identification. Juss. Gen., p. 139.'; Don's Mill., 4. p. 223. St/Ttonyme. Bign&nia sp. of Hn. and others. Derivation, .From Tecomaxocftitl, the Mexican name of one of the species. Gen. Char., ^c. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Corolla with a short tube and a campanulate throat; limb 5-lobed, bilabiate. Stamens 4, didynamous, that is, 2 long and 2 short; with the rudiment of a fifth sterile filament. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule silique-formed, 2-celled, having the dissepi- ment contrary to the valves. Seeds disposed in 2 rows, imbricate, winged, transverse. (^Don's Mill.) Leaves compound, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; imparipinnate. Flowers terminal, panicled, orange or scarlet. — Shrubs, scandent, decidu- ous ; natives of Asia and North America. • The only hardy species yet introduced is a deciduous climbing shrub, quite hardy, and readily propagated by cuttings of the shoots or roots. -^ 1. T. RADi^CANs Juss, The rooting-irarecAeoJ Tecoma, or Trumpet Flower. Identification. Juss. Gen., p. 139.; Don's Mill., 4. p. 225. Synimynus. Bignbmo radlcans Lin. Sp. 871.; Bignonm radlcans mSjor Hort.; Gels^ium Barrel. Icon. 59.; Bign&nia /raxinifblia Catesb. Car.; Jasmin de Virginie, Fr. j Wurzeln Big- nonia, (ier. ; Esschenbladige Bignonia, Dutch-; Gelsomino americano, Ital. Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 485.; and our fig. 1287. Spec. Char., S;c. Climbing, glabrous. Branches rough, rooting. Leaflets 9, ovate, acuminated, coarsely serrated. Racemes terminal, corymbose, on long peduncles. Tube of corolla 5 times longer than the calyx. (Don's M
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