See Bignonia Leucoxylon, Pl. XLIII. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Bignonia foliis pinnatis: foliolis oblongo-lanceolatis, serratis: floribus in paniculo terminali, vel potius in racemo e pedunculis trifloris, oppositis, alternatis: corollis magnis, coccineis, campanulatis: caule erecto, radicante, et scandente.
Bignonia with winged leaves: leaflets of an oblong lance-shape, and sawed: flowers grow in a terminating panicle, or rather in a raceme upon footstalks with three flowers, opposite and alternate: blossom large, of a scarlet colour, and bell-shaped: stem upright, rooting, and climbing.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A blossom spread open.
3. Seed-bud and pointal.
This superb Bignonia is well characterized by the specific appellation of grandiflora; and although, in several genera, this title has been rendered nugatory by the introduction afterwards of still larger flowering species, yet we think it is not likely to be the case in the present instance. In Kæmpfer’s Icones there is a tolerably good figure of this fine plant. It flowers in the autumn, and great hopes are entertained that it will ultimately prove to be of a hardy character, when a fair trial of it is made, with its scarcity has hitherto prevented.
Our figure was made from a plant seven feet high, in the conservatory of G. Hibbert, esq. where, under the care of Mr. Knight, his botanic gardener, that valuable collection is in the most luxuriant state of cultivation.[Pg 3]
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