Calyx 5-fidus, cyathiformis. Corolla fauce campanulata, 5-fida, subtus ventricosa. Siliqua bilocularis. Semina membranacea, alata.
Empalement 5-cleft, cup-shaped. Blossom bell-shaped at the mouth, 5-cleft, and bellied beneath. A pod of two cells. Seeds winged, with a skinny membrane.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Bignonia foliis conjugatis, longo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, et tribus cirris acutis uncatis.
Bignonia with conjugate, long-lanced, acuminate leaves, and three hooked sharp tendrils.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A flower spread open, the segments of the border cut off.
3. Seed-bud and pointal.
This new species of Bignonia flowered for the first time in England in the stove of A. B. Lambert, esq. Boyton. We have seen it (but not in flower) in other collections, and have heard it called by the specific title of ophthalmica: but as no reason could be assigned for that appellation within the reach of our inquiry, we have named it from its hooked tendrils. It is an autumnal-flowering plant running to a great length, with frequent blossoms, is a native of Cayenne, and was introduced by Lord Seaforth.[Pg 77]
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