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b i g n o n i a uncata.
Hooked Bignonia,
C L A S S XIV. ORDER II.
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMU. Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 5-fidus, cyatliiformis. Corolla fauce
campanulata, 5-fida, subtus ventricosa.
Siliqua bilocularis. Semina membranacea,
alata.
EMPALEMENT 5-cleft, cup-shaped. Blossom
bell-shaped at the moutli, 5-cleft, and bellied
beneath. A pod of two cells. Seeds
winged, with a skinny membrane.
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SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
B I G N O N I A foliis conjugatis, longo-lanceola;is,
acuminatis, et tribus cirris acutis uncatis.
B I G N O N I A 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 tlie border cut off.
3. Seed-bud and pointal.
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T H I S new species of Bignonla flowered for the first time in England in the stove of A B Lam
bert, esq. at 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
with,n the reach of our inquiry, we have named it from its hooked tendrils. It is an autumnal-flower
ing plant running to a great length, with frequent blossoms, is a native of Cayenne, and was introduced
by Lord Seaforth.
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