BIGNONIA

(Lat.), n. f. Bitn-yon’i?-a3. Trompe ten blume, The trumpet-flower; a genus of bignoniaceous plants of the tribe Bignonieæ, established by Plumier. [B, 215.]— B. æquin oct i a lis [Linnæus]. Fr., liane à cordes (ou à crabes). A West Indian and South American species, the bitter and somewhat astringent bark of which is employed in diarrhceal affections. The plant is also used as a discutient for swellings on the feet, and an astringent infusion is made from the flowers. [B, 173, 180.]—B. all i ace a. Fr., liane à Vail. The garlic-shrub; a species growing in the West Indies and Guiana, distinguished by the strong garlicky odor given out. he its leaves and branches when bruised. ich 19.J— B. antisyphilitiea [Peet See CymisTAx antisyphilitic a,—B. E A adj, Bijerm'itmuts. Lat., bigeminus. Oc- [B, 19.] Bi-gla?nd‘u?!-asr. Lat., biglandulosus Fr., biglanduleux. Hav- Fr., bignone, Ger., brasil i an a [Lamarc! See JACARANDA brasil i an a.—B. eærule a [Linnæus]. See JACARANDA bah a mens is,—B. candicans [Richard]. An American spars the root of which is reputed to be vulnerary, sudorific, and alexipharmac. [B, 173.]—I. capreolata [Linnzus]. The trumpet-creeper, or cro -vine; a lofty climbing shrub growing throughout the southern United States. The root and stem have been used as a substitute for sarsaparilla. [B, 81, 215.]—B. catalpa [Linnæus]. The Catalpa bignonioides. [B.]—B. can data, B. chelonoides [Linnæus]. The Stereos per mum chelonoides. [B, 212.]—B. chica [Bonpland]. A species found in the districts adjoining the upper part of the Orinoco River. furnishing a red dye called chica (q. v.). [B, 173, 180, 187, 197.|—B. copaia (Seu copaja) [Aublet]. The Jacaranda procera. [B, 180.|—B. erucigera [Linnæus]. See B. capreolata.—Bignoniæ catalpæ radix. The root of Catalpa bignonioides. [B.|—B. echinata [Jacquin]. The Jacaranda echinata. [B, 180,]— B. fruteseens [Milter The Tecoma stans. [B, 173.]—B. heterophylla [Willdenow]. See B. kerere.—B. in carn at a [Aublet]. A French Guiana species, having the same properties as B. equinoctial is, [B, 173.|—B. indlea. The Oroxylum indicum. [B, 212.] — B. kerere (seu kerern) (Aublet]._ A Fronch Guiana species, having properties resembli those of B. equinoctial is, [B, 173, 214, 270,]—13. leucantha [Vell.. The Spar at to sperm a lith out rip tic a. ' [B 20171 leucoxylon Linnæus]. The Tecoma teucoxylon, |B, 270.\—B. long i folia Willdenow], The Pajinelia Rheedii. (B, 212.j—B. long is sima cquin]. The Catalpa long is sima. [B, 180:]—B. multi juga. janelia Rheedii. [B, 212.|—B. nodosa [Silva Mans.]. A species growing on dry plains in Brazil; somewhat aromatic and said to be employed as a substitute for senna and for carob a. [B, 214; “Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.,”’ xxx, p. 177 (B).]—B. obo- Vata. The Spathodea obovata. [B.J—B. ophthalmic a [Chisbolm]. A species imperfectly known, growing in Guiana, where the pulp and the juice of the root have been employed in the treatment of ophthalmia. [B, 173, 180.]—B. paganelia (seu pajanelia). The Pajanetia Rheedii. B, 212]. pentandra [Loure st The Oroxylum indicum. N —B. pentaphylla [Linnæus|. The Tecoma pentaphytla, [B,214.|—B. pseudoquercus [Tu ac]. The Catalpa long is sima. (B,173.|—B. purgans. Syn.: Caroba guyra. A species the leaves of which are used as an antisyphilitic and the root-bark as a purgative. [B.]—B. quereus [Lamarck]. The Catatpa l i ima. [B, 214.]—B. quin que folia. The Cybistax antisyphilitic a. [B, 214.|—B. radicans [Linnœu: The Tecoma radicans. [B, 215,]—I3. sempervirens [Linnæus]. e Gelsemium sempervirens. [B,215.|—B. spathacea [Linnæus]. The Do tich and rone Rheedii. [B, 173, 212.]—B. stans (Linneus]. The Tecoma stans. [B, 215.]—B. suberosa. The Millings ton i a hortensis. [B, 172, 212.]—B. to mentos a. The Tecoma heteropod a. [B, 214.|—B. uliginosa [Gomez]. The Tabebuia uliginosa. [B, 214.]—B. unguis {Linneeus], B. unguis cat i [Des cour tils]. Fr., liane à chat, lierre de Saint in i que. A species indigenous to the West Indies and northern South America, where the juice of the leaves and root is considered an_alexipharmac by the negroes. [B, 173, 180.1—B. xylocarp a. Tamil, vadencarni. A large tree, of rapid growth, common in the forests of Madras, Mysore, ‘Bengal, and Bombay, A thiek liquid, of the color and consistence of Stockholm tar, obtained from the wood, is used In cutaneous affections. [B, 172; ** Proce. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.,” xxvi, p. 159 (B).] BIG NON I ACEÆ (Lat.), n. f. pl. Bi?n-yo?n-i?-a(as)’se%(ke?)-?). Fr., bignoniacées. Ger., Bignonioceen. The big non i ads, or trumpet-vines; of Per so on and subsu};xeem writers, an order 0! gamopetalous dicotyledons, a igned by Bentham and Hooker to the cohort Person a les; including trees and shrubs or woody climbers with opposite, simple or pinnately divided leaves, sometimes having acce ory stipule-like leaflets, and showy, irregular flowers, borne in terminal panicles or racemes, having a gamosepalous calyx, a more or le bilabiate corolla, tetradynamous or diandrous stamens with 2-celled anthers, and a subse ile 2-celled ovary surmounted by a single style with a 2-lobed stigma and containing numerous anatropous ôvules. The fruit is a loculicidal or septicidal canal containing numerous large, flat and often alate exalbuminous seeds attached to parietal placentæ or to the septum of the capeules which in the dehiscence of the latter separates from the valves, [B, 212, 215.]