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JACARANDA mimosifolia. 
Mimosa-leaved Jacaranda. 
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DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. BiGNONIZ. Jussieu gen. 137. Sect. II. Fructus capsularis 
bivalvis. Caulis arboreus aut frutescens. 
BieNonracez. Cal. monophyllus, divisus v. integer, nunc 
spathaceus. Cor. monopetala, hypogyna, sæpids irregularis, 4-5-loba. File. 
5, inæqualia, 4 plerùmque nunc 2 v. omnia antherifera, Ante. 2-loculares, 
loeulis insertione æqualibus. Germ. disco glanduloso cinctum, 2-loculare, 
v. pseudo-4-loculare, polyspermum. Stylus 1. Sipe bilamellosum. Caps. 
2-yalvis, 2-loc., quandóque pseudo-4-locularis. issepimentun? parallelum 
v. contrarium, demüm liberum, ad commissuras cum valvulis seminiferum. 
Sema, transversa, foliaceo-compressa. Albumen 0. Embryo rectus, folia- 
ceus: Radiculá centrifuga. Arbores v. frutices, sep? volubiles v. scan- 
dentes. Folia opposita, (rarissimè alterna), composita, rarò simplicia, ex- 
stipulata. Jnflorescentia terminalis, subpaniculata. Brown prod. 1. 470. 
JACARANDA. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. basi tubulosa, fauce dilatata, 
limbo 5-lobo inæquali. Stam. 4 fertilia; filamentum 5tum sterile longids 
apice villosum (ut in CHELONE). Stigma bilamellatum. Caps. compressa 
orbicularis lignosa, margine in 2 valvas solubilis, dissepimento carnoso 
valvis orbicularibus opposito; semina margine membranacea. Arbores; 
folia opposita impari-bipinnata ; flores paniculati. Juss. loc. cit. 138. 
J. mimosifolia, foliis bipinnatis oblongis villosis; partialibus multijugis; pro- 
priis numerosis decursivis contiguis, trapezoidi-ovalibus oblongis mucro- 
natis: impari lanceolato longiore; paniculà amplà laxá decussato-ramosá, 
corollis sericeis. Don MSS. | 
Jacaranda caroliniana. Persoon syn. 2. 174? 
Bignonia cærulea. Linn. sp. pl. ed. 2. 2. 872? Mill. dict. ed. 8. n. 11 
Willd. sp. pl. 3.307. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 4. 35? . 
Arbor guajaci latiore folio, bignoniz flore eæruleo, fructü duro in 2 partes 
disalliente, seminibus alatis imbricatim positis. Catesb. carol. 1. 42. 
cum tab. 
Arbor (caldario culta) suborgyalis gracilis erecta, cortice cinereo: in- 
Fern? cicatricibus nodosa: ramorum caulisque pars novella let? virens et 
guttis (resinosis?) erystallizatis sparsa. Folia decussato-opposita, paten- 
tissima, distantia, bipinnata, oblonga, villosa, *miculis erystallinis in- 
aqualissimis a, palmaria ad sesquipedalia; pinnæ opposite, lineari- 
oblonge, abrupte multi-(14-24-)juge, 2-3-unciales, approximate cum ra- 
chide communi eanaliculatá in marginem brevem erectam viridiorem utrinque 
attenuatá, pinnulæ parve, decursive, opposite v. subalterna, impari-multi- 
(10-28) juge, contiguæ, trapezoidi-ovales, oblonge, mucronate, 3-4-linea- 
res aut magis, peripheriä subdeflexæ, subtüs pallentes venisque reticulate, 
import terminali erectá longiore lanceolatá: rachis angustè alate. Pani- 
cula ampla, nuda, terminalis, multiflora, erecto-pyramidata, remota, decus- 
sato-ramosa, villosa, patentissima, rachide virente cum ramulis bi-trifidis 
paria dispositis pedicellisque compressiusculis: bractez minima, caduca, 
ores speciosi, nutantes, cerwlescentes, sericei. Cal. herbaceus, minimus, 
villosus, S-dentatus, Cor. oblongo-tubulosa, campanulato-biladigta, sesqui 
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