446 BIGXONIACEJI. 



— Leaves 6"-3" long, shining above, revolute at the margin, veiny, with all the younger 

 parts somewhat powdered with minute, white points; pedicels 8"'-10"', calyx 12'", corolla- 

 tube 20"'-24'", lobes 2"'-3'" long.— Hab. Trinidad !, Cr., at S, Anne; [Guiana]. 



3. JACA.RANDA, Juts. 



Calyx tubular. Corolla campanulate above a slender base : limb unequally 5-lobed. Sta- 

 mens didynanions, with the fifth sterile one bearded at the top : anther-cells diverging- 

 pendulous, or one of them abortive. Ovary 2-celled by the intrpflexed carpophylls slightly 

 cohering in the middle. Stigma 2-lamellate. Capsule woody, flat-compressed, loculicide : 

 seeds winged, inserted along the middle line of the valves, parallel to them : dissepiment 

 obsolete or disappearing. — Trees: leaves opposite, often 2-pinnate ; flowers *» a terminal 

 panicle, usually blue. 



6. J. csernlea, Gr. Glabrous ; leaves impari-2-pinnate : pinnse 4-8-jugal, leaflets 8- 

 17 -jngal, obliquely rhomboid-oblong, bluntish ; panicle lax ; calyx small, 5-dentate; corolla 

 blue, glabrous ; one of the anther-cells abortive ; capsule oval-roundish, notched at the 

 rounded top. — Catesb. Carol. 1. t. 42. — Bignonia, L. J. bahamensis, DC. {non R. Br., 

 who states his species to have a silky corolla).— Leaflets 8"'-10"', calyx 2"'-3'", corolla H", 

 capsule 2" long. — Hab. Bahamas!, Swains., Providence; [West Iudies !, West,~\. 



J. bahamensis, R. Br., is unknown to me ; /. Sagraarta, DC. (syn. Tansecium panieu- 

 latuin, Sieb. Mart. 81 !), of Cuba ! and Martinique, has a shorter puberulous corolla and 

 different capsule. 



4. CATALPA, Scop. 



Calyx deeply 2-lobed. Corolla campanulate : limb unequally 5-lobed. Fertile stamens 



2 : one of the anther-cells erect, the other pendulous. Ovary 2-celled. Stigma 2-lamellate. 

 Capsule siliquiform, subcylindrical, loculicide : seeds woolly, or with a fringe at both ends, 

 uniserial along the border of the placentary dissepiment, parallel to it. — Glabrous, large 

 trees; leaves simple, opposite or whorled, long-petioled ; flowers in a lax terminal panicle. 



7. O. longisiliqua, Cham. Leaves, ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, entire ; 

 calyx-lips entire, roundish-mucronate ; capsule long-filiform, pendulous ; seeds linear, acumi- 

 nate at both sides, wingless, silky-woolly chiefly at the points. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. I. 261. 



/. 50: the seed. Tuss. It. 4. t. 37. Desc. Fl. 1. t. 18.— Bignonia, Jacq. (B. longissima, ej., 

 a misnriut, corrected by himself). B. Quercus, Lam. Catalpa longissima, Sims. — Leaves 

 3"-5", calyx 2"', rosy- white corolla 10"'-8'", capsule 2' long.— Hab. Jamaica!, Al., Wils., 

 M'Nab, Bon j [Haiti, S. Thomas]. 



5. TECOMA, Juts. 



Calyx tubular ; limb usually shortly 2-lipped. Corolla infundibular : lobes 5, slightly 

 unequal. Stamens didynamous : anther-cells diverging. Ovary 2-celled. Stigma 2-lamel- 

 late. Capsule siliquiform, loculicide : seeds winged at both sides, uniserial along the border 

 of the placentary dissepiment, parallel to it. — Trees or shrubs, rarely scandent ; leaves in 

 our species opposite, compound ; flowers usually in terminal corymbs. 



Sect. 1. TaBEBUIa, Gomez, emend. — Calyx-limb unequal, Corolla-tnbe gradually dilated. 

 Capsule-valves entire. — Leaves digitate or simple. 



* Leavet lepidote with minute, utually dittant scalet ; flowers rosy or white. 



8. T. Berterii, DC. Glabrous, erect ; leaves leathery, lepidote chiefly beneath : leaflets 



3 (-5), spathulate-lanceolate or elliptical-oblong, bluntish, entire : lateral subsessile, the 

 middle shortly petiolulate ; corymbs few-1 -flowered ; calyx campanulate, lepidote, one-sixth 

 to one-fourth as long as the corolla : lips subentire, rounded : corolla rosy, glabrous, pube- 

 rulous within ; stamens deeply included : anther-cells oblong-linear, straight ; capsule 

 linear, subcylindrical: valves keeled; seeds as broad as each oblong wing. — Tabebuia tri- 

 phvlla, DC, a form with larger, obovate -oblong leaflets. Bignonia triphylla, Spreng , L. f 

 —Leaflets 2"-l" (-4"), corolla 3i"-2", capsule 4" long -Hab. Jamaica !* M' Nab ; Haiti, 

 Poitorico !, S. Thomas !]. 



