BIGXONIACE.fi. 447 



9. T. leucoxylon, Mart. Glabrous, arboreous | leaves rigid, lepidote, often whitish 

 beneath : leaflets 5 (3—8), lanceolate-oblong or linear-oblong, bluntish, entire, all peliolu- 

 late ; corymbs few (—1) -flowered ; calyx cainpanulate, lepidote, one-sixth to one-fourth as 

 long as the corolla : lips mucrouate, superior often longer, inferior 2-ftd ; corolla rosy (or 

 white), glabrous, puberulous within ; stamens deeply included : anther-cells ob long -linear, 

 straight ; capsule linear, subcompressed : valves smooth, ecarinate ; seeds as broad as 

 each oblong wing. — Plukn. Aim. t. 200./. 4. Catecb. Carol. 1. t. 37. Bot. Repos. t. 43. 

 Desc. Fl. 3. t. 204 : flowers wrongly yellow. — Bignohia, L. ex ic. Plukn., Sw. ! B. pen- 

 taphylla, L. ex ic. Catesb. (non Sw<, non Miq.). — A large tree: wood and bark whitish; 

 leaflets 3"-l", petiolules 6'"-2"', corolla 24"-2", capsule 8"-6", seed-wings 4'" long,— Hab. 

 Bahamas !, Swains. ; Jamaica !, Mac/., Bauer., Wils,, on river-banks ; Barbadocs (Plukn.) ; 

 [Cuba ! to Guiana !]* 



10. T. pentaphylla, DC. (exclus. syn. L.). Glabrous, arboreous ; leaves rigid, mi- 

 nutely lepidote : leaflets 5 (7-3), elliptical-oblong, elliptical or elliptical-lanceolate, bluntish, 

 entire, all petiolulate : the middle petiolules long ; corymbs many-few-flowered ; calyx 

 cainpanulate, lepidote, one-seventh to one-fifth as long as the corolla : lips rounded, inferior 

 2-fid; corolla white or rosy, glabrous, puberulous within ; stamens deeply included : anther- 

 cells oblong-linear, straight j capsule linear, elongated, subcylindrical : valves S-carinate ; 

 seeds as broad as each oblong wins. — Bignonia, West (non L.). — A timber-tree: bark 

 whitish; leaflets 3"-fi", middle petiolule 12 y "-20'", inferior ones 3"'-G"', corolla 3"-2£", 

 capsule 11''— 8", seed-wings 5"' long.— Hah. Jamaica!, Pd., Al., March; Antigua!, 

 tf'ullschl., Montserrat, S. Lucia; [Cuba! to French islands ! ; Panama!]. 



11. T. platyantha, Gr. (n. sp.). Glabrous, arboreous ; leaves rigid, minutely lepidote : 

 leaflets 5 (-4), elliptical or ovate-oUong, with a bluntish point, subentire-repand, alt pet io- 

 lulate ; corymbs lax ; calyx broadly cainpanulate, one-third as long as the corolla, closed 

 in the obovoid bud, at length shortly 2 -lipped: lips rounded, entire ; corolla white, glabrous ; 

 stamens equalling the corolla-tube : anther-cells ovate-oblong, bluntish, diverging-pendu- 

 lous ; capsule linear j subcompressed : valves obtusely keeled. — Tabebuia htemantha, DC, is 

 apparently allied, but the corolla in our species is 4'" broad at the ba-e, 1" diam. at the 

 summit. — A small tree; terminal leaflets 7"-4", inferior 3"- 2", petiolules 1£"-1" long, 

 inferior shorter; calyx 8"'-10'" J corolla 2", capsule 4" long: — Has. Jamaica !, Pd., Starch, 

 on rocks, S. James. 



** Leaves devoid of scales ; flowers yellow. 



12. T. serratifolia, Don. Glabrous, arboreous; leaves chartaceous, devoid of scales : 

 leaflets 5 (6-4), oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate above the base, all petiolulate ; 

 corymbs umbelliform ; calyx campanulate, powdery, one-seventh to one-sixth as long as the 

 corolla, shortly 5-lobed : lobes unequal, deltoid; corolla "yellow," glabrous; stamens 

 deeply included : anther-cells oblong, incurved at the top. — Bignonia, V. — Terminal leaflets 

 8"-6", inferior 3"-2", superior petiolules 20"'-10'", inferior 6"'-4"' i corolla 2"-2*" loug, 

 the latter narrowly infundibular. — Hab. S. Vincent I, Guild.; Trinidad (V.). 



13. T. spectabilis, Planch. Erect; down rusty -yellow, stellate ; scales none; leaves 

 chartaceous, hairy, with the down at length scattered, as long as the tomentose petiole : 

 leaflets 5, oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, subenlire, all petiolulate ; corymbs con- 

 tracted ; calyx campanulate, rusty-tomeutose, one-fifth to one-fourth as long as the broad 

 corolla, 5-lobed: lobes ovate; corolla "yellow," puberulous, villous within; stamens 

 deeply included: anther-cells oblong-linear, incurved; capsule linear, subcompressed, 

 tomentose: valves keeled ; seeds broader than the terminal part of the oblong wing. — Fl. 

 des Serres, 9. t. 948. — Leaflets 5"-3", terminal petiolule 12'", inferior ones 5"'-3'", corolla 

 2", capsule 8"-10" long — Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild.; Triuidad!, Lockh. ; [Venezuela]. 



Sect. 2. Eutkcoma, Endl. Calyx-limb b-dentate, equal. Corolla-tube ventricose above 

 the base. Capsule-valves at length %-partite— Leaves iniparUpinnate, opposite. 



14. T. stans, Just. Glabrous, erect, shrubby ; leaves impari-pinnatc : leaflets 2-5- 

 iugal, oblong lanceolate, acuminate, serrate; flowers racemose, yellow ; calyx half as long 

 as the narrow part of the campanulate corolla-tube: teeth pointed; stamens included: au- 

 ther-cells lanceolate, straight ; capsule linear, acuminate, subcom pressed. — Jacq. Ai.ier. Pict. 



