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pointleted, repand-entire, arch-veined : primary veins prominent beneath ; racemes axillary, 

 about as long as the petiole : pedicels spreading-erect, shorter than the calyx ; calyx closed 

 in the bud, coloured, cam pan ul ale-tubular, halt' as long as the corolla, at length unequally 

 2-lipped ; corolla orange-yellow, roughish : tu e cylindrical; anther-cells ovoid. — Tabebuia, 

 DC! B. crucigeia, Berter. J (non L.).— Leaflets' 6"-ci", calyx 1£"-1", corolla 3"-2Jr" 

 long. — Hab. S. Viuceut !, Guild.; [Venezuela 1, Guiana!, Peruambuco !]? 



7. MACFADYENA, A. DC. 



Character of Bignonia, but calyx 1 -lipped or spathaCeous. — Glabrous, shrubby climbers ; 

 leaflets 2, with a tendril, or 3, shining above. 



21. M. uncinata, A. DC. Branchlets cylindrical; leaflets 2, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 pointleted, entire; racemes axillary, sessile, fewiflowered ; calyx campanulate, \-lipped 

 above the middle; corolla glabrous, yellow: tube clavate, twice to thrice as long as ihe 

 calyx ; anther-cells oval-obioug ; "seeds oblong-linear." — Bignonia, Mry. Essrq. ! — Leaflets 

 2i''-2", calyx 8"'-9'", coroila 2"-2£" long.— Hab. Trinidad!, Cr. ; [Panama, Guiana!}. 



22. M. corymbosa, Or. Branchkts cylindrical ; leaflets 2-3, ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 with a bluntish point, entire; peduncles axillary, compressed, dichotomously few-flowered; 

 calyx spathaceous-l-lipped beyond the middle, recurved, tubular at the base ; corolla 

 glabrous, yellowish-rosy : tube carnpanulate-clavate, twice to thrice as long as the calyx ; 

 anther-cells oblong-linear ; capsule woody, oblong-linear : valves flat, rough, subecarinate ; 

 seeds oblong: wings as broad as the middle part, pellucid above.— Vent. Choix, t. 40. — ■ 

 Spathodea, Pent— Leaflets 6"-4", calyx 10"'-14'", corolla 2i"-3", capsule 4"-5" long, the 

 latter about 1" broad ; seeds (the wings included) about 2" broad, 8'" long. — Hab. Trini- 

 dad !, Sch., Cr. ; [Panama ! to equat. Brazil !]. 



8. ARABIDEA, DC. 



Character of Bignouia, but stigma simple. — Leaflets 2-3 (-1), usually hoary by down 

 beneath ; panicles terminal and axillary, many-Jlowered : flowers purple, more equal and 

 smaller than in Bignouia ; calyx closed in the bud. 



23. A. Sieberi, DC. Branchlets cylindrical, puberulons ; leaflets 2 (-1) ovate-roundish, 

 apiculate, puberulous above, hoary-tomentose and reticulated-veiny beneath; terminal panicle 

 spreading, hoary-puberulous : ultimate pedicels fascicled, shorter than the calyx ; calyx 

 truncate or obsoletely 5-denticulate ; corolla clavate-campauulate, puberulous. — A large 

 climber with deciduous leaves (Cr.) ; leaflets 5"-3", panicle often 1', calyx 2'", corolla 6'"- 

 8'" long ; anther-cells linear, arcuate. — Hab. Trinidad 1, Cr., at Piarco. 



9. PITHECOCTENIUM, Mart. 



Character of Bignonia, but capsule woody, valves convex, echinate with tubercles, and 

 seeds 3-serial. — Shrubby cliinb.ers ; leaflets 2, with a tendril, or 3, often with minute scales 

 beneath ; flowers t'x terminal racemes, usually lomentose. 



24. P. Anbletii, Splitg. Branchlets angular, glabrate; leaflets 2-3, subcordate- 

 rouudish or ovate, apiculate, glabrous above, glabrate beneath, with the distant scales per- 

 sistent ; racemes simple ; calyx closed in the bud, loose, broadly campanulate, truncate, with 

 5 minute teeth below or at the margin; corolla tomentosc : tube incurved, clavate cam- 

 panulate; capsule oblong, echinate with stout, bluutish tubercles; seeds oblong: wings 

 much broader than the middle part. — Aubl. t. 263, 264. — Hignonia echinata, Aubt., Sw. 

 (non Jacq.). — A high climber; flowers pale-ro3y {Sw.), straw-coloured (Wils.); leaflets 5"- 

 3", calyx 4"', corolla 1£" long ; anthers subexserted : cells oblong, slightly incurved ; cap- 

 sule 10"-8" long, H"-2" broad; seeds 3" broad, 10"'-12"' long.— Hab. Jamaica 1, Bancr., 

 March, Wils.; [Cuba!, Mexico !> Venezuela!, Guiana]. 



10, AMPHILOPHIUM, Klh. 



Calyx shortly-campanulate : limb double, exterior undirlate-repand, slightly 5-Iobed, 

 spreading, interior closed in the bud, at length lacerate. Corolla campanulas- : limb 



