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Jacaranda ovalifolia. Oval-leaved 

 Jacaranda. 



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Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. fauce campanulata : limbo bila- 

 biate Filamentwn quintum sterile, longius, barbatum. 

 Caps, ovata, bilocularis, bivalvis: dissepimento contrario, 

 valvis planiusculis adnato. Semina alata. 



Arbores. Folia opposita, abrupte-rariusve impari-pinnata , 

 pmnis impari-pinnatis. Flores paniculati, violacei. Calyx 

 scepius cyathiformis, nunc breve campanulatus vel subcylm- 

 dricus dentibus obsoletis. Corollae testivatio imbricata, labio 

 superiore breviore bilobo equitante inferius, cujus lobus me- 

 dius major, indivisus, lateralibus tectus. Stamina antherifera 

 inclusa : Antheree scepivs dimidiated, cum rudimento nana 

 lobi alterius : nunc completee loculis aqualibus divaricath 

 apice solum connexis. Brown Mscr. 



Jacaranda. Juss. Gen. 138. 



Specific Character. 



Jacaranda ovalifolia; antheris dimidiatis, corollis extus 

 sericeis, foliolis pubescentibus ; lateralibus ovalibus 

 cum mucrone ; terminali lanceolato. Brown Mscr. 



rc Jacaranda ovalifolia is very nearly related both to 

 J. acutifolia and J. obtusifolia of Humboldt and Bonpland 

 (Plant, eequinort. tab. 17 and 18,) between which it may be 

 placed. J. acutifolia differs from it chiefly in all the leaflets 

 being lanceolate, and in having a smaller number of pinnae. 

 I. obtusifolia is still more distinct in its leaflets entirely 

 wanting the mucro, which is both obvious and constant in 

 our plant, and in having a smooth corolla. J. bahamensis 

 Nob. (J. caroliniana Persoon; Bignonia carulea. Lin.) of 

 which there is in the Banksian Herbarium a single imper- 

 fect specimen that may be supposed to be authentic, and 

 J. rhombifolia of Meyer (Flor. Essequeb. 213. J which is 



probably 



