496 BIGNONIACEE. 
9. GODMANIA. 
Godmania, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 35. 
Calyx hemisphericus, 5-dentatus, dentibus brevibus obtusis. Corolla campanulata, ventricosa, 
intus barbata; limbus subbilabiatus, lobis latis rotundatis parum ineequalibus patentibus vel 
recurvis. Stamina 4, didynama, inclusa, prope basin corollz inserta; anthere pilosule, 
loculis oblongis divergentibus; filamenta filiformia. Staminodium capitatum. Discus 
annularis, integer. Ovarium subsessile; ovula in quaque placenta pluriseriata. Capsula 
cylindracea, circiter tripedalis, longitudinaliter 16-costata, loculicide dehiscens, valvis coria- 
ceis, septo crasso tereti. Semina plano-compressa, utrinque longissime alata, alis hyalinis, 
tenuissimis. 
1. Godmania macrocarpa, Hemsley, loc. cit. (Tab. LXV.) | 
Arbor patula, 15-20-pedalis, ramulis, foliis floribusque puberulis. Folia opposita, longe petiolata, 
digitatim 7-foliolata; foliola petiolulata, obovato-oblonga, 4—6-pollicaria, acuminata, obtusa, 
basi cuneata, sepius utrinque precipue secus medium glandulosa, glabrescentia, petiolulis 
infrapollicaribus, petiolo 6-pollicari. Flores semipollicares, albidi, intus roseo guttati, et 
antice barbati, dense corymbosi, corymbis axillaribus. Capsula circiter tripedalis ; semina 
cum appendicibus alatis, 4-6-pollicaria.—Cybistax macrocarpa, Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. 
Pl. u. p. 1043. 
Panama, in woods near the city of Panama (S. Hayes, 61). Hb. Kew. 
Fendler’s ‘ Plantze Venezuele,’ n. 29, belongs to this genus, and possibly to G. macro- 
carpa. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. LXV. 
Fig. 1, small gland from undersurface of leaf, magnified about 300; 2, vertical section of gland 
from upper surface of leaf, magnified about 200; 3, gland from upper surface of leaf, 
magnified about 200; 4, a flower, twice natural size; 5, a corolla laid open, enlarged ; 
6, calyx and pistil, enlarged; 7, pistil, enlarged; 8, seed-vessel, natural size; 9, cross section 
of the same showing terete septum; 10, a seed, natural size; 11, an embryo, enlarged; 12, a 
cross section of the same. 
10. TECOMA. | 
Tecoma, Juss. Gen. Plant. p. 189, excl. T. pentaphylla, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. u. p. 1044. 
Erect or climbing shrubs, rarely almost arboreous. About twenty-four species widely 
dispersed in subtropical regions both north and south, rarer within the tropics. 
1. Tecoma mollis, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 144; DC. Prody. ix. p. 224. 
Bignonia tecomoides, DC. Prodr. ix. p. 166. 
Tecoma sorbifolia, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 144. 
Tecoma stans yy. velutina, DC. Prodr. ix. p. 224. 
Stenolobium molle, Seem. Journ. Bot. i. p. 90. 
NortH Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 696) ; 
Souta Mexico, around Guanajuato, at about 6450 feet (Humboldt & Bonpland), Chalco 
(Andrieux, 224), mountains west of Oaxaca, 7000 feet (Galeotti, 1021), Guadalupe 
(Bourgeau, 36); GuaTemMaLa, Volcan de Fuego, 5000 feet (Salvin).—CoLomBia ; PERv ; 
Cuit1. Hb. Kew. 
