106 SUPPLEMENT. 



BIGNONIACEA 



Bignonia, near B. difficilis and B. diverdfolia. 

 "Vine, 10 to 30 feet long; not abundant " (Gaumer). 

 There is no fruit and only imperfect leaves of either this or the next. 



Bignonia, sp. 



"Vine 10 to 100 feet long; very abundant deep in the forest" (Gaumer). 



ACANTHACEjE. 



[ii. p. 508.] Blechum brownei, Nees, var. % W. 



Bravaisia tubiflora, Hemsl. in Hook. Ic. PI. 1. 1516. 

 Foliis parvis subcoriaceis venis inconspicuis, floribus subsessilibus hirsutis, corolla supra calycem in 



tubo stricte cylindrico subito constricta. 

 Arbor 25-pedalis {Gaumer), ramuhs ultimis floriferis brevibus gracilibus minute puberulis. Folia 

 petiolata, subcoriacea, ovali-elliptica, usque ad 3 poll, longa et 1| poll, lata, superiora gradatim 

 minora, cum bracteis obovato-spathulata, omnia cito glabrescentia, margine leviter incrassata, 

 apice rotundata vel obtuse acuminata, basi cuneata, venis primariis utrinque 2-5 inconspicuis 

 fere obsoletis. Mores albo-purpurei (Gaumer), circiter 1 poll, longi, in axillis foliorum 

 solitarii, ssepius sessiles, bibracteati, bracteis spathulatis dimidio brevioribus ; calycis segmenta 

 persistentia fere sequalia, obtusissima vel rotundata, ciliolata, circiter 3 lineas longa ; corolla 

 subcampanulata, primum extus dense birsuta, intus minus hirsuta, demum fere glabrescens, 

 supra calycem in tubo cylindrico subito constricta ; limbi lobis contortis brevibus subsequalibus 

 rotundatis ; stamina 4, didynama, inclusa, ad apicem tubi constricti inserta, filamentis parce 

 pilosis, antherae loculis basi breviter caudatis ; ovarium glabrum, loculis biovulatis, ovulis 

 adscendentibus, stylo gracillimo. Capsula ovoidea, Crustacea, nitida ; semina matura non visa. 

 " Not abundant " (Gaumer). 



A specimen in the Kew Herbarium, in fruit, collected at Tlacotalpan, in Mexico, by 

 Hahn, and formerly referred to B . floribunda, is evidently this species, which is readily 

 distinguished by its smaller leaves, almost or quite sessile flowers, and especially by the 

 hairy corolla being suddenly constricted into a cylindrical tube close above the calyx- 

 segments. 



[ii. p. 524.] Dicliptera assurgens, Juss. w. 



VERBENACEiE. 



[ii. p. 527.] Lantana camara, Linn. w. 

 [ii. p. 528.] Lantana involucrata, Linn. W. 

 [ii. p. 530.] Lippia nodiflora, Michx. w. 



