Bignome(€.] CXX. BlGNONIACE^. 1033 



5, Bignonla, Linn. Gen. n. 759. — Calyx canipamilatu3v/tubulosu8j ore recto v. oblique 

 trnncato breviter 5-dentato v, leviter siiiuato-cliLitato rarius breviter ct imoqualitcr fisso 

 T. costis in dcntcs subnlatos prodnctis, CoroUre tubus srepius elongatus, supeme amplia- 

 tus V. rarius subasqualis, rectus v, incurvus ; limbus distincte v, obscure 2-labiatuSj labio 

 po'stico 2-fidOj antico 3-fido v, 3-partito, lobis omnibus latis v, rarius oblongig patentibus. 

 Stamina perfecta 4, didjnama, prope basin tubi affixa^ inclusa v, rarius breviter exscrta ; 

 antherse glabrae, loculis oblongis v. linearibus, demum v. ab initio divaricatis, rarius diu 

 parallelis. Discus brevis v. crassus, pulvinatus annularis v, fere cupularis, rarius vix 

 ])rominulus. Ovarium subsessile v. breviter stipitatum, 2-loculare ; ovula in quaque 

 placenta 1-seriata v. dense sub-2-3-seriata- Capsula linearis, sajpius elongata (rarius ob- 

 longa ?) septo parallele plano-compressaj marginibus interdum incrassatis scptifragc dchi- 

 scens, valvis planis tenuitor v, crassiiisculc coriaceis laivibusv. costa longitudinali percur- 

 HIS, sopto parallelo piano deciduo margincm filiformem pcrsistentem sfepissime relinquente* 

 Semina ad margines septi 1- v. vix 2-seriataj plano-compressa, ala hyalina v, tenuiter 

 opaca ad utrumque latus anipla apice basique angusta v. interrupta. —Frutices alte scan- 

 dcntes, glabri tomentosi v, villosi, v. rarius caules e basi lignosasuberecti- Folia opposita, 

 nunc 3-foliolata v. foliolo terminali in cirrhum mutato v. deficiente 2-foliolata, nunc 

 ternatim v, subpinnatim dccoinp*:)sita foliolis tamen hand numerosis, rarius simplicia (ad 

 foliolum unicnm reducta ?) ; foliola petiolulata v. rarius subsessilia, intcgerrima v. rarius 

 dentata. Stipula3(v. foliola stipuliformia ad basin petioli) rarius adsunt. Flores speciosi 

 V. mediocreSj in paniculas terminales v. cynias axillares dispositi. 



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^^ Species a lliersio aliisque Gnumeratce ultra 150, quiirnm famen vix 100 retinendae videntur ; additis 



plurimis adhuc jneditis forte 120 in herbariis noKlris serrantur, oniues Americaiiie, perphu-Inia' tro- 

 picEe, iui.1 in America borcali extmtropica vigeiite, paucae in Brasilia extratropica obvife, DC. Prod, 

 ix. 144 (e^cL £p. germiogcis pluribusque Amerkanu) ; Walp. Hep, vi, olO ; Amu iii. 88, v. 521. 



G-cniis vastum, hucusqiic in aectlones naturalcs beoe limitatas non divisum, quaa tamen in mono- 

 grapliia IJureaui soUicito cxpectanius, Tntcrea genera numcrosa sequoiitia a varii<^ auctorllnis 

 rcccntioriljiis proposita pleraqiie ad spcciem typicam descripta snnt, nee character! bus definitis 

 spcciebus pluribus convcniejitibus llmitata, ct species numerosjc fnictu adliuo ignoto affiuitatis dubice 



rcmanetit- 



Arrabid-ka, DC-, exehieis speciebus panels cum charactero auctorls convenientibus et supra in 

 gcnere rctentis, species continct fero 20 iiiTprimls Urasilifinas, qnas a 7?;yM0J?i/i distingnerc nrqiiivi- 

 mns. Flores in genere pani v. mediocres ssepins rosoi ample paniculatij inflorescentia ssepe cane- 

 aoente, calyce trnncato v, rarius margine uncbdato-diiatato, diaco hypogyno prominonter annulato. 

 iVawra in Pr. Maxim, Incise Bot. t. 11. Hue etiam reforenrla vidctur B. Chica, Humb. et Bonpl. PL 



iEquin, t. 31. 



Tetastoma, Miers in Proc. R. Tlm-i. Soc. iii. 194. genus imprimip ad B. samydoidem, Cliam.,affini;s- 



Que stabilitum, floribus in pnnictda ampla numerosis, majoribu^ quam in ArrahidoiU plerisquo, 



corolla extus apicc cano-tomentof^a basi glabrata. 



Pantkrpa, Miers, I.e. 195, ad li. Icneopof/ov, ChT^vn., a Peiasfoma/e difitincta stipuUs (r, foliolis 

 etipuliformibus) ad ba^in petiolorum more Anemopwginafis, 



AxTSOSTiCTUS, Bur. Monogr. Bign. 43, ?*. 6, est B. r^rpr^oZr;^^, Linn,, Ppecies borfiali-_\mencaua, 

 cinhis srepe bis 3-Gdis cymis axillaribus, calyco laxiuseule eampanulato ore f^innato, ovulis numerosis, 

 cap-suia quam in plerifeijue spccibus brevror*.'. Jacq. Hort. Schmihr. t. 363, Bot. Mag. t. 864, 



BiGNON'iA, Bur. Monogr. Bign. 44, t. 7, limitahir ad 7?- nnguem, Liiin, speciefque paucas ei aflRno?, 

 foliorura cirrho fcEepissime 3-fido(in plorisque Bigmniis sinipliei), calyce laxo subinflato, irrcgulariter 

 2-3dobo fi;re Macfadgeme, ovulis minus numerosis quam in Jsn^Od^Vo, capsuU e!ong;ita, Aiidr. 

 Bot. Rep. L 530, Bot. Mag. /. lolL Bot. licg. 1840, t. 4'>. 



DoxANTHA, Miers in Pfoc. li, Horf, Soc. iii, 188, inclndlt Anti'o^fietum et Bignoniaid Bnreani, et 

 auctor nomen Linneanum Bignoni^. omriino delct. 



Stizophyllum, Miers, Le. 197, ad B. perforalaht, Cliam., dt.siTibitur Infiurescontia axillari et cdyce 

 liixo^ubinHato ut in Doxavtha, sed folia pellueido-puuctata et capsjila in genere angustissima, 



Ctdtsta, Misrs, Le. 191, adiJ. tsqiiinociiahm, Linu., sUibilit^i, inilorcacentia axillari, calyce truncato, 

 disco inconspicuo,ovul is numcrotiis, capsula longa latiubcnla Talviy*crasso-coriaceis, si'mlnibus magni^ ■ 

 ala opaca. B. moUis, Vabl, Ic. t. 10, B. irichoclada, DC, tipccics Panamensis a Seemftnnio ad B, 



