1034 CXX. BIGNONIACE^E. [Bignoniece. 



difficile^, Cham», rolata, species BrasUiensis, Gardn, n. 2468, et ex icone B. incarnata^ Aubl. PL Gui» t. 

 261, 262,/, 6, 7, omnes capsulam prsebent B. (^qumoctialis, sed seminum ala late v, anguste byalina, 

 CRE^fASTus, MicrSy Lc. 187, ineliulit B. gluiinosafU, DC-, affinesque, calyce subvesiculoso et inaeqiia- 

 liter dentato, inflorescoTitia terminali sFepius glutinosa, 



Ph^dranthus, iVi>r5, ^<?. 182, GstZf. CAcrcre, LiiidL,Bot. Reg, t, 1301, non Aubl., ^Gwnthvcoctenuim 

 haccinatoTitm^ DC, species Meiicana a Miersio in 4 divisa floribus magnis fore Tecomm radicantU 

 itisignis, c^terum Ci/dista subaifinis, et fructu igaoto iiiallo cliaractere a Bignonia distlugncnda. 



Pyrostegia, VresI, Bof, Bern. 93, et S//mb, Bot ii. 28, t. 77, Walp. Bcp, vi. 512, f st J?. venusUf, 

 Bot, Keg. t, 249, Bot. Mag. t, 2050 {Vyrosfegia ignea, Presl), species Brafiiliaiia piilcherrlma, inflore- 

 secntia densa torminali, calyce truncato, disco crasso, corollie lobls oblongis pubo mimita maTginatis 

 et primd intuitu valvatis apparentibiis, anthcris eisertis lociilisdiu subprtmllelis ; corolla? tamen lobi 

 in abibastro observati more generis latiuscule imbricati sunt, et in 7?, /fWi^Z/Zorfl, Cav. Ic. t 581, 

 curol!a3 lobi ctsi oblongi oninino immarginati et late imbricati emit, et antherarum loculi ralde diva- 

 ricati. Semina etiam in Pgrostegia dcornnm nee snrsiim imbricata dieuntiir, character in g^nere 

 valde incertus, nee semper in eadem capsula constans. 



Pakaoonia, Bur. in Bull. Soc. Bot Fr. xix, 17, est ex Bureauo in litt, Bigno7ua hnta, Mart (5, 

 jyyramidata, L, C. li'cli,), nostro sensu a goiiere non separanda. 



Plkoxotoma, Miivs in Proc. B. HorL Soc. in. 184 (GLE?irATiTARiA, Bur. Moaogr. Bign. 44), includit 

 B.jasynmiJloTam, H» B. Qtl\.,,B,cfu>ndrogo?iam, Miq., affincKque caule 4-gono, foliis dccompositis (in 

 seriebns i«*iecedentibus 2-3-foIiuIatis), eapsula in priure oblonga, ini?. c/tontZrt^ouft elongata, Btgno^ 

 nim ca^terse Candolieanpe foliis decompositis plcrEcqiie ad AdenocaJgmma {Pac?tg2>feya}k) tc{^tqih1sg 



sunt. 



Bignoni(S sequcntes in varils operlbus absque fnietu depictfe, forte non omnos congencrcs. Aubl. 

 PL GuL t 260. Jacq. Hovt Schcenbr. t 212, 287 ; Fragm, t 89. Bot. Mag. t 3011, 3888, 5800- 

 BoL Beg. t. 418, et 1812, L 45. Wawra in Pr. Maxim, Beisc BoL t. 10, 6U 



6. Macfedyena, A. DC, Prod, ix, 179? Mier^^ Scevh et aitct, (Pliryganocydia^ Mart, 

 ex Bur, in litt.) — Calyx membranaceiiSj latus^ junior clau.sus, peranthesin liinc ad juedium 

 V, iisq^ue ad basin spathaceo-fissus* Corollse tabus elongatua, latiusculus, auperne pamm 

 ampliatus ; limbus obli<iUC sub-2'labiatus, lobis 5 rotundatis p>ateiitibns parum iniequalibus. 

 Stamina 4, didynama, infra medium tubum affixa, inclusa v. subexwei-ta ; anther^e glabnc, 

 loculis oblongis v. linearibus divergentibus v. divaricatis- Discus late pulvinatus. 

 Ovarium sessile ; ovula in quaque placenta 1-2-seriata, Capsula clongata v, rarius oblongaj 

 septo parallele compressa, extus Irevis, septifragedebiscens, valvis plaiiis v. concaviusculis 

 coriaceis, septo deciduo marginem filiformem persistentem saipins reiinqnente. Semina 

 ad margines septi 1-seriata, plano-compressa v. crassiuscula^ ala ad latera lata hyalina v. 

 undiquc angusta crassiuscnla. — Frutices alte scandentes, glabri. Folia nunc 3-foliolata 

 A', foliolo terminali in cirrlmm mutato v. deficiente 2-foIiolata, nunc decomposita ramis 

 primariia 2-o-foliolatiSj foliolis integerrijDis seepius coriaceis nitidulisve- Flores speciosi, 

 pedunculis axillaribus nunc l-floris mmc laxo cymosis 3-5-floris v. breviter et laxe race- 

 linfcris, Bractere interdum subfoliacea, ovatfe v. lanceolatfe, nunc parvre setaco^. 



Species 21, Amoricre tropicji? imprimis Brasilise 6t GGian^e incolas enumerat Miers in Proc. R. 

 Hort. Soc. iii. 200, inclusis pluribus a CandoUeo, Prod. ix. 204, sub Sjyathodi'a rccensitis, sed plurimffi 

 reduccndte nee omnes congeneres ; nonnullte contra addendse a Miersio ad alia genera relatae. 



Genus quoad ealycem a Bignojiia facile dfstingucnduni, quoad fructiim magnopero variut, capsula 

 elongrtta Bignoni(8 x. abbr^viata fere Ado^calymmaiis in speciebus cfeterum simillimis, in pluribus 

 speciebus adhiic ignota- 



DoLTciiANDRA, Cham, id Linitcsa, vii, 6A7 {Spathod^a doHchandra, DC), a ceteris speciebus differt 

 staminibus subexsertis, antherarimi loculis vis dcmum divergentibus; capsula in speciminibus 

 nostris onmino ciun ISelloanis quoad folia et Acres convenientibus longa est aiigustiique onuiino Mac- 

 fadyeiKs v. Blgmnlts ; ab auctore tamen describitur et a Seem, in Journ, Bot. 1863, t. 9, ad specimen 

 tjpicum delinejitur brevis, valvis more TmoTiUB cyiubifurmibus septo contr-ariis. Folia et habitus 

 DoUchandt'^ omnino Mdlom fopidifoli^^ Bur., et Acres param difforunt in cyma 1-2 nee CO, stami- 

 nibufi longioribus, et species diiie abi^que fructu inter se facile confusae. An igitur fnictus a Chamisso 

 dcaeriptus rerera ad Mdloani pertitiot? an in specimine nondum niaturo, dehiscentia septicida 

 adhiac imp^rfe^ta? niPi trfls fi'fsi^t species .^imillimaa iVnctr.s exhilientes MacfadyenmM' 'lorn et Tecqm^, 



