103G ' CXX. BIGKONIACEiE. [Bignomm. 



riora (fide Bureaiii) tligilatim 5-foliolata, foliolis petiolnlatis integerriniis. Cymee dense 

 corymbospe, ad nodos ramoniin annotinorum breviter pedunculate v- subsessiles. Calyces 

 breves, canescentea. 



Species 2, Braf^ilianre, inter se valJe fiffiues. Genus quoad aiitherjis Cuspidari<E affino, sed 

 caljce capsula et inflorescentia clistinguitur. Folia digitatim 5-foliolata in tribii rara, desiint tamen 

 'in speciminibus a nobis vi&is SaldanhmiB, CapsnliirumTalvarum costEe dorsales magis promimil^e in 

 speciniinilnis Burcliellianis (^iiam in icone citatJi, 



9, Cuspldaria, DC, iJev. jBij/H, 9; ProtZ. ix. 177- — Calyxbreviter v. tubuloso-campami- 

 latus, dentibus 5 ^equalibus v, parum inffiqualiter fissis setaceo-acuminatis (v, rarius 

 jiuiticisl)- Coroll^e tubns elongatus, s^^piiis valde ampliatus ; limbus sub-2-labiatiis, 

 lobis 5 subrotundatis patentibiis parum insequalibus. Stamina 4, didynama, prope basin 

 corollse affixa, inclusa v, breviter exserta ; anthers glabrae, loculis oblongis rarius linear!- 

 bus siepius curvis dcnium divergentibus v, divaricatis. Discus pulvinatus. Ovarium 

 sessile ; ovula in quaque placenta 1-2-seriata. Capsula oblonga v. elongata, septo paral- 

 lele compressa, juxta margines utrinque ala longitudinali subcoriacea percursa, septifrage 

 deliiscens, valvis coriaceis tenuibus v. crassis iuduratisque ; septo deciduo marginem fili- 

 formem persistentcm ssepe relinquente. Semina ad margines septi utrinque 1-seriata, 

 plano-compressaj al^hyalina ad utrumque latus ampla, apice basique anguata v. inter- 

 rupta. — Frutices alte scandeutea, glabri v. syepius tomentosi villosi v. glutinosi, caule 

 rarius breviore et suberecto. Folia opposita, 3-foliolata v. foliolo terminal! in cirrhum 

 simplicem mutato 2'foliolata, foliolis petiolulatis integerrirais, Cymse densse, corymbose, 

 terminales r, in axillis breviter pedunculatai. 



Species ad 8j Brasilian;^, DC. I.e. ^ Bur, Monogr, Bign, L 3, quibiis verisl mi liter addenda} Maxsoje> 

 DC. Rev. Bign. 12, Vrod. ix, 182, species 2, calycilnis qnam in cseteris speciebus longioribus, dontibus 

 altius et irregulariter fissis pariter tamen setaceo-acuminatis, fructu ignoto, Calycis denies mutici 

 in specie a Eur^auo dopicta, Monogr, Bign. t, 3, a nobis non visa \ in cseteris omnibus constanter 

 setacco-acaminatos vidimus. 



10. Adenocalymma, Maii, m DC. Pro(L ix, 100, — Calyx tubuloao-campanulatus, 

 truncatus v. minute 5-dentatuSj v. apice irregulariter 2-o-lobus, siepius crassiusculus cx- 

 tusqne cc-glandulosua. Corollfe tubus elongatuSj ampins, rectns v, incurvus ; limbua 

 sub-24abiatu3, lobis 5 latis rotundatis patentibua subtequalibus v- 2 posticis brevioribus 

 erect o-patentibus. Stamina 4^ didynama, prope basin coroU^e affixa, inclusa v. breviter 

 exsei-ta ; antherse glabrae v. rarius pilosulee, loculis oblongis linearibusve divaricatis. 

 Discus pulvinatus. Ovarium sessile j ovula in quaque placenta 1-2-seriata, Capsula 

 oblonga v, elongata, seepins latiuscula, septo parallele comi^resaaj extus sa^pius tubercu- 

 loso-rugosa, septifrage deliiscens, valvis crasso-coriaceis subligndBieve planis v. concavius- 

 cuUs, aepto deciduo piano coriaceo, Semina ad margines septi utrinque 1-seriata, nunc 

 crassa ad margines irregulariter attenuata, nunc tenuioria ala coriacea v. membranacea 

 subhyalina ad utrumque latus ampla apice basique angusta v. interrupta, — Frutices alto 

 scandentes, glabri v, pubescentes. Folia opposita, 3-foliolata v, ssepius foliolo terminali 

 in cirrhum mutato v. deficiente 2-foliolata, rarius decomposita paucifoliolata ; foliola 

 intugerrima, saepius coriacea. Flores raajusculi v. niagni, flavi aiu^antiaci punicei v. pur- 

 pmascentes, in raceraos simplices axillares terminalesque dispositi, rhachi sa;pc brevi 

 crassiuscula interdimi longiuscula. Bracte^e parvae v. ovatse, primum imbricatee per 

 anthesin deciduee. 



Species ad 20, America australis imprimis Brasilia? et Guianae iocolse- Miers hi Ami. Nat. Hist, 

 ser. Z, vii, 386; Contrib. Bot. 8. Amer. ii, 72, t. 54, 65, et in Proc. li. Hort Soc. iii. 179- Bur. 

 Monogr, Btgn, t. 5- Bot. Mag. i. 4210. 



Pachvptbra, DC, Prod. ix. 175, Bur, Monogr. Bign. t, 4, genus ad fructum solum stabilituni, a 

 Miersio et Bureauo rite ad AdenocaJymma refertur, saltern quoad species plerasque. 



Memora, Miers in Proc. RJlHort. Soc. iii, 185 (Legitminaeia, Sur. Moiiogr, Bign. 42), quoad species 

 plerasque ad Adenocalymmatis sectionem referenda videtiir, calycibiis longioribus apice sfepius brevi- 

 ter et irregulariter fissis, foliis decompositis, ramis lateralibus 1-3-foliolatis, terminali 3-5-foliolato ; 



