BigmuiecE.] CXX- BIGNONIACE^. 1U41 



Ovarium basi contracta subsessile. Capsula elongata, lata, septo parallels plauo-com- 



pressa, seijtifragc delusceiis, valvia subliynosi-s I;evjbiis margine parum attenuatis. 

 Semina ad margines septi co-seriatim affixa, piano- com pressa^ ala undiqne basi excepta 

 late hyalina- — Arbor glabra. Folia opposita, -ampla, 2-3-pinnata, foliolis integerrimis 

 nitidis. Floret magni, foitidi, ulbicantes purpureo-striati, in racemum longum turminiilum 

 dispositi. Capsula 2-3'pcdali3j 3-4 poll, lata. 



Species 1, Indiio orieiitalis ct Arcliipelagi Malayan! incola, DC. Prod, ix, 177- Wight^ Te. i. 

 1337. Jj^r. Monoffr/Biff7t. t. 9 {omnes stib Calosantho). . 



22? Baussmannia, F. MiielL Fragm. Phyt, AitsttaL iv. 148.— Calyx campanulatus, 

 trnncatus v. luinutc 5-dentatus, Corollre tubus elongatus, incurvns, superno aiupliatus ; 

 limbus vix 2-labiatnSj lobxs 5 brevibus subsequalibus induplicato-valvatis per anthesin 

 patentibus- Stamina 4, prope basin tubi affixa, exserta ; anthera; glabrse, loculis oblongo- 

 linearibns divergentibus v, demum divaricatis ; stamiiiudiuui parvnm. Discus cupulaiis, 

 valde elevatiis. Ovarium sessile, per anthesin disco omnino inclnaum ; ovula numerosa, 

 in qnaque placenta co-seriata, Fructus . . • - — Frutex. alte scandens, glaber, . Folia 

 opposita, 3-foliolata v. rarius summa simpliciaj foliolis i>etiolulatis integerrimitj. Florus 

 piirpureij ad axillas foliomm ultimorum breviter racemosi. 



Species 1, Australia tropicpe orientalis incola. Benik. FL AtistraL iv. 540. 



Genus corollae jestivatione in ordine insigne^ locus, fructu ignoto, an inter Bignonitas an potiua 

 inter Tecomeas, adhuc incertus, Secraann Kyctocalo iidjiinxit, qiiocum tamen nee corolhe a^stivatione 

 nee aliis cliaracteribus convcnit, ' 



Tbibus II- Tbcome^. 



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23. Catalpa; Juss. Gen. 138. — Calyx meiubianaceus, junior clausus, per anthesin June 

 ilssus V- ssepius 2-partitus, Corollie tubus obliqunsj supeme valde ampliatus ; limbus 

 2-labiatus, labiis deinum patentibus, postico 2-fido antico 3-partito, lobis omnibus latis 

 undulato'Crispis panim inajqualibus. Stamina perfecta 2, antica, inclusa, filamentid fili- 

 formibus arcuatis ; anthenie glabra?, loculis linearibus v. oblongis demum divaricatis ; 

 staminodia 3, parva. Discus parum prominulus v, obsoletus- Ovarium sessile ; ovula 

 GC-seriata. Capsula longe linearis, subteres, valvis concavis sejjto contrariis. Semina ad 

 miu^gines septi phis minus distincte 2-4-seriataj plano-comprossa, alis lateralibus in pilos 

 longoa fissis. — Arbores fmticesve erecti, glabriv. tomentoso-pubescentes. Folia opposita 

 V. teruatim verticillata v, hinc inde alterna, indivisa (1-fuliolata V) oblonga ovata v, late 

 cordata, Flores ad apices raniorum trichotome paniculati v, corymbosi. 



Species ad 6, China}, Japonia?, Americffi borcalia et Indire occidcntiUis incolpe. BC. Prod, ix. 226. 

 Griseb. Cat PI Cub. 19L Hot. Mag, t 1004. Bur. Monogr. Bign. t. 25. 



24. Chilopsls, Don in Edinb. PhiL Journ. ix. 261. — Calyx ovoideuK, junior clausus, 

 per anthesin hinc fiasus v. 2-partitu5. Coroilse tubus superae valde ampliatus ; limbus 

 patens, vix 2-labiatus, lobis 5 aniplis undulato-crispis parum infequalibus. Stamina per- 

 fecta 4, didynama, inclnsa, filamentis filiformibus incurvis ; antherre glabrae, loculis linea- 

 ribus divaricatis. Discus obsoletus. Ovarium sessile; ovula cc-seriata. Capsula line- 

 aris, subteres, loculicide dehiscens, valvis concavis. Semina ad niaigines septi sub-2- 

 seriata, plano-compressa, alis lateralibus in pilos longos fissis. — Frutex erectus, inflorc«- 

 centia pubescente. Folia sparsa, indivisa, linearia. Floras in racemum v. paniculam 

 augustam thyrsoideam termiiudem dispositi- 



Species 1, Amerlcse borealis occidentalis incola. DC, Prod. ix. 227» Cav, Ic. L 269 {Btgiwnia), 



25. Sparattoftperma, ^Tart, in DC. Prod, ix. 203. — Calyx tubulofius, mumbranaceu^j 

 primum integer, per anthesin apicevarie fissus. CoroUoo tubus supeme valde ampliatus ; 

 limbus patens, vix 2-labiatus, lobia 5 amplis undulato-crispis parum iniequalibus. 

 Stamina perfecta 4, didynama, inclusa, (ilamentia filiformibus incunis ; antlicne glabrae, 

 loculis linearibus divaricatis- Discus pulvinatusj crassua. Ovarium basi constrictum ; 



