1044 CXX, BIGNOXIACE^. [Tccomec^. 



quaque placenta pauca, 1-seriata. Capsula linearis, in ordine parva^ subteres co-costata 

 V. leviter compressa, lociilicide dehiscenSj septo planiusculo v, seminibua alternatim niatii- 

 rescentibus flesuoso, Semina in tota capsula stepius pauca sub-1-seriata, more ordinis 

 se^silia transversa et latiora qxiam longa, sed crassa, facie exteriore vakle convexaj exalata 

 marginibus obtusis v, anguste attenuato-acutis ; cotyledones crassse, latse, apice truncata; 

 vix retusie, ad radiculani fere usque ad apicem in lobos 2 fissse, — Herbie e caudice crasso 

 pereimi subaeaules v, breviter caulescentes, glabri pilosuli v, tonjeiitoso-pubescentes. 

 Folia radicalia v, altema, digitatim 5-7-foliolata rarins nonnnlla 3-foliolata, foliolis denta- 

 tis inciais v. bis terve pinnatisectia, segmentis parvia. Floras flavi purpurei v. violacei, ad 

 apiceuL pedunculi terminalis v- scapi aubapkylli sulitarii pauci v. confertim interrupteve 

 spicati V. subraccmosij ad axillas bracteoB parva^ sessiles v, breTiter pedicellati. 



Species ad 10, CliileBses- DC. Prod is, 234. Wal^. Sep. vi, 615 {Oxymiiiis)\ Ann. iii. 92. 

 EtidL Iconogr. t 71- -2"^^ Monogr. B'tgn. f. 22 (ic. a nobis non visa, in exempL nostro deest). 

 Philippiin Linnt^a^ xsix. 13. 



Staminodium riuiiquara vidimus, et a Buroauo nogatur, parviim tamen ab' Endlicliero delineatur. 

 Antheramm loculi ut in pprphiribiis B/^?io«^ccrfz> in alabastro s^pe paralleli, domum divaricftti," et 

 Oxymitus Preslii nequaquam distinguitur- 



32, ^eco-Dxa^ Ju$s.Gen.XZQy excL T. pentaphjUa. — Calyx tubuloso-campaunlatus, sub- 

 sequaliter 5-dentatus. Corolla tubus elongatus, rectus v. incurvns nnnc parum ampliatus 

 V. subventricosua, nunc in faucem ample campanulatam dilatatus ; limbus sub-2-labiatus, 

 lobis 5 parum intequalibua latia erecto-iJateiitibus v. late patentibus- Stamina 4, didy- 

 nama, infra medium tubum affixa, inclnsa v, exserta ; antheraj glabra v. parce pilosa?^ 

 loculia linearibus primum ^sa^pe parallelism demmu divergentibua v. divaricatis. Discus 

 annularis. Ovarium sessile v, subsessile ; ovula in quaque placenta l-oo-seiiata, 

 Capsula linearis v- anguste elliptica, utrinque s^piiis acuta, recta r, incurva, septo 

 parallele plua minus compressa, locuUcide dehiscens, valvis concavis v, cymbiformi- 

 bus membranaceis v, subcoriaceis septum planum contrarium liberantibus- Semina ad 

 margines septi 1-co-seriataj ala ssepius utrinque late byalina. — Fruticesnnne erecti rarius 

 fere arborescentes, nunc scandentes volubiles v, radicantes nee cirrhosi, glabri v. prseser- 

 tim in pagina inferiore foliolorum stellato-tomentosi. Folia opposita 7. rari\is aparsa, 

 pinnata v. indivisa, foliolis scepe dentatis- Flores ad apices ramorum racemosi v. pani- 

 culatij saepius f ulvi rubri v. aurantiaci. 



Species ad 24, per regiones calidiores extratropicas v. subtcmperatas utriasque orbis tarn boreales 

 qaam australes late dispcr&a?, inter tropicus pauciores. DC. Prod, is., 222 ad 225. Walp. Ana. iii. 

 91, (Species utriusque auctoris foliis'digitjitis exchulendae et ad Tahehuiam referendse.) 



Genus ab auctoribus in phira divisum, nostro seasu melius in integrum servaudum, spcciebus in 

 sectiones sequonteis distribuendis: 



"1, Tecomaria, Endl, Fruticcs erecti, foliis simplicibus pinnatisve. Capsula linearis^ seminibua 

 ad margines septi utrinque 1-seriatis, Species ad 12, quarum 10 Americanoe, imprimis occidcntalea, 

 1 austro-Africana, 1 Asiatica, 



Tecomakta, Bur. Monogr. Bign. 47, f> 13, ab auctore liraitatur ad species Americanas ovulis in 

 quaque placenta 1-scriati.s. JIuc pertinet inter alias 2\ stans, Juss., Bet. Mag, t 3191, 



SrENOLOBirM, Don in Edinb. Pkit. Joum. ix, 264, stabilitum fuit ad varietatem simplicifolliun T. 

 sorbifoli<B, H, B, et K, (a T. moUi, H, B, et K-, non distinctie ?), specie! Columbianse et Mesicanw in 

 Tecomaria inclusa, 



KoKOSCHKiMA, Turc2, in BidL Soc. Imp. Nat Mosc. 1849, ii. 33, ^,2, est T. Gaudichaudi, DC, e 

 Guayaquil, species T. staati affinis, 



DccocDRJEA, But. Monogr. Sign. 49, est T. capensis, Lindl. Bot. Eeg, t, 1117, ex Africa australi, 

 ob ovula in quaque placenta 2-seriata geueri^edistincta, Ovula tamen nobis non distinctius 2^seriata 

 quam in specicbus nonnuUis Americunis, e. g. T.fulva, Don, Bot, Hag. t, 4896 {Bignonia, Cav, Ic. 

 t, 580), et prgesertim in specie Boliviami ut videtur inedita ei tamen valde affini, 



TKCOMEiii, Seem, in Ajin. JSat Hkt scr. 3, s. 30, est 2; widuUita, Don {Bignonia undalata, 8m. 

 Eiot. Bot. t. 19, et B. gfauca, Dctie. in Jaquem. Voy. Bot. t. 142), frutci rigidus, glaucescejis, fuliis 



