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stellate-tomentulose, often undeveloped and corymbiform; 

 bractlets linear, 2-4' long. Calyx velvety, 2^—3' long. Co- 

 rolla velvety, roseate, i|— 2'° long; contracted tube twice ex- 

 ceeding calyx, pubescent within; lobes subequal, subovate, 

 7-9' long, pubescent within. Stamens inserted at contracted 

 base of corolla, nearly attaining throat, anther-cells divari- 

 cate. Disk ^' " high, twlce broader, somewhat cupulate. 

 Ovary oval, lepidote, ovules 7-9' in each series. Capsule 

 ligneous, oblong, 3| x i^'", acuminate, base rounded, valves- 

 thick, septum marked near margins with irregularly biseriate 

 linear hila; seeds pubescent, suborbicular, 7-9^ with wing 

 added oblong and 2x1'°. — Very distinct from D. elongata. 

 Bur. and D. Mansoana Bur. (no. III, 50 ex herb. Brasil. Reg- 

 nell. !), the only species that have been referred to Distic- 

 tis as limited by Bureau. 



Collected by Prof. Jose N. Rovirosa "in clivuHs prope 

 Atasta, Tabasco, Mexico, ubi vernacule Bie de Gallo dicitur, 

 Maj. 1889, n. 488 Flora Mexicana." AIso represented ir» 

 this series: Obero, Depart. Escuintla, Guatemala, alt. 200*', 

 Mch. 1892, J. D. S., no. 2,689: Papelon, Depart. Choluteca, 

 Honduras, near sea-Ievel, Feb. 1893, Shannon, no. 5,0521 

 Rio Limon, Depart. Rivas, Nicaragua, near sea-Ievel, Apr. 

 1893, Shannon, no. 5,053: Rio Sapoa, Depart. Rivas, Nicar- 

 agua, alt. 650", Apr. 1893, Shannon, no. 5,054. 



Tecoma eyenia Donnell Smith.— Folia ampla minutissime 



lepidota ceterum glabrata 5-foIioIata, petiolis petiolulisque 

 semiteretibus, foliolis ellipticis acutis ad basim obtusis penni- 

 nerviis, venis utrinquc immersis. Thyrsi corymbiformes sub- 

 hemispherici densiflori, axibus perbrevibus et calycibus rufo- 

 tonientosis. Calyx obconicus, dentibus subaequalibus rotun- 

 datis mucronatis. CoroIIa supra calycem sensim ampliata 

 longe infundibuliformis intus unilateraliter pubescens ^-lobata, 

 lobis obovatis pollicaribus punctulis. 



Tree 25-30" high. Petioles 6-7'Mong; leaflets coriaceous, 

 the interior 5-7X2^-3|'" with half as long petiolules, the ex- 

 terior a half smallerwith petiolules 5-7' long; costae to a side 

 8-10, very prominent beneath, straight, uniting in submar- 

 ginal arches. Thyrsus sessile at apex (often furcate) of 

 branches, 8-9'" broad, half as high; secondary axes subfasci- 

 culate, 4-5' long, 3-chotomous, capitulate hairs glandular. 

 Calyx 6-f long, exceeding pedicel. Corolla apparently rose- 

 ate, 3" long; tube below throat 6-8' wide; lobes finely reticu- 



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