414. MR. SPENCER LE M. MOORE—PHANEROGAMIC BOTANY 
circa 20-30-floris, fulvo-tomentosis ; floribus parvis subsessilibus ; bracteis lanceolatis, 
fulvo-tomentosis, pedicellos excedentibus ; calyce campanulato, ore recto, breviter et 
subeequaliter 5-dentato, fulvo-tomentoso; corolle tubo calycem forte circa 2-plo 
excedente a basi gradatim amplificato; limbo sub-bilabiato; antherarum loculis 
divaricatis, oblongis; disco amplo cupulari, leviter incrassato, aliquatenus abbreviato ; 
ovario anguste oblongo-lineari, arete tomentello, paullulum ante anthesin discum 
breviter superante; ovulis uniseriatis. 
Hab. Legi in vià inter Corumbá et Ladario mens. Jan. florescentem et fructus 
immaturos proferentem. (N. 1028.) 
Frutex trimetralis, abunde ramosus. Ramuli paniculiferi ad 0:3 cm. diam., fere recti, 
in nodis parum tumidi, internodia insequilonga, nune 1:0, nunc 4:0 vel 5:0 cm. long.; 
lenticelli parvi, punctiformes, eminentes. Foliola majora 8:'0-11:0 cm. long., et 
4'0—6:0 em. lat., firme membranacea, subtus pallentia ; costze secundarize 6-8, angulis 
variis insertee, rectæ vel leviter arcuatee, interdum insigniter bicrure; vens 
conspicuz, rectee vel undulatze; petioli ascendentes, 0:7-2:0 cm. long., seepe sursum 
et deorsum incrassati, minute pubescentes, demum glabri. Panicule 5:0-6:0 cm. 
long., ascendentes. Bracteze plerumque 0:2-1:0 em. long., acute. Calyx 04 em. 
long., vix 0:3 cm. lat. ; lobi 1:0 em. long. Corollam albam expansam frustra queesivi, 
forsan long. circa 0'8 cm. attingat; tubus intus hine atque illinc puberulus; lobi 
intus tomentelli Filamenta basi pilosa, ceterum glabra; antherarum glabrarum 
loculi 0:1 cm. long. Discus 0:04 cm. alt. Ovarium paullulum ante anthesin 
0:1 cm. long.; stylus glaber, complanatus ; stigma infundibulare, parvum. Capsule 
vix mature exstant ad 4°5 cm. long., et 0:15-0:2 em. lat., rectee vel plus minus 
curvatee, minute tomentellee, calyce nondum exserto primo basi cinctee. 
Non dubito quin juxta Bignoniam Claussenii (Arrabideam Claussenii, DC.) inserenda sit, 
cujus folia iis stirpis nostrze sat similia, nisi minora et semper simplicia, sed inflorescentia 
et flores et fructus longe alieni. Arrabidea? platyphylla, DC., a nobis non visa, foliis 
maximis semper simplicibus, basi 3—5-nervibus, paniculis terminalibus ramosissimis, 
calyce minutissime denticulato, etc., gaudet. Bras. Or. | | 
The periodicity in the flowering and fruiting of this plant is noteworthy, for whereas 
young capsules were abundant, and multitudes of buds in various stages could be seen, 
I could not find a single expanded flower, and this was not a case of cleistogamy. 
BIGNONIA (CLEMATITARIA, sensu Bureaviano) MELIOIDES (sp. nov.)  Seandens, glabra, 
caule acute 4-angulari, vix 4-alato; foliis, petiolis patentibus fultis, membranaceis, 
unijugis, jugis biternatis, segmentis imparibus, ovato-lanceolatis, breviter cuspidato- 
acuminatis, basi rotundatis vel leviter angustatis; petiolo in cirrhum gracilem, 
elongatum, apice 2-3-fidum excurrente; stipulis magnis, rotundato-obovatis, basi 
leviter cordatis, amplexicaulibus, obtusissimis; racemis laxis, gracilibus, paucifloris, 
sequilongis ; bracteis exiguis, subulatis ; floribus mediocribus, longipedicellatis ; calyce 
tubuloso mediocriter elongato, puberulo, ore obscure denticulato, breviter albo- 
ciliato; corollee calycem 7-plo excedentis tubo basi angusto, mox sensim ampliato ; 
limbi sub-bilabiati lobis oblongo-ovatis obtusis; staminibus inclusis; antherarum 
