424 MR. SPENCER LE M. MOORE—PHANEROGAMIC BOTANY 
moreover, I saw no other Tabebuia with golden flowers in the neighbourhood. On the 
other hand, mine differs from Manso's in the leaflets not being cordate at the base, and 
in being supported on petiolules sometimes at least half as long as the leaflet itself, and 
these could not be correctly described as “ breviusculis,” which is the term applied by 
Manso to the petiolules of his plant. Unfortunately, my only specimen of this tree is 
but a poor one, so that I cannot say whether the points of difference above-mentioned 
are or are not constant. 
[TABEBUIA AVELLANEDA, Lorentz. 
Hab. Crescit passim in provincia. Tempore florendi foliis caret. Flores rosacei. 
This is the celebrated Lepacho tree, very well known in Paraguay, and a conspicuous 
feature in the August landscape some way up into Matto Grosso; our woodcutters 
found it even above Santa Cruz, the wood being in constant use for the furnace ; 
indeed, for this purpose it is preferred to that of all other trees. Although I saw plenty 
of the trees, especially in passing up the river, I was unable to secure either flowering 
or fruiting specimens.] [Argentina, Paraguaria. | 
In hoc genus verisimiliter trahenda sunt specimina duo insequentia :— 
i. TABEBUIA, sp. indet.  Arbuscula tempore florendi foliis orba, caule sat valido, 
undulato, a lateribus compresso, cinereo, glabro, longitrorsum striato; paniculis 
thyrsoideis, pubescentibus, 15:0—18:0 cm. long., plurifloris; floribus purpureis, 
mediocribus, geminis, a pedicellis erectis, gracilibus, sub apice amplificatis fultis ; 
calyce parvo, angusto, tubuloso, ore breviter subzequaliter 5-lobo, minute pubescente, 
0:5 cm. long., 03 cm. lat.; corolle, extus puberulee, calycem 10-plo excedentis, 
tubo 5'0 cm. long., paullo supra calycem angustate, deinde sensim ampliato, sub 
limbo circa 1:5 cm. diam. ; limbi 2:5 em. diam., lobis rotundatis, obtusis ; staminibus 
inclusis; filamentis, 1:0 cm. supra basin corolle fixis, glabris. Nec folia nec 
fructus suppetebant. 
Hab. Inveni in cacumine montium Serra da Chapada, inter Cuyabá et Santa Anna 
da Chapada, mens. Aug. florentem. (N. 201.) 
This is closely related, in all probability, to the Lepacho, but very distinct in many 
points. | 
ii. TABEBUIA, sp. indet. Fruticulus humilis, caule erecto, minute puberulo, subterete, 
inferne 0^7 cm. diam. ; foliis longe ac obese petiolatis, 4—5-natis ; foliolis exterioribus 
brevissime petiolatis, latere interiore basi excepto, omnibus coriaceis, supra puberulis, 
subtus minute pubescentibus, foliolorum reliquorum petiolulis laminà 3-33-plo 
brevioribus, foliolis obovato-oblongis, apice emarginatis, basi leviter cordatis; petiolis 
facie superiore late canaliculatis. Neque flores vidi nec fructus. 
Hab. Crescit ad Santa Cruz, ubi Para-todo nuncupatur. (N. 555 a.) 
Petioli 11:0—15:0 em. long., usque ad 0:5 diam., erecti, rigidi, longitrorsum striati, minute 
puberuli. Foliola exteriora 5'0-14'0 cm. long., paria interdum maxime in:equalia ; 
