REVISION OF THE GENUS TANiECIUM. 83 



albis coccineis, roseis violaceis vel lilacinis ; baccis ferrugineis vel 

 nigris. 



The genus Tancecium is closely allied to Phyllarthron and Colea, but 

 differs from both principally in its climbing habit and the shape of its 

 corolla. 



§ I. Caules ramique eradicantes, folia trifoliolata vel con jug ato-bi folio- 

 lata cum cirrho intermedio, foliola ecoriacea. Corolla pubescens, alba. 



1. Tansecium crucigerum, Seem.; ramis punetatis, foliis trifoliolatis vel 



conjugato-bifoliolatis cum cirrho intermedio (abortu unifoliolatis), 



foliolis ovatis acuminatis, supra glabris, subtus pubescente-velutinis, 



racemis axillaribus terminalibusque simplicibus 5-8-floris, bracteis 



ovato-lanceolatis, bracteolis subulatis, corolla longe tubulosa pubes- 



cente, bacca oblonga.* — T. crucigerum, Seem, in Bonplandia, iv. 127. 



Bignonia crucigera, Linn. Spec. 869 (excl. syn. omnib. except. Plum.) ! 



Be Cand. Prodr. ix. 152. Bignonia foliis conjugatis cirrhosis ter- 



natis, Plum. ed. Burm. fasc. iii. p. 48. t. 58 (excl. syn. omnib. except. 

 Zinn.) ! 



This climber seems to be confined to the Carib Islands. I have 

 seen specimens in Hooker's Herbarium from Dominica (Imray !) and 



St. Vincent (Guilding !). 



2. Tanaecium albiflorum, De Cand. ; ramis epunctatis, foliis trifoliolatis 

 vel conjugato-bifoliolatis cum cirrho intermedio, foliolis ovato-oblon- 

 gis acuminatis utrinque glabris, bracteis . . . , bracteolis subulatis, 

 corolla longissime tubulosa pubescente, bacca oblonga maxima glabra. 

 T. albiflorum, Be Cand. Prodr. ix. 245. T. Jaroba, Swartz, FL 

 Ind. Occ. ii. 1050. t. 20. /. 1 (excl. syn. Marcg. et ideo nomine!). 

 Cucurbitifera, Shane, Hist. ii. 173 ! Browne, Jamaic. p. 266, n. 6. 

 Found in Jamaica (Robins! Bistan! Wright! Swartz !) ; British 



Guiana (R. Schomburgh, n. 829 !), and in woods near Crato, Prov. 



Ceara, Brazil (Gardner, n. 1765 !). 



§2. Caules ramique radicantes, folia simplicia coriacea. Corolla glabra, 



uia 



3. Tan^cium parasiticus, Swartz; foliis ovatis oblongis acuminatis 

 utrinque glabris, racemis axillaribus simplicibus 2-12-floris, corolla 



quam i abaca repleot, secumque 

 fasc. iii. p. H. 



