296 MR. BENTHAM ON THE GENUS 
HENRIQUEZIA, Spruce. Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. vol. vi. p. 338. 
(Genus e familia Bignoniacearum.) 
Calyæ basi turbinatus ovario adhærens, limbo supero, 4-fido v. 4-partito, circumscisse deciduo. Corolla 
oblique infundibularis, fauce ampla, limbo 5-lobo, laciniis subæqualibus, æstivatione bilabiata, 
Stamina 5, corolla breviora, 2 inferiora cæteris paullo breviora ; antheræ subæquales, lineari-oblongæ, 
omnes fertiles. Ovarium per anthesin inferum, disco carnoso breviter cupulato v. annulato coro- 
natum, biloculare, post anthesin semisuperum. Ovula in quoque loculo 4, axi collateraliter affixa, 
horizontalia v. subadscendentia. Stylus filiformis, apice bilobus, lobis seu lamellis lineari-oblongis, 
complanatis, intus stigmatosis, mox revolutis. Legumen compressum, lignosum, bivalve, valvulis 
integris, dissepimento lineari valvis contrario, maturitate diviso. Semina in quoque loculo 4, magna, 
plano-compressa, hilo lineari affixa. Testa tenuis, laxiuscula. Cotyledones subearnosæ, basi profunde 
bilobæ. | ES 
Árbores Brasiliæ borealis et Venezuela. Folia 3—5-natim verticillata, coriacea, integerrima, pennivenia. 
Stipule lineares v. lanceolatæ, rigidæ,caducæ. Flores speciosi, in paniculas densas terminales dispositi. 
l. HENRIQUEZIA VERTICILLATA, Spruce, J. ¢.; foliis subquinis anguste oblongis sub- 
acuminatis basi acutis, venis primariis valde obliquis subtus prominentibus, calycis 
4-fidi laciniis lanceolatis, corolla extus cano-sericea. 
Arbor pulcherrima, 50 ad 100 pedes alta, trunco 4 pedes crasso, ramis summis fastigiatis subquinatim 
verticillatis, ramulis inflorescentiaque ferrugineo-tomentellis mox glabratis. Folia pleraque 5-natim 
verticillata, petiolata, in speciminibus suppetentibus 8-10 poll. longa, 2-21 poll. lata, inferiora vero- 
similiter majora, obtusiuscula v. breviter et acute acuminata, integerrima, basi cuneato-acuta, glaber- 
rima, coriacea, supra nitidula, subtus costa media venisque primariis obliquis valde elevatis percursa, 
rete venularum vix conspicuo. Petiolus 4-1-pollicaris, basi dorso sub insertione cicatrice stipularum 
deciduarum signatus. Stipulas ipsas non vidi. Panicula terminalis, intra folia summa subsessilis, 
late thyrsoidea, ferrugineo-tomentella, ramis crassis subcompressis verticillatis et dichotome cymi- | 
feris. Calyx incurvus, crassus, circa 6 lin. longus, extus ferrugineo-tomentosus, intus sericeus, limbus 
ad medium divisus in lacinias 4 lato-lanceolatas acutas æstivatione vix imbricatas, quarum infima — 
parum latior. Corolla sesquipollicaris, extus tomento sericeo appresso in sicco canescens, in vivo — 
rosea, intus alba, glabra, exceptis laciniis puberulis et serie pilorum flavicantium secus lineam | 
mediam labii inferioris, necnon pilis nonnullis ad basin faucis. Stamina glabra, infra medium tubi — 
inserta. Anthere longæ, medifixæ, biloculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Stylus basi glaber, — 
apice in lamellas oblongas birto-stigmatosas divisu 
Capsula non visa. 
One of the finest trees met with by Mr. Spruce in his voyage up the Rio Negro in 
December 1851. It was frequent in the Gap6, from above Barraroá to San Gabriel do 
s. Discus epigynus brevis, crassiusculus, pubescens. — 
Cachoeiras. 
2. HENRIQUEZIA OBOVATA, Spruce, MS.; foliis quaternis obovato-oblongis obtusis retu- 
sisve basi rotundatis cordatisve, venis primariis subtransversis subtus valde promi- 
nentibus, capsula transverse oblonga. 
Arbor 40-60-pedalis. Stipule lanceolatæ, juniores 4-5 lin. longæ, a foliis adultis jam deciduæ. Folia ; 
(sec. Spruce) constanter quaternatim verticillata, 4-5 poll. longa, 21-3 poll. lata, venis primaris | 
a costa multo magis divergentibus quam in H, vertici E 1 long 
. icillata. Flores ignoti. Capsula 2 poll. longi 
4 poll. lata. Semina 13 poll. lata. oe Fr 
