52 ME. n. K. EIDLET ON THE 



BIGNONIACE^, 



BiGNONIA KOSEO-ALBA, U. Sp. 



Frutex alius, IS-jDedalis vel ultra, caulis diaraetro ad 6-unciali, 

 ramis strictis nee scandens, cortice bruuneo verrucoso alabastris 

 nigris. Folia trifoliolata, foHola ovata acuta vel ovata lauceolata 

 superne glabra obscure viridia, subtus griseo-pubesceutia, 5 

 uncias longa, 2^ uncias lata, petiolus ^-uncialis angulatus. Floras 

 terminales pauci fugaces, pulcbri. Calyx bilabiatus, g-uncialis, 

 lobus iuferior bilobus, omnes oblongi obtusi, marginibus pubes- 

 centibus bruuneis. Corolla tenuis sub-bilabiata 2 uncias louga, 

 tubo dilato, lobi 5, lati rotundati, rosea et alba, siguis flavis 

 in habio inferiore, marginibus minutissime ciliatis. Stamina 5, 

 lilamentis gracilibus, basi hispidis. Antherae versatiles arcuatse 

 augustse brunnese ; appendice minima. Pollen albescens. Stylus 

 gracilis albus. Stigma truncatum emarginatum. Ovarium teres 

 purpurascens, discus parvus annularis viridis. Fructus imma- 

 turus gracilis teres. 



This shrub, almost attaining the dimensions of a tree, is very 

 abundant in tlie Sapate ; also on Look-out Hill ; but is very much 

 sought for firewood, so that large plants of it are not very 

 common. Its flowers are borne in the axils of the upper leaves, 

 and are very thin and fugacious. The corolla is rose-colour aud. 

 white, irregularly mingled with some yellow markings in the lower 

 lip aud throat. The buds are black, like those of an asb-tree. 

 The fruit we could only procure immature, iuasmucb as the plant 

 flowered' only towards the end of our stay in the island. It 

 seemed to be slender, cylindrical aud curved. 



YEEBENACE^. 



Laktana LILACINA, Desf. Cat. Hort. Par. ed. 3, p. 392 ; Schau. 

 in Mart. Flor. Bras. ix. p. 2G1, t. xliv. fig. 1. — L. fucata, Lindl. 

 Bot. Reg. t. 798. 



In and about the gardens of the convicts. I never saw it 



wild. 



L. AMCENA, n. sp. 



Frutex mediocria, ramis tetragonis hispidis pr^sertim versus 

 apices gracilibus. Folia ovata acuta deuticulata, in petiolo de- 

 currentia undique ciuereo-pubescentia aromatica, lamina 2 uncias 



