Puate 2749. 
PERICHLHNA RICHARDI, 7. Buill. 
BigNoniacex. Tribe TEcomEs. 
Perichlena Richardi, H. Baill. in Hist. Pl. 50; K. Sch. in 
ae u. Prantl a iv. 3 B. P 232 gon hte ecient 
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communis 1-2 poll. longa, sulcata ; foliola 2-3-juga, elliptica vel 
elliptico-oblonga, obtusa vel retusa, 1}-2} poll. longa, 7-15 lin. lata, 
coriacea, ir etd reticulato-venosa, supra servant subtus pallidiora 
margine reflexa, venis utrinque 6-7 acutis ut nervo medio Peace 
vel in cymorum racem 
dentibus 5 subeequalibus tubi + 1 sequantibus. Cor il tate us arcuatus, 
calycem subduplo superans, intus subter filamento rtionem pilis 
-alata, basi sata 
anthere ad m be a: lobis subter insertionem ‘paralllis ‘ec 
connectivo hears «ikke expanso bituberculato ; stam ium minutum 
vel deficiens. Discus annularis, margine undulato, j jay ventute depresse 
conicus ad ovarium appressus. Ovarium 2-loculare, ovulis in orden 
a ze acute intus et margine puberule. Fructus oblongo- Jlanceolatus, 
laber, septo parallele ie kgm loculicidus. Semina margine 
palin 10 lin. longa, + lin. lat 
MapaGascar : eed of Diego Suarez, Richard, 124, 166 (1837), in 
the Paris Seabarit 
A very isolated genus of Tecomex. Baillon (Hist. te va peed places 
it next to Kigelianthe, from which it differs in the nature of t calyx 
and disc, and by its 2-seriate ovules ; this seems om be te gph pe 
affinity. Perichlena has, of all the Bignoniacee, the most strongly 
bilabiate corolla, the only genus approaching it in this respect being 
Tynnanthus (Bignonier) from tropical America, We are indebted to 
Professor Bureau for the loan of the type specimen, Richard 124, from 
which the present figure is taken.—T, A. SPRAGUE, 
Fig. 1, calyx laid open showing pistil; 2, base of corolla with stamens; 3 and 4, 
anthers ; 5, longitudinal section of the be fully developed ovary and disc ; 6, jiaestienion 
of ova ry ; 7, part of a fruit; 8, a seed. Al! enlarged vacept 7 and 8. 
