Piates 2771 anp 2772. 
PARAGONIA PYRAMIDATA, Bur. 
BiegnonracE&. Tribe Bicnonies. 
Paragonia 2 elo ep Bur. in Vidensk. Meddelel. naturhist. Foren. 
1893, p. 104; A. Schum. in Engler u. Pra ssl ier iv. 3 B.,p. 219; 
Bur. et K. Sohith; in Mart. Fl. Bras. viii. 2, p. 182. 
Bignonia pyramidata, Rich. t. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. i. (1792) 
P. 110. B. laurifolia, Vahl ane Am. ii. oe 44(1 796). B. ehretioides, Cham. 
n Linnea, vii. (1832) p. 7 B. rupestris, Gardn. in ook. Lond, 
Joa. Bot. i. (1842) p. 79. ‘B. lenta, Mart. ex DC. Prodr. ix. p. 159, 
partim. B, martiusiana, DC. Prodr.ix., p. 156. B.Sinclairii, Benth. Bot. 
Voy. Sulph., p.129. Tabebuia pyramidata, De. ‘Prodr.ix. ,p. 214. Temno- 
cydia lenta, Mart. ex DC. 1c. p. 159, partim, T. elliptica, Mart, ex DC. 1c. 
pp. 156 et 176 (haud Bignonia elliptica auct.aliorum). Pachyptera um- 
belliformis, DC.1.c. p. 1 P. dasyantha, DC. 1.c. p. 176. oe (?) 
surinamensis, Mig. in spiel an xviii. (1844) p. 250. abideea 
dichasia, Donn. Sm. in Coult. Bot. Gaz. xx. (1895) p $Bpetes 
unica, 
TropicaL America: Mexico, Atoyac, Kerber, 178 ; Tabasco, Playas 
de Paso ancho, Rovirosa, 241. Guatemala, Escuintla, J. Donn. Smith, 
2048. Honduras, San Pedro Sula, C. Thieme (J. Donn. Sm , 5393) ; 
Ruatan Island, Gaumer, 86. Costa Rica, Tucurrique, Tonduz, 12799. 
Trinidad, Fendler, 519; Port of Spain, Lockhart, 169. Colombia, 
Panama, "Seemann, 400 ; ‘Cuming, 1179 ; Panama, Sinclair ; Cundina- 
marca, Jervise. Pern, “Monteries: Pears. Bolivia, Coroico, Pearce. 
Demarara 
Jenman, 487 ; im egirotta French Guiana, Poiteau. Dutch Guiana, 
Miquel ; Hostmann, 211. Brazil, Rio Trombetas, Spruce, 537 ; Prov. 
Rio de Janeiro, Oardact: 78 ; 7’ woedia, 1347 ; Glaziou, 6720 ; Burchell, 
2138. Paraguay, Bellavista, Hassler, 8418. 
Var. tomentosa, Bur. et t K. Schum., Brazil, Burchell, 6362. 
bl ae illustrate better than the species under consideration 
the nik aoe ich prevailed in the Bignoniacee prior to the revision ~ 
Originally described from Guiana under the name Bignonia pyrami- 
data, this plant now possesses fourteen other synonyms, three of which 
