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fleshy, rose-coloured. Very nearly allied to the preceding 

 species. 



Mutis's Amphilophium. Shrub cl. 



3 A. MACROPHY'LLUM (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 150.) leaves 

 conjugate ; leaflets ovate-roundish, acuminated, cordate, hairy 

 and shining above, and clothed with fuscescent tomentum be- 

 neath, as well as the petioles ; tendrils ? fj . w . S. Native of 

 New Granada, near Turbaco. Hairs and tomentum stellate. 

 Branches sulcately angular. Panicles axillary and terminal, 

 clothed with fuscescent tomentum. Branches dichotomous. 

 Corollas red. 



Large-leaved Amphilophium. Shrub cl. 



4 A. ? PUBE'SCENS (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 836.) leaves ternately 

 bi-pinnate, downy ; leaflets oblong, obtuse, sessile, almost quite 

 entire ; flowers axillary, opposite, pedunculate. Tj . v _ ; . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil. 



Donny Amphilophium. Shrub tw. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see the climbing species 

 of Bignonia, p. 222. 



VI. ZEYHE'RIA (named in honour of M. Zeyher, director 

 of the Botanic Garden at Baden ; and author of several botanical 

 papers.) Mart. nov. gen. bras. 2. p. 65. t. 159. 



LIK. SYST. Didynamia, Angiosperma. Calyx spathaceous, 

 closed, at length bipartite. Corolla tubular ; tube nearly equal ; 

 limb 5-lobed, hardly bilabiate. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 with the rudiment of a fifth sterile one. Stigma bilamellate. 

 Capsule echinated, orbicular, compressed, having the dissepi- 

 ment contrary to the valves. Seeds with membranous wings, 

 imbricated. A small tree, or large shrub ; branches opposite. 

 Leaves opposite, digitate. Flowers terminal, paniculately co- 

 rymbose ; bracteas twin, naked, axillary. 



1 Z. MONTA'NA (Mart. nov. gen. bras. 2. p. 66. t. 159.) 

 leaves digitate ; leaflets 5, lanceolate, clothed with fulvous, fari- 

 naceous, stellate tomentum beneath, as well as outer branches 

 and inflorescence. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of 

 St. Paul. Spathodea montana, Spreng. syst. add. p. 237. Co- 

 rolla 1 to 1 J inch long, clothed with golden, lepidoted tomentum 

 outside ; segments ciliated, the 3 superior ones narrower and 

 shorter. 



Mountain Zeyheria. Shrub 7 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation, see Jacar&nda, p. 226. 



VII. FREDERI'CIA (named in compliment to Frederick 

 William III. King of Bavaria, a great promoter of the sciences.) 

 Mart, in nov. act. bonn. 13. p. 7. t. A. and B. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiosperma. Calyx tubularly 

 campanulate, pentagonal, coloured ; with 5 short teeth. Corolla 

 salver-shaped ; with a cylindrical tube, and a spreading border ; 

 limb 5-6-cleft ; segments spreading, roundish. Stamens 4, 

 didynamous, with the rudiment of a fifth sterile one ; filaments 

 bearded at the base ; lobes of anthers divaricate. Stigma bila- 

 mellate. Capsule compressed, oblong, acutish, almost as broad 

 as long ; dissepiment contrary to the valves. Seeds transverse, 

 with membranous margins. Branched, rambling shrubs. Leaves 

 ternate ; leaflets quite entire. Flowers terminal, panicled, 

 bracteate. Inflorescence scarlet. 



1. F. SPECIOSA (Mart. 1. c. p. 9. t. A.) leaflets oblong, acumi- 

 nated, flattish, bearded in the axils of the veins beneath ; panicle 

 pyramidal, spreading ; calyx and corolla 5-cleft. 1? . w . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the provinces of St. Paul and Rio Janeiro, 

 in woods. Branches terete, striated, glabrous. Panicle large, 

 having the rachis and peduncles tetragonal, purplish scarlet, 

 and clothed with fine villi. Corollas scarlet, or reddish yellow. 



There are varieties of this species, having the corolla more or 

 less red or yellow, with a glabrous or downy throat. 



Showy Fredericia. Shrub cl. 



2 F. GULIE'LMI (Mart. 1. c. p. 11. t. B.) leaflets ovate-oblong, 

 acute at the base, and short-acuminated at the apex, usually 

 complicate, quite glabrous on both surfaces ; panicle compact ; 

 calyx, but particularly the corolla, for the most part 6-cleft. Ij . 

 w . S. Native of Brazil, in the interior parts of the province of 

 Bahia, in woods. Branches terete, glabrous, often rough from 

 warts. Rachis, peduncles, and pedicels tetragonal, scarlet, 

 and downy. Corolla yellow, downy outside, as in the first 

 species. 



William's Fredericia. Shrub cl. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Bignonia, p. 222. 



VIII. FERDINANDU'SA (named in honour of Ferdinand, 

 hereditary prince of Austria.) Pohl, bot. zeit. 1827. no. 10. p. 

 153. pi. bras. 2. p. 8. 



LIK. SYST. Didynamia, Angiosperma. Calyx 4-toothed. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, 4-parted ; segments unequal, bifid, 

 bearded at apex. Stamens 4, didynamous; rudiment of a fifth 

 not seen. Anthers involute at the base and apex ; cells 

 parallel or combined ; pollen spherical, yellow. Ovarium gib- 

 bous at apex, 4-cleft. Style elongated. Stigma bipartite. 

 Capsule large, elliptic, ovate, 2-celled, 4-valved. Seeds un- 

 known. Erect, middle-sized trees. Leaves large, opposite, 

 coriaceous, blackish or yellowish green, shining, quite entire, 

 ovate, on short petioles ; bracteas small. Flowers terminal and 

 axillary, corymbose, scarlet or whitish-green. Stamens and 

 stigmas exserted. Throat of corolla naked. This genus is 

 nearly allied to Fredericia and Zeyheria, Mart. 



1 F. ELLIPTICA (Pohl, bras. 2. p. 9. t. 106.) leaves oval- 

 elliptic, obtuse at the apex ; bracteas roundish, trifid. I? . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, in boggy places. 

 Leaves dark green above, and yellowish green beneath. Corollas 

 whitish green. 



Elliptic-leaved Ferdinandusa. Tree 12 feet. 



2 F. OVA'LIS (Pohl, pi. bras. 2. p. 10. t. 107.) leaves oval, 

 marginated, acutish at the apex ; bracteas roundish, quite entire, 

 acute, half stem -clasping, ciliated at their confluence. fj . S. 

 Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, near to the town of 

 the same name, at Serra de Manoel Gomez. Corollas dark 

 red or scarlet. Leaves dark green above, and yellowish be- 

 neath. 



OcaMeaved Ferdinandusa. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 



3 F. SPECIOSA ^Pohl, pi. bras. 2. p. 12. t. 108.) leaves oval- 

 elliptic, emarginate, acute ; bracteas lanceolate, quite entire, 

 scarious. f; . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas 

 Geraes, on Serra de Spilons ; and of the province of Goyaz, at 

 Caza de Telha, and St. Cruz. Corollas scarlet, 2 inches long. 

 Leaves greenish yellow. 



Shmcy Ferdinandusa. Tree 9 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Jacardnda, p. 226. 

 The species are extremely elegant when in blossom. 



IX. STENOLO'BIUM (from OTEVOQ, stenos, narrow ; and 

 Xo/3oc, lobos, a pod ; in reference to the narrow, linear, siliquose 

 capsule.) D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 1823. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiosperma. Calyx small, campa- 

 nulate, 5-toothed, equal. Corolla with a narrow tube ; a dilated, 

 inflated, campanulate throat ; and a 5-lobed, equal, bilabiate 

 limb. Stamens 4, didynamous, that is, 2 long, and 2 short v with 

 a very short rudiment of a fifth ; lobes of anthers linear, spread- 

 ingly divaricate. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule narrow-linear, 

 siliquose, compressed, 2-celled ; dissepiment parallel with the 

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