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5 C. HIRSU'TA (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 70.) leaves opposite; ob- 

 long, attenuated at both ends, hairy ; flowers axillary, almost 

 sessile ; segments of corolla entire, fj . S. Native of Brazil. 



Hairy Catalpa. Shrub or tree. 



6 C. MICROPHY'LLA (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 70.) leaves opposite, 

 obovate, obtuse ; peduncles terminal, usually 3-flowered. ^ . 

 S. Native of St. Domingo. Bigndnia microphy'lla, Lam. diet. 

 1. p. 418. Plum. spec. 5. icon. 55. f. 2. Shrub size of Prunus 

 spinosa. Leaves sessile. Flowers large, white ; limb undu- 

 lated. 



Small-leaved Catalpa. Clt. 1820. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



Cult. The C. syringajolia is an elegant flowering tree, very 

 proper for large shrubberies. It thrives well in common garden 

 soil ; and is generally increased by seed, or slips of the root. 

 For the culture and propagation of the rest of the species, see 

 Jacaranda, p. 226. 



XXI. SCHREBFRA (named in honour of J. C. D. Von 



Schreber, Author of an edition of Linnaeus's Genera plamarum, 

 2 vols. 8vo. 1788, and several other botanical works.) Roxb. 

 cor. 2. t. 101. fl. ind. 1. p. 109. 



Lix. SYST. Didndria, Afonogynia. Calyx tubular, bilabiate ; 

 lips nearly equal, emarginate, and sometimes there is a tooth in 

 each fissure, which separates the lips. Corolla salver-shaped, 

 with a cylindrical tube, and a spreading, 5-6-7-cleft border ; 

 segments cuneate, and truncate. Stamens 2 ; anthers oblong, 

 hid within the tube of the corolla. Stigma bifid, acute. Cap- 

 sule large, pear-shaped, woody, 2-celled, 2-valved, scabrous, 

 opening from the apex ; dissepiment parallel with the valves. ? 

 5-eeds 4 in each cell, oval, compressed, with a long, membranous 

 wing. A large timber tree. Leaves opposite, impari- pinnate. 

 Leaflets 7-9 in number, oblique, ovate or cordate, entire, 3-4 

 inches long. Panicles terminal, thin, trichotomous. Flowers 

 rather small, white and brown, variegated, very fragrant during 

 the night. 



1 S. SWEITEMOIDES (Roxb. 1. c.) ^ . S. Native of the East 

 Indies, on the Raja-mundri, Circar, Balaghata mountains, &c. 

 Mucaadi is the Telinga name of the tree, and Mogalinga-marum 

 of the Tamuls. Trunk erect. Bark scabrous. Branches nar- 

 row, spreading in every direction, so as to form a large, beautiful 

 shady head. The wood of this tree is of a grey colour, very 

 close-grained, heavy and durable. It is used for a great variety 

 of purposes, for which it is suitable, being less liable to warp 

 than most other woods. 



Mahogany-like Schrebera. Tree large. 



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



Tribe II. 



TOURRETIE'^1 (this tribe contains plants agreeing with 

 Tourretia in important characters.) D. Don, in edinb. phil. 

 journ. 1829. July. Bignoniaceae, sect. 2. R. Br. 



Capsule 1-celled, 2-valved ; valves bearing placentas in 

 the middle. Placentas 2, large, fleshy. Seeds horizontal, obo- 

 vate, imbricate, flattened, surrounded by a wing, which is emar- 

 ginate at the base. 



XXII. TOURRETIA (so named by Dombey, after Marc 

 Antoine-Louis Claret la Tourrette, a friend of Rousseau, author 

 of Chloris Lugdunensis, and Botanicae Scholae Veterinariae, 

 Ludg. praelectiones.) Domb. ex Juss. gen. ed. Usteri, p. 

 155. Juss. gen. 139. Schreb. gen. no. 1009. Lam. ill. 527. 

 Dombeya, Lher. t. 17. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiosperma. Calyx bilabiate ; up- 

 per lip, acuminated ; lower one broader, four notched. Corolla 

 tubular, contracted in the middle ; tube length of calyx ; limb 

 unilabiate ; upper lip drawn out into a hollow ; lower lip want- 



ing, but in place of it there are 2 teeth. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 lying in the hollow of the upper lip of the corolla. Anthers 2- 

 lobed. Hypogynous disk urceolate. Stigma bifid. Capsule 

 ovate or oblong, ligneo-coriaceous, echinated with hooked spines, 

 2-celled, 2-valved at apex ; dissepiment prismatic, central, se- 

 miniferous, continuous with the middle of the valves, rising into 

 a wing on both sides, which divides each cell into 2 parts, hence 

 the capsule appears to be 4-celled. Seeds few, girded by a 

 membranous margin, emarginate, and crenulated at the base. 

 A climbing herb : with tetragonal, dichotomous branches. Leaves 

 opposite, conjugately ternate ; furnished with a branched tendril 

 from the top of the common petiole ; and also having a ciliary 

 crown surrounding the stem in the axils of the leaves. Flowers 

 disposed in terminal racemes, each flower furnished with a nar- 

 row bractea. Corollas of a dusky violet colour. 



1 T. LAPPA'CEA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 263.) Q. ^. H. Native 

 of Peru. Dombeya lappacea, Lherb. stirp. nov. 1. p. 33 t. 17. 

 Stem fistular. First leaves ternate, having the lateral leaflets 

 bipartite ; the rest of the leaves conjugate ; ternate or bitemate. 



Burdock Tourretia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1788. Shrub cl. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Caldmpelis, p. 232. 



XXIII. ECCREMOCA'RPUS (from oxpe/^e, ekkremes, 

 pendant; and caps-of, karpos, a fruit ; fruit pendulous.) Ruiz, 

 et Pav. gen. fl. per. p. 90. t. 18. syst. 157. Humb. et Bonpl. 

 pi. aequin. 1. p. 229. t. 65. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 150. 



LIN. STST. Didynamia, Angiosperma. Calyx large, mem- 

 branous, 5-cleft, coloured. Corolla tubular ; throat equal ; limb 

 5-lobed, equal. Stamens 4, didynamous, with the rudiment of a 

 fifth sterile one ; anthers linear, inserted by the middle, versa- 

 tile ; cells parallel, almost connate. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule 

 ovate, somewhat tetragonal, 1-celled, 2-valved ; placentas '2, 

 large, fleshy, adnate to the middle of the valves. Seeds im- 

 bricate, horizontal, surrounded by a membranous wing. Scan- 

 dent sub-shrubs. Leaves opposite, abruptly bi-tripinnate, ter- 

 minated by a branched tendril. Peduncles opposite the leaves, 

 many-flowered. Corollas green or yellow. 



1 E. LONGIFLORUS (Humb. et Bonpl. pi. aequin. 1. p. 229. t. 

 65. Kunth. nov. gen. 3. p. 150.) leaves abruptly tripinnate ; 

 leaflets oval, entire, rarely bifid or trifid. Jj . w . G. Native of 

 Peru, in forests, near the mount Saraguru. Stem furrowed, 

 glabrous at bottom, but clothed with rusty tomentum at the nodi 

 above. Leaflets sessile. Peduncles pendulous, 3-4-flowered. 

 Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft, loose, red. Corolla a little arched, 

 3-4 times longer than the calyx, yellow, with a green limb. 

 Capsule slightly tetragonal. 



Long-Jloirered Eccremocarpus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1825. 

 Shrub cl. 



2 E. VIRIDIS (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. syst. p. 157.) leaves bi- 

 pinnate, with 2 pairs of pinnae ; leaflets ovate, quite entire. V . 

 w . G. Native of Peru, in forests. Calyx tubular, membra- 

 nous, 5-cleft. Capsule pedicellate. Corolla green. 



Green-flowered Eccremocarpus. Shrub cl. 



Cult. The species of this genus are extremely handsome 

 when in blossom. They should be treated in the same manner 

 as recommended for the species of Caldmpelis. 



XXIV. CALA'MPELIS (from raXoc, kalos, beautiful ; and 

 a/i;r\ic, ampelis, a vine.) D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. July 

 1829. Sweet, fl. gard. n. a. t. 13. Eccremocarpus species, 

 Ruiz, et Pav. 



Lix. SYST. Didynamia, Angiosperma. Calyx campanulate, 

 half 5-cleft (f. 22. a.). Corolla with a ventricose throat, a tubu- 

 lar base (f. 22. e.\ and a contracted, 5-lobed mouth (f. 22. /.). 

 Stamens 4, didynamous (f. 22. d. \ without any rudiment of a 

 sterile one ; anthers bipartite (f. 22. 6.) ; lobes obtuse, divari- 



