894 Mr. J. Miers on the Bignoniacese. 



fulvo-velutino, 5-denticulato, infra marginem glandulis paucis 

 immersis signato ; corolla infundibuliformi-campanulata, extus 

 velutina. — Prov. Para, v. s. in herb, meo (ad cataractas fluv. 

 AripecurUj Spruce). 



Planta facies Arrahidece, sed propter folia, calycem, corollamque 

 glandulifera ad Adenocalymnam referenda : species A. divaricato 

 proxima : rami fusculi, striatelli, teretes, ad nodos compressi 

 fet dilatati ; internodia 3-4 poll. dist. ; foliola lateralia 4 poll, 

 long., 2 poll, lat., terminale 4^ poll, long., 2\ poll. lat. ; glandulse 

 immersse crebrse in axillis nervorum pellucidse; petiolus 2 poll, 

 long. ; petioluli laterales 5 lin., terminalis 9 lin. long., sti'iati et 

 Canaliculati ; foliola stipuloidea caduca, loco insertionis cicatri- 

 culis notata; pan icula 12 poll. long, et ultra, ramis basalibus 

 subdivaricatis 7 poll, long., aliis superioribus oppositis gradatim 

 brevioribus ; ramulis secundariis 6 lin. long., sensim brevioribus; 

 pedicelli velutini, 2 lin. long. ; bractese setacese, 2 lin. long., 

 divaricatse; calyx 2-2^ lin. long., glandulis 10 immersis parvis 

 signatus; corolla (sicca) flavida, velutina, tubo 9 lin. long., intra 

 calycem coarctato, lobis 5 insequalibus, quorum 3 superioribus 

 erectioribus, tenuiter membranaceis, 6 lin. long., 4 lin. lat., 

 2 inferioribus reflexis, minoribus, crassioribus ; stamina longiora 

 faucem fere attingentia ; anthers divaricatissimse ; ovarium cy- 

 lindricum, lepidotum, tenuiter 4-sulcatum, disco majusculo car- 

 noso pulvinato insitum. 



11. Adenocalymna alliaceum; — Bignonia alliacea, Lam. Did. i. 

 421; Sivartz, Fl. Ind. Occid. ii. 1039; Aubl. PI. Guian. ii. 

 659; DC. I.e. 148; Splitzb. PL Surin. p. 1 ;— glaberrimum, 

 ramulis teretibus aut subangulosis, late ellipticis, utrinque 

 acutis, subcoriaceis, supra pallide viridibus, nitidis, nervis 

 immersis, subtus pallidioribus, nervis venisque transversis 

 prominulis, minutissime favoso-punctatis, margine reflexo, 

 petiolulis petiolo brevi subsequilongis aut longioribus, apice 

 basique tumidulis ; paniculis axillaribus aut terminalibus, 

 folio multo brevioribus, 5-6-floris; calyce truncato, integro, 

 subtomentoso ; corolla majuscula, infundibuliformi-campanu- 

 lata, glabra, alba, limbi ampliati lobis subgcqualibus, oblongis, 

 rotundatis ; capsula fere cylindrica, obtusa, oblonga ; semini- 

 bus suborbicularibus, compi'essis, marginibus subalatis, coria- 

 ceis. — Cayenne et Peruvia, v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit. (Cayenne, 

 Aublet) ; in herb, meo (Tarapota, Spruce, 4475). 

 Planta alte scandens, quae de longinquo odorem alliaceum 

 spirat : internodia 6 poll. dist. ; ramuli infra nodos, ut in pleris- 

 que speciebus, crebriter favoso-punctati ; foliola 7-8 poll, long., 

 3-3|^ poll. lat. ; petiolus petiolulique crassiusculi, 6 lin. long. ; 

 paniculse racbis ^-2 poll, long., ramique 3-chotorai aut 3-flori, 



