BIGNONIACEjE. 471 



demum liberum, ad commissuras cum valvulis se- 



minifcrum. 

 Semina tran.-versa, fobaceo-compre^sa, AlhumenQ. 

 Embruo rectus. foliaceus ; Rudicula centrifuga. 

 Arhores v. Frutices, scepe volubilcs v. scandentes. Folia 



opposita, (rarissime altema,) c omposiia, raro sim- 



plicia, exstipulata. Inflorescentia terminalis, sub- 



paniculata, 



Obs. Ordinis sic limitati diagnosis e fructus seminumque 

 structuxa et placentatioue facilis : admissis tamensectioni- 

 )bus reliquis Jussaeapis vix defini* ndus. An vero charactere 

 parum mutato admittenda IncarviUea ? defeciu albuminis, 

 floris pericarpiique structura subsimuis ; diversa, habitu, 

 seminibus pendulis et manifeste intra marginem dissepi- 

 pienti insertis. 



TECOMA. Juss. 

 Bignoniae species. L. 



Calyx 5-dentatus. Corolla subcampanulata, ore 5-lobo, ina% 

 quali. Stamina 4, didynama : filamento quinto sterilj, 

 breviore. Capsu\ce dissepimentum contraiium, 

 l^rutices, rarb Avbores. Folia opposita, impari-pinnata v. di~ 

 gitata. Flores paniculati. 



Oes. Tecoma australis vix separanda ob capsnlam elliptico* 

 oblongam, quae in reliquis elongata, siliquaelormis. 



1. T. australis, foliis pinnatis glabris : foliolis 5 cllipticis* 

 adultis integris, capsulis oblongis, caule volubiii. (J. T.) 

 v. v. N 



Bignonia pandorea. And. repos. 86. Vent. malm. 43. 

 Obs. Nec Bignoniae species secundum Vent. 1. c. nec Insuhs 

 Norfolkiae incoia. 



SPATHODEA. Palis. Fl. D'Ow. 

 Bignoniae species. L. 



Qalyx spathaceus, hinc fissus, inde dentatus v. integer. Cq~ 

 rolla subinfundibuliformis, limbo 5-lobo, parum incequa- 

 li. Stamina 4, didynama ; filamento quinto sterili. Cap- 

 sula siliquaeformis, falcata, pseudo-4-locuJaris. Dissepi- 

 mentum contrarium, subcrosum. 

 J?rutices v. Arbores. Folia opposita, rarius alterna, pinnaia t 

 quandoaue simplicia. Flores suhpaniadati. 



f Ops, 



