101 
out, bright purple; stamens about as long as bs corolla-tube, the 
anthers linear, the thecae divaricate ; fruit not seen. 
Between Guanai and Tipuani, Apr—June, is (1391). Also 
collected by Pearce at Palta. Near B. Szber; DC 
BIGNONIA TECOMAEFLORA Sp. n. 
Glabrous; branches reddish- cipes striate, the internodes 
5-IO cm. long; petioles 1—2 long, angular, the leaflets a 
single pair, the petiolules half as Daz as the petioles; blades 5-7 
cm. long, 3—4 cm. broad, oyate, the base rounded, the apex short- 
acuminate and cue venation inconspicuous, the primaries 5 or 6 
pairs, the surface finely pitted; rhachis in the form of a tendril, 
which is trifid at the summit; oem e broad, lax, the branches 
sharply angled; pedicels 5-7 mm. long; calyx open- campanulate, 
5 mm. long, 5-lobed, the fhan pate ceva short, mucronate 
corolla coriaceous, deep red, 6 or 7 cm. long, infundibular, lightly 
curved and very slightly ventricose, the lobes recurved, oblong 
with rounded apex, which is pubescent within, the lower one exterior 
and slightly longer, nearly 2 cm. long; stamens lightly exserted 
by the recurving of the corolla-lobes, the anthers 4 mm. long, th 
thecae separated at the rounded base, € in d style 
slightly exceeding the stamens, the stigma ovate, 3 mm. long; 
capsule 2.5 dm. long, strongly flattened, iudi lightly curved, 
acuminate and acute; seeds (inclusive of the wing) nearly 4 cm. 
long, 1 cm. broad, light brown with scarious entire margin. 
Mapiri, July-Aug., 1892 (1510) and vic. Sorata, Sept., 1892. 
(1596). 
Cuspidaria. 'The species apparenfly does not exist at Kew, but 
the specimens are without flowers. Mapiri, July-Aug., 1892 
(1485). 
Pithecoctenium Lundii DC. Prod. 9: 196. Between Tipuani and 
Guanai, Dec., 1892 (1668). 
Amphilophium paniculatum (L.) H.B.K. Nov. Gen. 3: 149. (Big- 
nomia p. L.; Jacq. Am. 183. p/. 776.) Between Tipuani and 
Guanai, Dec., 1892 (1739)— Morong's 446. 
Tecoma mollis H.B.K. Nov. Gen.3: 144. Vic. Sorata, March, 
1892 (1315)— Rusby's 1128. 
Crescentia sp. Espirito Santo, 1891 (1161). 
ACANTHACEAE. 
Mendoncia Lindavu Rusby. (See no. 532). Between Tipuani and 
Guanai, Dec., 1891 (1707). 
