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BIGNONIACEI AiERICAM MU 



AUCTORE 

 T. A. SIMSAGUE 



Arrabidaea Bangii Sprague sp. nov. (§ Microcarpœa). Typus 

 in Herb. Kew. — A. ellipticœ, Bur. el K. Schura., affinis, a qua ovulis 

 4 pro loculo, staminibusque 5,5-6 mm. supra basin corollse insertis 

 differl. — Rami subquadrangulares, lenlicellosi, parce minutissimeque 

 lepidoli, cinerei, areis interfoliaceis glandulis palelliformibus ornalis. 

 Folia inferiora simplicia, suprema simplicia vel trifoliolata. Peliolus 

 plano-convexus, supra versus apicem leviter canaliculatus, 1,5-2 cm. 

 longus, pilis lepidibusque intermixtis minute furfuraceus; petioluli 

 1,5 mm. longi. Lamina ovato-oblonga, elliptica vel obovata, folio Irifolio- 

 lato excluso 7-12,5 cm. longa, 3,5-7.5 cm. lata, basi cuneala vel saepius 

 rotundata, palmalim quinquenervia, apice obtusissima vel emarginata, 

 tenuiler coriacea, supra glabra obscura, venulis inconspicuis, subtus 

 creberrime lepidota venis promineulibus ; vense laterales utrinque 

 5-6. Inflorescenlia tota incano-pubescens; panicula breviter pyramidalis 

 circiter 14 cm. longa, pedunculo 7 cm. longo; bracteae oblongse obtusse, 

 0,75 mm. longse. Calyx campanulatus, truncatus, breviter 5-denticulalus, 

 3,5 mm. longus, supra medium 5-costatus, interdum glandula palelli- 

 formi ornatus. Corolla infundibulari-hypocrateriformis, extra versus basin 

 glabrescens, ceterum toinentella, intus prope staminum insertionem 

 pilosa; tubus leviter anlice curvatus, 10,5-1 1,5 mm. longus; limbus cons- 

 picue bilabialus, lobis spathulato-obovatis, 3,5-3,75 mm. longia, utrinque 

 tomenlellis. Stamina 5.5-6 mm. supra basin inserta, duo majora exserta, 

 filamentis infra medium pilosis, antheris glabris, lobis divergentibus 

 0,75 mm. longis. Discus annularis, 0,8 mm. altus, ovarium fere omnino 

 occludens. Ovarium obovoideum, 0,8 mm. longum, discum 0,25 mm. 

 superans, aureo-lepidotum. Stylus 9-10 mm. longus. Ovula pro loculo 

 quatuor, subbiseriata. 



Bolivia : Bang, 2534. 



Arrabidaea panamensis Sprague sp. nov. (§ Macrocarpœa, 

 Séries Glabrœ). Typus in Herb. Kew. — Ab affini A. ßorida, DC, inflo- 

 rescentia haud pyramidata tloribusque minoribus facile distinguitur. — 

 Frutex aile scandens, ramulis striatis lenticellosis glabrescentibus. Folia 

 conjugata. Peliolus plano-convexus, 14-18 mm. longus, subtus striatus, 

 pilis lepidibusque minutis indutus; petioluli conformes, 8-15 mm. longi. 

 Lamina oblongo-elliptica vel obovata, basi acute cuneala, apice brevissime 



