(3) T. A. SPRAGUE. BIGNONIACEyE AMERICAINE NOV/E 373 



Arrabidsea pachycalyx Sprague sp. nov.; typi in Herb. Kewet 

 New- York. Ab A. candicante, Pyr. DC, calyce crassiore perfecte Iruncato, 

 slaminibus altius insertis, antheris majoribus, discoque annulari-cupulari 

 quam ovario paullo latiore recedit. — Frulex scandens 6-15 m. altus, 

 ramis satis validis, subtetragonis, subliliter slrialis, conspicue lenticel- 

 losis, pallidis, novellis minute pubescentibus, areis interfoliaceis glandu- 

 losis, internodiis 5-11 cm. longis. Folia conjugata cirrho simplice 

 nonnunquam caduco clausa. Petiolus 2-3,5 cm. longus, plano-convexus; 

 petioluli 1-2 cm. longi canaliculati, ul petioli minute pubescentes. 

 Lamina late ovata, apice breviter obtuseque acuminala, interdum mucro- 

 nulata, basi rotundata vel corda ta, fere palmatim quinquenervia, 6-14 cm. 

 longa, 3,5-9 cm. lata, tenuiter coriacea, supra opaca, subtililer reticulata, 

 juxta nervös puberula, ceterum praeter glandulas patelliformes immersas 

 glabrescens, sublus incano-tomentella; vena3 laterales ulrinque 5-7, 

 subtus ul vena media venulseque prominentes. Panicula terminalis et 

 axillaris, pyramidali-corymbosa, minute furfuraceo-pubescens, rhachide 

 fulvo. Calyx campanulatus perfecte truncatus, 3,5-5 mm. longus, extra 

 pubescens, supra glandulis patelliformibus paucis ornatus, intus glaber. 

 Corolla infundibuliformis, extra praeter partem basalem furfuraceo- 

 pubescens; tubus lotus 17-25 mm. longus, intus postice glaber antice 

 puberulus parte basali cylindrica 4-5,5 mm. longa; lobi suborbiculares 

 5-10 mm. longi, utrinque pubescentes. Stamina 4-6 mm. supra basin 

 inserla, filamentis basi pilosis, antherarum lobis divaricatis, 2,5 mm. 

 longis. Discus annulari-cupularis, vix 1 mm. altus. Ovarium oblongum, 

 2,5 mm. longum, lepidotum, cum stylo arliculatum. Stylus 13-16 mm. lon- 

 gus, stigmatibus oblongo-lanceolatis. Ovula pro loculo biseriata, 12-14 pro 

 série. — Arrabidsea subincana, Seem. Hot. Yoy. Herald, 180, non DC. 



Golombia : Santa Marta; in thickels near Masinga, alt. 90 m., 

 H. H. Smith, 744; in dry forest and edge of campo, Agua-Dulce road, 

 150-300 m'., H. H. Smith, 742. Ocana; Aguachica, Schlim, 282; Puerto 

 Nacional, Kalbreyer, 1269. 



Panama : near Santiago de Veraguas and Panama, Seemann, 152. 



Arrabidsea Pullei Sprague sp. nov.; typi in Herb. Rheno- 

 Traject. Ab. A. sordida, Bur. et K. Scbum,, haud distans videtur, attamen 

 inflorescentia terminali haud abbreviata recedit. — Frulex scandens, 

 ramis subquadrangularibus, nodis paullo compressis, cinnamomeis, 

 lenticellosis, minutissime pubescentibus, velustis cinereis glabrescen- 

 tibus, areis interfoliaceis haud glandulosis. Folia 2-foliolata, cirrho termi- 

 nali apice trifurcalo. Petioli 1-3 cm. longi, supra applanati, ut petioluli 

 inflorescentiaque minute pubescentes et lepidoti; petioluli 0,5-1,5 cm. 

 longi, canaliculati. Lamina ovata vel ovato-oblonga, basi rotundata, apice 

 brevissime obtuse acuminata interdum mucronulata, 8-15 cm. longa, 

 4-8 cm. lata, rigide herbacea, concolor, ulrinque opaca inconspicue 

 lepidola, glandulis immersis utrinque hinc inde sparsis, venis et venulis 

 supra leviler impressis subtus prominentibus; venae laterales ulrinque 

 circa 6. Pseudoslipulse suborbiculares, usque 1 cm. longae, ulrinque dense 



