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illis pernaiiis foliis simplicibns instrnctis loiiglssime re- 

 cedit. 



Observ, III. Hiijns goneris omnino videtnr (sed frnctns 

 adhnc ignotus) Bignont'a (Alsoeydia) rufinervis Marl. Ca- 



tal. Hb, Bras. n. 461. scandens; foliis bi trifoliolafis, 



sobinde cirrhiferis; foliolis glabris lato-ovatis acnminatis, 

 basi snbaequali acutinscnlis, nervis siibtus rnfescculibus^ pnn- 

 ctis diaphanis parnm conspicnis; racemis plerumque laterali- 

 biis; calyce magno vontricoso glabro corallaque flavis. — 

 Corollae iirabiis striis fuscis in nervis notatus. Staroina 4 

 arcuato-conniventia, iiiam. augniatis, quinto filiformi parvo. 



BIGNONIA L. 



Seclio Leuco.Jctjlon, Calyx cjalhiformis inaoqnaliler 

 siibbilabialini qiiiiu)nelobo - denlatus. Disens hrpogyniis cn- 

 puliforniis. 



1. Bignont'a Leticojcylon L. — Atibl. PL Guian. II, 

 p. 658. 



Arbor altissima in syivis Siiriuamtnsibus vulgaris, in- 

 colis „GroPnliart" (ligniim viridp dnriim) dicta. Foliis inennte 

 Cempestatc pluviariiin dojeciis, floribus maguificis (Intescenti- 

 biis) ornatnr; v. o. nipnse NoTcmbri, 



Truncus crassiis. Rami cinorasceutes, juniores ramuli 

 snbcoropressi. Folia opposita glabra. Foliola plerumque 5, 

 ovala, lateralia minora. Flores in ramorum apicibus termi- 

 nales, raeoraosi , racemis brovibus succulentis leprosis vel 

 pnlverulento- pnbescentibus , pedicellis simplicibns vel bifidis 

 4 — 5 mm. longis. Calyjc cyathiformis succulento-coriacens 

 herbaccus pubernlo- leprosns (in sicco striatus) ferc 1 cent. 

 longns, inaequalitcr qninqnelobo -dentatus , dentibus anticis 

 et posticis latis, lateraiibus angustis, omuibus acutis sensini 

 trnncatis. Corolla in sicco sordide violacea membranacea 



18r RA. 3s Heft. 17 



