446 - BIGNONIACE^. 



—Leaves 6"-3" long, sMning above, rpvolute at the margin, veiny, with all the younger 

 parts somewhat powdered with minute, white points; pedicels 8"'-10"', calyx 12'", corolla- 

 tuhe 20"'-24"', lobes 2"'-3"' long.— Hab, Trinidad 1, Cr., at S. Anne s [Gaiana]. 



3. JACARANDA, Juss. 



Calyx tubular. Oorolla campanulate above a slender base : limb unequally 5-lobed. Sta- 

 mem didynamous, with the fifth sterile one bearded at the top : anther-ceUs diverging- 

 pendulous, or one of them abortive. Ovary 2-celled by the introflexed carpophylls slightly 

 cohering in the middle. Sligma 2-lamellate. Capsule woody, flat-compressed, loculicide : 

 seeds winged, inserted along the middle line of the valves, parallel to them : dissepiment 

 obsolete or disappearing. — Trees ; leaves oj^osite, often %-pinnate ; flowers in a terminal 

 panicle, usually blue.- 



6. J. cserulea, Or. Glabrous • leaves impari-2-pinnate : pinnae 4-8-jugal, leaflets 8- 

 1 7 -jngal, obliquely rhomboid-oblong, bluntish; panicle lax; calyx small, 5 -dentate ; corolla 

 blue, glabrous; one of the anther-cells abortive; eaipsule oval-roundish, notched at the 

 rounded top. — Catesb. Carol. 1. t. 42. — Bignonia, L. J. bahamensis, BC. {non R. Br., 

 who states his species to have a silky corolla). — Leaflets 8"'-10"', calyx 2"'-3"', oorolla IJ", 

 capsule 2" long. — Hab. Bahamas I, Swains., Providence; [West Indies!, West.']. 



J. bahamensis, R. Br., is unknown to me ; /. Sagraana, DC. {syn. Tanaecium paninu- 

 latum, Sieb. Mart. 81 !), of Cuba ! and Martinique, has a shorter puberulous corolla and 

 different capsule, 



4. CATALPA, Scop. 



Calyx deeply 2-lobed. Corolla campanulate : limb unequally 5-lobed. Fertile stamens 



2 ; one of the anther-cells erect, the other penduloqs. Ovary 2-celled. Stigma 2-lamellate. 

 Capsule siliquiform, subcylindrical, loculicide : seeds woolly, or with a fringe at both ends, 

 upiserial along the border of the placentary dissepiment, parallel to it. — Glabrous, large 

 trees; leaves simple, opposite or whorled, long-petioled ; flowers in a lax terminal panicle. 



7. C. longisiliqua, Cham. Leaves ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, entire; 

 calyx-lips entire, roundish-mucronate ; capsule long-filiform, pendulous ; seeds linear, acumi- 

 nate at both sides, wingless, silky-woolly chiefly at the points. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 261. 



/. 50 : the seed. Tuss. Ft. 4. t. 37. Sesc. Fl. 1. t. 18, — Bignonia, Jacg. (B. longissima, e;., 

 a misprint, corrected by himself). B. Quercus, Lam. Catalpa longissima, Sims. — Leaves 

 3"-5'', calyx 2'", rosy-white corolla J0"'-8"', capsule 2' long.— Hab. Jamaica!, Jl., Wils., 

 M'Nai, Don ; [Haiti, S. Thomas]. 



5. TECOMA, Juss. 



Calyx tubular ; limb usually shortly 2-lipped. Corolla infundibular : lobes 8, slightly 

 unequal. Stamens didynamous : anther-cells diverging. Ovary 2>celled. Stigma 2-lamel- 

 late. Capsule siliquiform, loculicide : seeds winged at both sides, uniserial along the border 

 of the placentary dissepiment, parallel to it. — Trees or shrubs, rarely scandent ; leaves in 

 our species opposite, compound; flowers usually in terminal corymbs. 



Sect. 1. Tabe^uia, Gomee, emend. — Calyx-limb unequal. CorollaMibe gradually dilated. 

 Capsule-valves entire. — Leaves digitate or simple, 



* Leaves lepidote with minute, usually distant scales ; flowers rosy or white. 



8. T. Berterii, DC. Glabrous, erect; leaves leathery, lepidote chiefly beneath : leaflets 



3 (-5), spathulate-lanceolate or elliptical-obloug, blnntish, entire : lateral subsessile, the 

 middle shortly petiolulate ; corymbs few-1 -flowered ; calyx campannlate, lepidote, one-sixth 

 to one-fourth as long as the corolla : lips subentire, rounded : corolla rosy, glabrous, pube- 

 rulous within; stamens deeply included: anther-cells oblong-linear, straight; capsule 

 linear, subcylindrical : valves keeled; seeds as broad as each oblong wing. — Tabebuia tri- 

 phylla, DC, a foi-m with larger, obovate -oblong leaflets. Bignonia triphylla, Spreng , L. ? 

 — Leittlets 2"-l" (-4"), corolla 24"-2", capsule 4" long -Hab. Jamaica !, M'Nab ; Haiti, 

 Portoricol, S. Thomas!]. 



