BIGNONIACEJ;. • 447 



9. T. leucoxylon, Mart. Glabrous, arboi'eous ; leaves rigid, lepidote, often whitish 

 beneath : leaflets 5 (3-8), laneeolate-oblong or linear-oblong, bluntish, entire, all petiolu- 

 late; corymbs few(-l)-flowered; calyx campanulate, lepidote, one-sixth to one-fourth as 

 long as the corolla : lips mucronate, superior often longer, infejior 2-fid ; corolla rosy (or 

 white), glabrous, puberulons within 1 stamens deeply included : anther-cells oblong-linear, 

 straight; capsule linear, subcompressed : valves smooth, ecarinate ; seeds as broad as 

 each oblong mag.—Plukn, Aim. t. 200./. 4. Catesb. Carol. 1. t. 37. Bot. Repos. i. 43. 

 Desc. Fl. 3. t. 204 : flowers wrongly yellow.— Bignonia, L. ex ic. Plukn., Sw. ! B. pen- 

 taphylla, L. ex ic. Catesb. (non Sw., non Miq,).—A. large tree: wood and bark whitish- 

 leaflets 3"-l", petiolules 6"'-2"', corolla 2i"-2", capsule 8"-6", seed-wings 4'" long,— Hab. 

 Bahamas I, Swains. ; Jamaica !, Mac/., Bancr,, Wits., on river-banks ; Barbadoes (Plukn.) ■ 

 [Cuba I to Guiana!]. ' 



10. T. pentaphylla, BO. (exclus. syn. L). Glabrons, arboreous ; leaves rigid, mi- 

 nutely lepidote : leaflets 5 (7-3), elliptical-oblong, elliptical or elliptical-lanceolate, bluntish, 

 entire, all petiolulate : the middle petioluks long; corymbs many-few-flowered; calyx 

 campanulate, lepidote, one-seventh to one-fifth as long as the corolla :' lips rounded, inferior 

 2-fid; corolla white or rosy, glabrous, puberulous within ; stamens deeply included : anther- 

 cells oblong -linear, straight i capsule linear, elongated, subcglindrical : valves Z-carinate ; 

 seeds as broad as each oblong wing.— Bignonia, West {non L,).—k timber-tree: bark 

 whitish; leaflets 3"-6", middle petiolule 12'"-20"', inferior ones 3"'-6"', corolla 3"-2i", 

 capsule ll''-8", seed-wings 5'" long.— Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., Al., March j Antigua!, 

 Wullschl., Montserrat, S. Lucia; [Cuba 1 to French islands ! ; Panama!]. 



11- T. platyantha, Gr. (n. sp.). Glabrous, arboreous ; leaves rigid, minutely lepidote : 

 leaflets 5 (-4), elliptical or ovate-oblong, with a bluntish point, subcntire-repand, all petio- 

 lulate ; corymbs lax ; calgx broadly campanulate, one-thirj, as long as the corolla, closed 

 in the obovoid bud, at length shortly ,2-lipped : lips rounded, entire ; corolla white, glabrous ; 

 stamens equalling the corolla-tube : anther-cells ovate-oblong, bluntish, diverging-pendu- 

 lous; capsule linear, subcompressed: valves obtusely keeled. — Tabebuia hasmantha, BC, is 

 apparently allied, but the corolla in our species is 4'" broad at the ba^e, 1" diam. at the 

 summit. — A small tree ; terminal leaflets 7"-4", inferior 3"-2", petiolules li"-l" long, 

 inferior shorter; calyx 8"'-10'", corolla 2", capsule 4" long. — Hab. Jamaica I, Pd., March, 

 -on rooks, S. James. 



** Leaves devoid of scales s flowers yellow- 



12. T. serratifolia, Bon. Glabrous, arboreous; leaves chartaceous, devoid of scales: 

 leaflets 5 (6-4), oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate above the baset all petiolulate ; 

 corymbs umbelliform ; ealyx campanulate, powdery, one-seventh to one-sixth as long as the 

 corolla, shortly o-lobed : lobes unequal, deltoid ; corolla " yellow," glabrous ; stamens 

 deeply included : anther-cells oblong, incurved at the top. — Bignonia, V. — Terminal leaflets 

 8"-6", inferior 3"-2", superior petiolules 20"'-10"', inferior 6"'-4"', corolla 2"-2i" long, 

 the latter narrowly infundibular. — Hab. S. Vincent I, Guild. ; Trinidad {¥.). 



13. T. speotabilis, P/a^cA. l^teci; down rustyyellow, stellate s scales none ; leaves 

 chartaceous, hairy, with the down at length scattered, as long as the tomentose petiole : 

 leaflets 5, oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, subentire, all petiolulate s corymbs con- 

 tracted ; calyx campanulate, rusty-iomentose, one-fifth to one-fourth as long as the bro-id 

 corolla, 5-lobed : lobes ovate; corolla "yellow," piiberulous, villous within; stamens 

 deeply included : anther-cells oblong -linear, incurved ; capsule linear, subcompressed, 

 tomentose: valves keeled; seeds broader than the terminal part of the oblong wing. — FL 

 des Serres, 9. t. 948.— Leaflets 5"-3",. terminal petiolule 12"', inferior ones 5-3'", corolla 

 2", capsule 8"-10" long.-^HAB. S. Vincent!, Guild.; Triuida^fC'^dcM. ; [Venezuela]. 



Sect. 2. EuTECOMA, Endl. Calyit-limb 'o-dentate, equal. Corolla-tube Deniricose above 

 the base. Capsule-valves at length %-partite. — Leaves impari-pinnate, opposite. 



/^ 14. T. stans, -/hj^. Glabrous, erect, shrubby; leaves impari-pinnate: leaflets i-h- 

 jttgal, ohXo'a^-lanee.oh.ie, wamm&tt, serrate ; fiowers racemose, yellou) ; Calyx half as loiigaja 

 as the narrow part of the campanulate coroUa-tube : teeth pointed ; stamens included : an- y 

 ther-ceils lanceolate,' straight j capisule linear, acuminate, subcompressed.^/«cj. Jmer. Fid. ^ 



