BIGNONIACE^. 449 



pointleted, rcpand-enlire, arcli-veined : primary veins prominSut beneath ; racemes axillary, 

 about as long as the petiole : pedicels spreadiiig^erect, shorter than the calyx ; calyx closed 

 in the bud, coloured, campanulaie-tuiutar, half as long as the corolla, at length unequally 

 2-lipped: corolla orauge-yellow, roughish : tune cylindrical; anther-cells ovoid.— Tabebuia, 

 SCI B. crucigera, 5«rfer. / {non i.).— Leaflets' 6"-3i", calyx li"-l", coroUa 3"-2i" 

 long.— Hab. S. Vincent I, Guild, 1 [Venezuela), Giiiana!, Pernambuco I]. 



7. MACPADYENA, A. DC. 



Character of Biynonia, but calyx 1-lipped or spathaceous.— Glabrous, shrubby climbers ; 

 leaflets 2, with a tendril^ or 3^ shining above. 



21. M. uncinata, A. DC. Branchlets cylindrical ; leaflets 2, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 pointleted, entire; racemes axillary, sessile, few-flowered; cahji! campaiiulate, l-lipped 

 above the middle ; corolla glabrous, yellow : tube clavate, twice to Ihrice as long as ihe 

 calyx ; anther-cells oval-oblong ; " seeds oblong-linear." — Bignonia, M'ey. Esscq. /—Leaflets 

 2i"-2", calyx 8"'-9"'i corolla 2"^2J" long.— HaB. Trinidad!, Cr.s [Panama, Guiana !]. 



_ 22. 351. corymbosa, Gr. Branchlets cylindrical ; leaflets 2-3, ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 with a bluntish point, entire; pfeduncles axillary) compressed, dichotomously few-flowered; 

 calyx spathaceous-l-lipped beyond thii middle, recurved) tiibular at the base ; corolla 

 glabrous, yellowish-rosy : tube campanulate-clavate, twice to thrice as lohg ns the calyx ; 

 anther-oella oblong-linear; capsule woody, oblong-linear: valves flat, rough, snbecarinate; 

 seeds oblong: wings as broad as the miJdle part, pellucid above. — Vent. Choir, t. 40. — 

 Spathodea, FeMi!.— Leaflets 6"-4", calyx 10"'-14"', corolla 2i"-3", capsule 4"-5" long, the 

 latter about 1" broad ; seeds (the wings included) about 2" broad, 8"' long. — Hab. Trini- 

 dad I, Sch., Cr. ; [Panama I to equat. Brazil !]. 



8. ARABIDEA, DC, 



Character of Bignonia, but stigma simple. — Leaflets 2-3 (-1); usually hoary by down 

 beneath ; panicles terminal and axillary, many-flowered : flowers purple, more equal and 

 smaller than in Bignonia ; ,calyx closed in the bud: 



23. A. Sieberij DC. Branchlets Cylindrical, puherulons ; leaflets 2 (-1) ovate-roundish, 

 apiculate, puberulous above, hoary-tomentose and reticulated-veiny beneath; terminal panicle 

 spreading, hoary-puberulous ; ultimate pedicels fascicled, shorter than the calyx ; calyx 

 truncate or obsoletely 5-denticulate ; corolla clavate-c'arapauulate, puberulous. — A lareS 

 dimber with deciduous leaves (6'r.) ; leaflets 5"-3", panicle often 1', calyx 2'", corolla 6' - 

 8'" long ; anther-cells linear, arcuate. — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr., at Piarco; 



9. PITHECOCTENIUM, Wart. 



Character of Bignonia^ but capsule woody, valves convex, echinate with tubercles, and 

 seeds 3-serial. — Shrubby climbers; leaflets 2, with a tendril, or 3, often with minute scales 

 beneath; flowers in terminal racemes j usual li/.tomenioeet 



24. P. Aubletii, Splitg. Branchlets angular, glabrate; leaflets 2-3, snbcordale- 

 Toundish or ovate, apiculale, glabrous above, glabrate beneath, with the distant scales per- 

 sistent ; racemes simple ; calyx closed in the budj loose, broadly campanulate, truncate, with 

 5 mirmte teeth below or at the margin; corolla tomcntose : tube incurved, clavate- cam- 

 panulate ; capsule oblong, echinate with stout, bluntish tubercles ; seeds oblong : wings 

 inuch broader than the middle part.- — Aubl. t. 268, 264. — Bignonia echinata, Aubl., Sp.. 

 (nonJacq.). — A high climber; flowers pale-rosy (Sw.), straw-coloured (Wils,); leaflets 5"- 

 3", calyx -l"', coroUa 1^" long ; anthers subexserted : cells oblong, slightly incurved ; cap- 

 sule 10"-8" long, li"-^2" broad ; seeds 3" broad, 10"'-12"' long.— Hab; Jamaica 1, Bancr., 

 March, Wils. ; [Cuba 1, Mexico I, Venezuela !; Guiana]. 



10; AMPHILOPHIUM, Kth. 



CaiT^a; shortly-campanulate ! limb double, exterior undnlate-repandj slightly 5-lobcd, 

 spreading, interior closed in the bud, at length lacerate^ Corolla campanulate: limb 



