100 J. DECAISSE. — MONOGRAPHIE DU G. PENTARHAPHIA. 



lanceolatis, reflexis, pubescentibus , apicibus fusco-purpureis. Corollœ 

 tubus intima basi contractas , mox dilatatus ventricosus, campanulatus , 

 antice parum gibbosior, externe viridis, hirsutus, et atro-purpurascens ; 

 limbus subregularis , 5-fidus : laciniis duabus super : approximatis sub- 

 erectis, labium quasi superius formantibus , tribus inferioribus aequali- 

 bus patentibus; omnibus rolundatis, margine laciniato-ciliatis (1) ; faux 

 patens. Filamenta et basi tubi, inferne approximata, sub labio superiore 

 divergentia, arcuata ; duc-bus paulo brevioribus ; antherœ oblongae, con- 

 niventes, in formam quadratam conglutinatae, extus atro-purpurascentes, 

 subtus polliniferae. Germen inferum , oblongum , truncatum , angulatum. 

 Stylus crassus, situ staminum sub dorso tubi, corolla longiori ; stigma in- 

 crassatum emarginatum purpureum. Capsula ovata , retusa , 10-gona, 10- 

 sulcata, semi-bilocularis, receptaculis duc-bus lateralibus parieti insertis; 

 apice dehiscens, polysperma. Semina plurima, minuta, acuminata, fusco- 

 bi unnea , receptaculis adsidentia. » 



3. Pentarhaphia Catalpœflora f. 

 P. foliis oblongis acuminatis basi rotundatis crenulatis petiolatis, 

 pecluiiculis petioluoi duplo superantibus 2-3-floris , pedicellis 

 elongatis, calycis segmentis subulatis, corollœ tubo ventri- 

 coso-campanulato , staminibus styloque longe exsertis. 

 Jamaica (herb. Delessert) ; Wiles. 



Rami lïgnescentes , teretes, crassitudine pennae corvinae, erecti, aetate 

 inferne denudati, nigrescentes, foliorum lapsorum cicatricula, cordata, 

 notati, Jsuperne epidermide lierbacea lenticellis linearibus pallidis in- 

 spersa. Folia alterna, inter se inaequalia et intermixia, minora m ,lcum 

 petiolo longa, O m ,02-2 1/2 lata, majora o n \ 15 longa, m ,5-61ata,oblonga, 

 crenulata, acuminata, basi rotundata, utrinque glaberrima, supra laete 

 viridia, subtus flaventia, reticulato-venosa, siccitate coriacea, petiolata ; 

 petioli teretes n \02-3 longi, supra canaliculati v. sulcati, basi subtumidi. 

 Pedunculi ad ramulorum apicem congesti , teretes, erecti, folio bre- 

 viores, superne 2-/;-flori, ebracteati, nudi; pedicelli m ,03 circiter longi, 

 graciles, ebracteolati cum ovario continui , interdum summo apice re- 

 flexi v. subrefracti. Calycis tubus obconicus 5-costatus m ,005 longus, 

 glaberrimus v. resinosus, segmentis patulis, subulatis, introrsum planis 

 extrorsum convexis, acutis. Corolla ventricoso-campanulata , bilabiata; 

 tubus calycis segmenta superans, campanulatus M ,01 longus; limbus 

 laciniis superioribus rotundatis lateralibusque vix crenulatis subsequali- 

 biis, inferiore subconcava, parum longiore crenulata. Stamina coroliae 



(I) Dans la figure, les deux lobes latéraux sont dépourvus de ciis. 





