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H. B.K. — Foliolis quinquc, omnibus breviter et subaequalitcr petiolulatis, 

 anguste oblongis acuminatis, basi attenuatis, coriaceis, venis denis vel duodenis 

 subhorizontalibus, calycis lepidoto-scabri limbo bilobo vel demum dentato, 

 corollae glaberrimae tubo angusto. — Sect. Tabebuia. 



5. Tecoma instants , n. sp. Couvalia fluviatilis, Splitg. in Tvjdschr. 

 v. Nat. Gesch. en Physiol. Tom. 9. p. 15 excl. syn. — Foliolis quinque, exti- 

 mis minoribus brevissime, tribus mediis longiter petiolulatis, subtus cum 

 petiolo communi punctato-scabriusculis, oblongis acuminatis, basi obtusius- 

 culis, venis octonis, calycis scabriusculi limbo bilobo vel dentato, corolla 

 intus ad lobos eorumque rnargines tenerrime puberula. Sect. Tabebuia. 



Tecoma, digital a et 7F. harbat a (DC. Prodr.), licet consimiles, cha- 

 racteribus certis tuto distinguuntur. 



Tecoma Meyeriana, DC. , ut supra. 



Ad ripas fluminum, locis umbrosis, v. c. secus flumen Tampati in Su- 

 rinamo suyeriore , copiosam detexit cl. Focke. Indigenis Courali. 



Frutex statura sequentis, trunco crasso , recto, tri- quadri-pedali , apice 

 dichotome ramoso, uum demum arborescens ? Rami cylindrici, cortice albi- 

 cunte , ramuli compressi, lepidoto-squamulosi , cito glabrescentes. Folia in 

 apice ramorum opposha. Pelioli obtuse trigono-semiteretes , laeves, inferne 

 magis compressi , superne antice obiter bisulcati , k\ — 6 poll. longi. Folio/a 

 5, decidue articulata, petiolulis subsemiteretibus , 3 — 2 lin. longis, raro 4lin. 

 aequantibus, exteiiobus brevioribus, elliptico- vel sublanceolato-oblonga acula 

 vel breviter acute acuminata, basi subcuneata in petiolulos coarctata, integer- 

 rima , chartaceo-coriacea , laieralia minora , basi leviter inaequalia , 4£ — 6 poJL 

 longa, 2 — \\ lata, media basi aequalia , 7 — 8| poll. longa , 2£— 2| lala, 

 omnia marginibus leviter incurva , costa pallida subtus convexa valde promi- 

 nente , supra prominula , venis distinctioribus denis vel duodenis , subhorizon- 

 talibus, remotius a margine arcuato-unitis , tenuiter crebroque reticulatis. 



