belonging to the Natural Order Bignoniacece. 267 
Arbor erecta, pulcherrima, 25 ad 40 pedes alta. Rami assurgentes, elongati, 
teretes, cicatricibus latis e foliis delapsis ortum ducentibus notati, atque cortice 
cinereo obducti. Folia ampla, patentissima, elegantia, fere Mimosa bipin- 
nata, abrupte multijuga, decussato-opposita, distantia, palmaria v. pedalia, 
nunc sesquipedalia : pinna oppositse in jugis 9 v. 18 subdistantes : foliolis ple- 
rumque oppositis, subsessilibus, trapezoidi-ovalibus,^ mucronulatis, coriaceis, 
integerrimis, supra glabris nitidisque, viridibus, subtus glaucis, ad basin nervi 
medii pilosis, margine paulo deflexis, in jugis 6 v. 15 contiguis cum impari 
maximo rhombeo-elliptico acuto. Petioli cum mchibus communibus^ teretes, 
firmi, basi valde incrassati, supra canaliculati ; partialibus subter carinatis, ad 
peripheriam alatis, versus apicem latioribus magisque foliaceis. . P anicula par- 
vse, laterales et terminates, decussato-ramosse : ramis varie dichotomis raro 
subsimp]icibus. Flores speciosi, in terminalibus numerosi, in lateralibus paucio- 
res. Pedicelli bi v. trifidi, glabri. Calyces parvi, campanulati, quinqueden- 
tati : dentibus minimis, acutis. Corolla magna, violacea : tubus anguste cylin- 
draceus, arcuatus, in faucem inflatam campanulatam subtus ventricosam supra 
depressam ipso vix longiorem dilatatus : limbus 5-lobus, bilabiatus ; labio infe- 
riors trilobo, patente ; supenore bilobo, reflexo, lobis rotundatis, paulo crispa- 
tis et eroso-repandis. Stamina 5, quorum 4 fertilia et didynama, inclusa ; 
quintum sterile, cseteris multd longius, extra faucem, exsertum, superne villo- 
sum. Anthera unilobse per paria conniventes, alteri lobi rudimento minutissi- 
mo. Ovarium ellipticum, compressum, biloculare dissepimento contrario utrin- 
que placentifero. Stylus filiformis, gracilis, glaber, partim persistens et ova- 
rium coronans. Stigma bilamellosum : laciniis ovalibus, obtusis, replicatis. 
5. J. copaia, foliis bipinnatis 4-5-jugis : foliolis ellipticis cuneatisve obtusis 
coriaceis glabris, calycibus tubulosis truncatis, corollis velutinis. 
Bignonia copaia, Aubl. Guj. 2. p. 650. t. 265. et 262. (pro capsula). 
Bignonia procera, Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 307* Persoon Syn. 2. p. 173. 
Hah. in Guianse nemoribus. Aublet, Martin. I 7 . (v. s. in Herb. Lamb.) 
Arbor vasta, formosa, sexaginta aut usque octoginta pedes alta, apice ramosa. 
Truncus strictus, diametro 2-3-pedali, cortice crasso cinereo rugoso obductus. 
Rami numerosi, erecti, multidivisi, frondosi. Folia ampla, patentia, opposita, 
bipinnata sine impari, 4-5-juga, decussato-disposita, sesqui v. bipedalia, latitu- 
dine 6-10 unciali : pinna oppositse, patulse, per paria remotae, rachide compressa 
glabra, supra canaliculata : foliola opposita, elliptica v. cuneata, obtusa; plana, 
integerrima, coriacea, glabra, lucida, stipite brevissimo suifulta, per rachin in 
jugis 3 v. 6 cum impari disposita, bi v. tripollicaria, 1 v. sesqui-unciam lata. 
Petioli communes cum rachide teretes, supra canaliculati. Panicula terminalis, 
ampla : rami oppositi, elongati, recti, crueiatim digesti, multiflori, pubescentes. 
Pedunculi breves, alterni, oppositi aut sparsi, divisi, tri aut pluriflori, pube 
densa minuta tecti. Calyces oblongi, tubulosi, truncati, integri, velutini, ad 
oris latus utrumque fissa brevissima disrupti. Corolla ccerulea, magnitudine 
Digitalis ambigua , basi tubulosa, superne dilatata, campanulata, ventricosa, limbo 
5-lobo, bilabiata, fauce barbata, extus velutina ; labio superiore bilobo, reflexo ; 
inferiore trilobo, patulo, lobis subrotundo-ovalibus, margine paulo crispatis. 
Stamina 5, quorum 4 fertilia et didynama ; quintum sterile, elongatum, super- 
ne villoso-barbatum. Anthera unilob®, alteri lobi rudimento vix ullo, ovatse, 
acutiusculse, demum patul®, lateraliter rima longitudinali dehiscentes. Ova- 
rium ellipticum, obtusum. Stylus erectus filiformis. Stigma bilamellosum : 
lobis ovali-oblongis, replicatis. Capsula ovalis, compressa, obtusa, bilocularis, 
polysperma : valvis planis, crassis, ligneis. Dissepimentum contrarium, utrin- 
que placentis carnosis seminiferis instructum. Semina lata, compresso-plana, 
transversa, margine foliaceo-alata. 
§ Antlierce bilobce : lobis cequalibus, foliis impari-bipmnatis. 
6 . J. tomentosa, foliis bipinnatis impari-subquadrijugis : foliolis ovatis ellipti- 
cisve acutis insequalibus subtus junioribusque tomentosis, corollis sericeis, 
ramis pubescentibus. 
J acaranda tomentosa, Drown in Rot. Mag. (in observation# ad descriptionem 
J-. ovalifolia sua supra citatum adjecta.J 
