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JACARANDA wmimosifolia. 
Mimosa-leaved Jacaranda. 
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DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMI4. 
Nat. ord. BigNoniz. Jussieu gen. 187. Sect. IZ. Fructus capsularis 
bivalvis. Caulis arboreus aut frutescens. 
BigNoniAcE®. Cal. monophyllus, divisus v. integer, nunc 
spathaceus. Cor. monopetala, hypogyna, szpiis irregularis, 4-5-loba. Fila, 
5, ineequalia, 4 plerdmque nunc 2 v./omnia antherifera. Anthe. 2-loculares, 
loeulis insertione zqualibus. Germ. disco glanduloso cinctum, 2-loculare, 
y. pseudo-4-loculare, polyspermum. Stylus 1. Stigma bilamellosum. Caps. 
2-valvis, 2-loc., quanddque pseudo-4-locularis. Dissepimentum parallelum 
y. contrarium, demim liberum, ad commissuras cum valvulis seminiferum. 
Sema. transyersa, foliaceo-compressa. Albumen 0. Embryo rectus, folia-— 
ceus: Radiculé centrifugd. Arbores v. frutices, spe volubiles y. scan- 
dentes. Folia opposita, (rarissimé alterna), composita, rard simplicia, ex- 
stipulata. Jnflorescentia terminalis, subpaniculata. Brown prod. 1. 470. 
JACARANDA. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. basi tubulosa, fauce dilatata, 
limbo 5-lobo inzquali. Stam.’ 4 fertilia; filamentum 5tum sterile longids 
apice villosum (ut in CHELONE). Stigma bilamellatum. Caps. compressa 
orbicularis lignosa, margine in 2 valvas solubilis, dissepimento carnoso 
valvis orbicularibus opposito; semina margine membranacea. Arbores ; 
folia opposita impari-bipinnata ; flores paniculati. Juss. loc. cit. 138. 
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J. mimosifolia, foliis bipinnatis oblongis villosis; partialibus multijugis; pro- 
priis numerosis decursivis contiguis, trapezoidi-oyalibus oblongis mucro- 
natis: impari lanceolato longiore; panicula ampla laxd decussato-ramosi, 
corollis sericeis. Don MSS. ; 
Jacaranda caroliniana. Persoon syn. 2. 174? 
Bignonia cerulea. Linn. sp. pl. ed. 2. 2. 872? Mill. dict. ed. 8. n. 11? 
Willd. sp. pl. 3.307. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 4. 35? 
Arbor guajaci latiore folio, bignoniz flore czruleo, fructi duro in 2 partes 
dissiliente, seminibus alatis imbricatim positis. Catesb. carol. 1. 42. 
cumtab. ? . 
Arbor (caldario culia) suborgyalis gracilis erecta, cortice cinereo: in- 
ferné cicatricibus nodosa: ramorum caulisque pars novella lete virens et 
guttis (resinosis?) crystallizatis sparsa. Folia decussato-opposita, paten- 
tissima,  distantia, bipinnata, oblonga, villosa, miculis crystallinis in- 
equalissimis adspersa, palmaria ad sesquipedalia; pinnex opposite, lineari- 
oblonge, abrupte multi-(14-24-)-juge@, 2-3-unciales, approximate cum ra- 
chide communi canaliculatd in marginem brevem erectam viridiorem utringue 
attenuata, pinnule parve, decursive, opposite v. subalterne, impari-multi- 
(10-28)-juge@, contigue, trapezoidi-ovales, oblonge, mucronate, 3-4-linea- 
res aut magis, peripherid subdeflexe, subtts pallentes venisque reticulate, . 
ae terminal erecté longiore lunceolaté: rachis angusté alata. Pani- 
cula ampla, nuda, terminalis, multiflora, erecto-pyramidata, remota, decus- 
sato-ramosa, villosa, patentissima, rachide virente cum ramulis bi-trifidis 
per paria dispositis pedicellisque compressiusculis: bractexe minime, caduce. 
Flores speciosi, nutantes, cerulescentes, sericei. Cal. herbaceus, minimus, 
villosus, 5-dentatus. Cor. oblongo-tubulosa, campanulato-bilabiata, sesqui- 
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