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JACARANDA tomentosa. 
Downy Jacaranda. 
ere 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. BIiGNoNIACES, 
JACARANDA. Supra, vol. 8. fol. 631. 
J. tomentosa ; foliis bipinnatis tomentosis: foliolis oyato-rhomboideis acutis, 
calycibus corollisque pubescentibus. 
Frutex subdeciduus. Folia bipinnata, tomentosa: foliolis imparibus, 
ovato-rhomboideis, acutis, valde inequalibus, inferioribus minimis, rotundiori- 
bus. Pedunculi axillares, triflort, tomentosi, bracteolati. Calyx campanu- 
latus, basi obtusus, 5-dentatus ; dentibus brevibus, ovatis, equalibus. Corolla 
atropurpurea, extus pubescens, tubo brevi calyce duplo tantum longiore, limbo 
tubuloso-campanulato, 14 unciam longo, arcuato, laciniis retusis, subequahbus, 
maculd pallidd sub labio superiore. Stamina 4, didynama, quinto sterili, 
Jiliformi, subclavato, limbi fere longitudine, barbato ; filamenta glabra, basi 
intis pilis glandulosis obsita; antheree biloculares, loculis divaricatissimis, 
bast acuminatis. Pollen fuscum, sphericum, costis tribus cinctum, undé 
quast trigonum. 
Seeds of this fine new species were sent from Mexico, 
by Sir Thomas Hardy, to Lady Admiral Campbell, by 
whom they were presented, with many other interesting 
lants, to Messrs. Whitley and Co., in whose Nursery, at 
Pulham, our drawing was made in June last. As it isa 
half-deciduous shrub, it is probable that, although it has 
hitherto been kept in the stove, it will be hardy enough to 
succeed in a conservatory, of which it would be a noble 
ornament. 
We presume that well-ripened leafy cuttings will root 
freely, in sand, under a hand-glass, with a little gentle 
heat. 
The pollen of this plant may perhaps be considered 
explanatory of that form which, although spherical, seems, 
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