TAB, *74.
TAVERN IER A SCHIMPERI, Nob
TAVERJVIERA, D. G., M ém . L é g . , VII; P r o d r . , vol. 2, p. 33c). — Jaub. et Sp., I I I . P la n t .
O r . , vol. i, tab. 61 et 62.
TAVERNIERA SCHIMPERI, Nob.
Suffruticosa, erecta, partibus recentissimis incano-sericea, adultioribus glabrata. Ramis-fibriclis
virgatis, subteretibus. Foliis longe petiolatis, unifoUolatjs fqliolo sul}C£irnoso? glaucp, majuspulo,
orbiculari v. subrotundp, truncato v. retuso v. acuminulato, muticp v. ap?culalp. Stipulis persistent
tibus, in squamulam acute bifidam concretis. Pedunculis elpngatis, 3 -8 -flpris,. Vexillo suborbit
culari, apiculato, carina paulo brevipre. Alis calyce dimjdio longioribus. Lomenti corollam emarci-
dam superante articulis setosp-echinplatis (setis divaricatis, aequalibus, glpchidiatis, retrprsum
hispidulis) simulque dense hirtellis.
Suffrutex 2-3-pedalis, erectus, ramosissimus, partibus recentissimis pubesimplici in can o-serice js, in ox glabrescens. Cadlis
speciminibus obviis subpedalis, crassitie calami anserini v. tenuior, lignosus, cortice demum suberoso. Rami alterni, distichi,
plus minusve frutescentes. R ami v. ramuli hovklli i/a-i-pedales, erecti v. erecto-patentes, solitarii, graciles, virgali, remote
foliati, substricti, obsolete angulati, axillis plerisque florigeni; adultiores glabrati v. laxe puberuli, demum ramillulos axillares
florigenos agentes. Folia disticha, unifoliolata, longe petiolata, internodiis plerumque subaequalia. Petiolus 3- i 5 lineas
longus, gracilis, basi dilatata semi-amplexatilis, apice noduloso-incrassatus etcum folioli petiolulo articulatus. Foliolum 3- i 5
lineas longum, orbiculare, v. obovato-v. rhombeo-v. ovato-v. ovali-subrotundum (interdum transverse ellipticum), apice
truncatum v. retusum y. acuminulatum, muticum v. nervo excurrente apiculatum, planum, subcarnosum, glaucescens, i-ner-
vium (nervo supra impresso filiformi vix conspicuo, subtus prominente crassiusculo sursum sensim attenuato), subtiliter
pennivenia, sub lente rubro-puncticulata. Foliola juvenilia argenteo-sericea, saepe complicata; adultiora glabrata, v. nonnisi
subtus ad costam puberula. Petiolulus brevissimus, crassiusculus, plerumqixe etiam foliolo adulto puberulus. Stipul* persistentes,
minutse, petiolo multoties breviores, submembranaceae, subscariosae, rufescentes, puberulae, concretae in squamulam
ovatam concavam acute bidentatam v. bifidam oppositifoliam. Pedunguli i /3- i i/a-pollicares (folio modo aequilongi, modo
longiores v. breviores), filiformes, stricti, divergentes, axillares, solitarii, 3-8-flori; floribus solitariis, secundis, laxiusculc
racemosis. P edicelli calyce breviores, cernui, dense puberuli, basi unibracteati, apice bibracteolati. Bracte* persistentes,-
minutse, submembranaceae, scariosse, rufescentes, ovatae v. ovato-lanceolatae, acutae v. acuminatae. Bracteola: minimas ,
bracteis conformes. Calyx 2 i/a-3 lineas longus, corolla subtriplo brevior, persistens, submembranaceus, viridis v. rufes-
cens, tenuiter quinquenervius, obsolete venulosus, campanulatus, aequiprofunde quinquefidus (paulo ultra 1/2), basi an-
gustatus, inter lacinias binas summas sinu latiore excisus. Laciniae aequilongae, subulato-acuminatae, ciliolatae, supra argenteo-
sericeae : binae summas deltoideae, divergentes; tres inferiores lineari-lanceolatae, subconniventes. Petala rosea, purpureo-
striata, glabra, breve unguiculata, persistentia : unguibus inferne vaginae-staminali adnatis. Vexillum 6-6 1/2 lineas longum,
5 lineas latum, carina paululo brevius, suborbiculare, complicatum, erectum, carinae admotum, dorso ad basin intrusum;
unguis latus, cuneiformis, concavus, calycis tubo subaequilongus. Alä parvulae, angustae, carina subduplo breviores, calyce
dimidio longiores, accumbentes, planae, esaccatae, semi-sagittato-oblongae, obtusae; ungues lineares, calyce breviores. Carina
erecta v. parum declinata, bipes, esaccata, complanata, subdolabriformis, truncata, obtusa, vexillo aequilata, transverse striata,
utrinque ad basin marginis superioris leviter rotundato-emarginata, exauriculata; laminae margine inferiore cohaerentes;
ungues lineares, calyce breviores. Genitalia carina inclusa. Stamina diaidelpha, marcescentia; vagina elongata, lineari-Ian-
ceolata. Filamenta vagina quintuplo breviora, capillaria, infracta, alternatim longiora etbreviora. Filamentum vexillare ex
toto liberum, vagina plus dimidio brevius. Anther« aequales, minimae, flavae, orbiculares, basi et apice emarginatae. Ovarium
stipitatum, rectum, elongatum, compressum, lanceolato-lineare, argenteo-sericeum, tri-v. quadn-ovulatum. Stylus stamina
paulo superans, ovario quinquies longior, capillaris, compressus, marcescens, glaber, apice geniculatim inflexus. Stigma
terminale, minimum, obsolete capitellatum. Lomentum breve stipitatum, moniliforme, tri-articulatum, articulis binis inferio-
ribüs corolla emarcida ob tectum, articulo supremo exserto. Articuli monospermi, complanati, elliptici v. subrotundi, nervo