? Bignonia hirsuta

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? Bignonia hirsuta

Description

leaves opposite, digitate, with 5 leaflets, stalked and with petiolules; Flowers small, curved, short reddish-yellow hairy. Stamens 4, exserted.

Taxonomy

Vitex (Verb.) might be involved, but all its Indo-Malesian species have acuminate leaves and in Vitex the corolla is not curved and if hairy the corolla is greyish. It might possibly be an American plant, Tabebuia, or allied to that.
LAMARCK described the specimen from herb. Jussieu. Dr. H. HEINE made elaborate but unfortunately unsuccessful attempts in herb. Jussieu and Lamarck to locate the specimen in the Paris Herbarium; there is also no trace of it at Geneva; DE CANDOLLE did not see any material.

Notes

Said to have come from "l'Indes";

Citation

G.DON 1838 – In: Gen. Syst.: 225
WILLD. 1802 – In: Sp. Pl.: 299