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ferae, rhachide ferrugineo - tomentosa ad 30 mm longa , 5 — 9-flora. 
Bracteae orbiculari-ovatae, ca. 2mm longae, ferrugineo-tomentosae, 
per v. post anthesin basi persistente caducae; prophylla orbieulari- 
ovata, ca. 3mm longa, apice 4- obscure mucronulata, concava, dorso 
leviter carinata, extus ferrugineo-tomentosa, intus glabra. Alabastra 
ovata. Calyx tubo 4mm longo, segmentis ovatis obtusis 5— 6mm 
longis, 4mm latis, extus incano-tomentosus, intus glaber. Petala 
obovata v. oblongo-obovata, basi in unguem 1—1,5mm longum an- 
gustata, cum ungue ca. Ilmm longa, 6mm lata, glabra, margine si- 
nuato-undulata, alba (t. Glaziou). Filamenta longiora ca. 12mm, 
breviora ca. 8mm longa, glabra v. basi parcissime pilosa.. Ovarium 
oblongum, albido-villosum, stipite ca. 4mm longo fere usque ad apicem 
calycis tubo adnato, stylo inferne parce piloso, superne glabro coro- 
natum, ‘ad 15-ovulatum. Legumen novellum albido-villosum. 
llabitat in Brasiliae provineia Rio de Janeiro in monte 
Coreovado: Glaziou n. 13726. 
Caesalpinioideae-Bauhinieae. 
Bauhinia L. 
B. Glaziovii Taub. sp. n. (Sect. Pileostigma Benth.) *Rami no- 
velli densissime tomentosi, adulti glabri spinis validis recetis muniti; 
folia transverse ovalia, breviter biloba, lobis rotundatis, basi sub- 
truncata vel obscure cordata, supra glaberrima, nitidula, dense reti- 
eulato-nervosa, subtus leviter ferrugineo-pubescentia, nervis prominen- 
tibus; racemi longi laxe multiflori, ad ramorum apices in panniculas 
amplas divaricatas compositi; alabastra pyriformie, subsericeo- 
tomentosa; calyx per authesin breviter 5-fissus; petala obovata, 
basin versus cuneato-attenuata; stamina omnia fertilia; ovarıum 
dense rutilo-sericeum. 
Frutex? altitudinis ignotae. Stipulae non observatae; spinae 
ca. 15mm longae. Petioli vulgo 10— 20mm, raro ad 30 vel vix 
5mm longi, supra canalieulati, glabri; folia ad 50mm longa, 70mm 
lata, apice ad /s—'/s longitudinis biloba, basi subtruncata vel + sub- 
cordata, chartacea, subtus pallida, praecipue ad nervos ferrugineo- 
pubescentia vel adulta subglabra, costa apice in mucronem ca. 2mm 
longum producta, nervis primarüs utrinque 3, supra uti costa parum, 
subtus uti secundarii manifeste prominulis. Racemi 15 — 20 cm longi, 
tomento denso brevissimo ferrugineo conspersi; bracteae uti proplylla 
ıninima, lanceolatae, mox caducae; pedicelli ad 5 mm longi, ferrugineo- 
tomentosi, prophylla paullo infra calycem gerentes; alabastra 12m" 
