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іп sTYLUM brevem crassum attenuatum, sTIGMATE ovato oblique adnato. 
Legumen haud suppetit, 
Habitat in sylvarum marginibus prope Esmeralda ad fl. Orenoco, 
etiam ad Cunucunuma: Spruce n. 3250. — Najas. 
Oss. Bauhinia Kunthiana Vog. (В. гоѕеа Miq.), species Cayennensis 
et Surinamensis, quoad folia B. rutilanti subsimilis, differt bracteis majo- 
ribus subcoloratis glaberrimis, petalis multo majoribus subglabris, calycis 
lobis contra ut in B. Sprucei minimis v. parvis. 
54. BAUHINIA PLATYCALYX Вехтн. foliis ultra medium 
lobatis 9—11-nerviis tenuiter coriaceis subglabris; racemis laxius- 
culis, alabastris ovoideis dentibus 5 brevissimis obtusis coronatis, 
bracteis minutis, pedicellis calyce multo brevioribus, petalis villo- 
sissimis calyce duplo longioribus. 
FauTEx alte scandens?, RaMULis glabratis, inflorescentia te- 
nuiter ferrugineo-tomentella. Forta ultra medium rarius fere ad 
basin divisa, lobis latis breviter obtuseque acuminatis divergentibus, 
basi cordata, 4—6 poll. longa lataque, 9—11-nervia, tenuiter co- 
riacea, opaca, venulosa, glabra v. subtus minute puberula. РЕтіо- 
Lus 1—2-pollicaris. Frores quam in В. splendente majores, ra- 
cemis laxiusculis. PepiceLLi 1—2 lin. longi. ALABASTRA ovoidea, 
dentibus 5 brevissimis obtusis coronata. Catyx sub anthesi latis- 
simus, fere cyathiformis, costato-striatus, truncatus, usque ad 5 lin. 
latus. PETALA extus villosissima, fere У, poll. longa, unguibus 
calycem subsuperantibus, 4 inferiora lata suborbiculata, summum 
angustius complicato-carinatum. Ovarium breviter stipitatum, vil- 
losum; sTyLUs longiusculus. Legumen haud suppetit. 
Habitat ad Caripi juxta Para: Spruce. — Najas. 
55. BAUHINIA ANGULOSA Voe. foliis semibilobis 7—11- 
nerviis subtus pallidis nitentibusve; racemis laxiusculis, alabastris 
ovali-urceolatis lobis 5 ovatis coronatis, bracteis parvis, pedicellis 
calyce saepius longioribus, petalis villosissimis calyce plus duplo 
longioribus. 
Bauhinia angulosa Vog. in Linnaea XIII. 312. 
FauTEx alte scandens, RAMULIS obtusangulis subteretibusve tomento 
minuto mox ‘evanido rufidulis pallentibusve, inflorescentia magis tomentosa. 
Forra nunc breviter nunc ultra medium divisa, lobis obtuse v. acute acu- 
minatis parum divergentibus, basi late cordata, 3—6 poll. longa lataque 
v. angustiora, 7—11-nervia, tenuiter coriacea, supra glabra vix nitida, 
subtus pube minuta interdum nitente pallide rubiginosa. Ретюм 1 — 2- 
pollicares. Влсемг laxi, nunc breves nunc semipedales floribundique. 
BRACTEAE parvae, angustae, caducissimae. Решскмлл З — 6 lin. longi, 
bracteolis in medio pedicello 2 parvis setaceis oppositis alternisve cadu- 
ALABASTRA Ovali-urceolata, costato-striata, lobis 5 ovatis obtusis 
coronata.  Carvx sub anthesi late campanulatus, 3—3'/4 lin. longus, 
10—15-striatus, alabastri lobis ad marginem truncatum inter se distanti- 
bus, 2 lin. longis. PkrTALA extus villosissima, calyce semipollice longiora, 
4 inferiora late ovata unguibus calycis dimidium aeguantibus, summum 
cissimis. 
angustius, complicato-carinatum, acuminatum, in unguem brevem con- 
STAMINA petalis multo breviora, parum inaequalia, superioribus 
OvARIUM sessile, villosum, 4—5-ovulatum. 
Legumen 
tractum. 
brevioribus, antheris ovatis. 
SrrLus crassiusculus, glaber, sTIGMATE obliquo vix dilatato. 
haud suppetit. 
Var. DENSIFLORA, racemis confertis, pedicellis brevibus, den- 
tibus calycinis minoribus, petalis minus villosis. 
Habitat „in Brasilia meridionali: Sello; prope Rio de Janeiro: 
Gomez. — Var. prope Lagoa Santa ad Rio das Velhas, prov. Minas 
Geraés: E. Warming. — Dryas, Oreas. 
56. BAUHINIA RUBIGINOSA Bone. foliis ultra medium di- 
visis 9 — 11-пегуііѕ coriaceis nitidulis subtus pubescentibus; ra- 
cemis spiciformibus, pedicellis brevissimis, alabastris ovoideo - glo- 
bosis lobis 5 oblongo - linearibus coronatis, bracteis calyces sub- 
aequantibus, petalis villosissimis calyce duplo longioribus. 
LEGUMINOSAE: BAUHINIA. 
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Bauhinia rubiginosa Bong. т Mem. Acad. Petrop. VI. Ser. 
IV. 4. 
Schnella rubiginosa Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. II. 97. 
Евотех alte scandens, cirrhifer, ramulis inflorescentiaque tomento 
denso brevi v. velutino ferrugineis v. rarius subcanescentibus. КОЛА ultra 
medium v. rarius fere ad basin divisa, lobis ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis 
obtusis v. breviter acuminatis parallelis v. apice subincurvis, basi late 
cordata, 2—6 poll. longa, nunc latiora nunc paullo angustiora quam 
longa, 9—11-nervia, coriacea, supra nitidula, subtus tomento rufo v.sub- 
canescente pubescentia v. villosa, nunc ferrugineo-nitentia. Perion /, —17/,- 
pollicares.  STIPULAE arcuatae, interdum foliaceae semipollicares persisten- 
tesque, saepius caducissimae v. obsoletae. RAcEMI spiciformes, densi, 3—6- 
BRACTEAK oblongae v. lanceolatae, persistentes, 
calycem saepe aequantes. PEDICELL1 nunc brevissimi, nunc 1 — 1!/, lin. 
longi. ALABASTRA ovoidea v. subglobosa, lobis 5 oblongis sublinearibusve 
coronata. Carvx sub anthesi late campanulatus, 2! — 374 lin. longus, 
costatus, alabastri lobis 1'/, —2 lin. longis in margine truncato persisten- 
PkTALA extus villosissima, inferiora obo- 
pollicares, floribundi. 
tibus, saepe infra lobos fissus. 
vata semipollicaria v. paullo longiora, lateralia paullo minora, summum 
intimum angustum, complicato-carinatum, genitalia involvens, apice in 
appendiculum recurvum productum. STAMINA petalis multo breviora, AN- 
THERIS ovatis. OvARIUM stipitatum, villosum, ovulis circa 4; sTYLUS bre- 
vis, stigmate obliquo. LEGUMEN planum, coriaceum, 3-pollicare v. paullo 
longius, supra medium fere pollicem latum, apice rotundatum, stylo sub- 
laterali uncinatum , ferrugineum, bivalve. 
Habitat in sylvis umbrosis montosisque ad sepes et super arbo- 
res parvas scandens, prov. Para: Burchell; Ceara: Gardner п.1566.; 
Pernambuco: Gardner n. 987.; Bahia: Langsdorff, Blanchet n. 1638.; 
Goyaz: Gardner n. 3697., Pohl, Burchell; et Minas Geraés: Martius, 
Claussen, Lund, Warming. | Crescit etiam in Guiana Britannica. — 
Vaga et Eztrabrasil. 
Specimina Paraénsia parviflora sunt, plurima ex prov. Minas Geraės 
grandiflora tomento subcanescente. џ 
Овз. Bauhinia riparia Splitg., quae verisimiliter B. Outimouta Aubl., 
e Cayenna et Surinamo, a B. rubiginosa parum diversa videtur fuliolis 
constantius a basi fere discretis, racemis laxioribus, et legumine multo ` 
majore. 
57. BAUHINIA SPLENDENS H.B.K. foliolis a basi sub- 
solutis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis acutis v. obtusiusculis 8— 4- 
nerviis, supra nitidulis, subtus tomento minuto nitentibus; racemis 
laxiusculis, alabastris urceolato-globosis umbone 5-crenato v. mi- 
nute 9-lobo coronatis, petalis villosissimis calyce subduplo lon- 
gioribus. 
Bauhinia splendens H.B.K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. V. 321. DC. 
Prodr. H. 516. 
Schnella splendens Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. И. 97. 
Квотех alte scandens, cirrhifer, trunco compresso, ramulis tenuibus 
novellis inflorescentiaque tomento brevi ferrugineis. FOLIOLA a basi soluta 
v. vix brevissime connata, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, parallela v. vix 
divergentia v. subincurva, ramorum floralium 2 — 3-pollicaria, sterilium 
saepe duplo majora, singula 3—4-nervia, tenuiter coriacea, supra nitidula 
v. opaca glabra, subtus tomento brevi appresso nunc minuto ferrugineo- 
nitentia v. rarius subcanescentia. Рктол !/, — 1'/-pollicares. RACEMI 
saepius laxiusculi, tenues, 4 — 6-pollicares longioresque. BRACTEAE minutae. 
PEDICELLI demum lineam longi. ALABASTRA ferrugineo-tomentosa, urceo- 
lato-globosa, collo parvo dilatato minute 5-dentato v. patenter minuteque 
5-lobo coronata. CaLyx sub anthesi late campanulatus, leviter costatus, 
circa 3 lin. longus, subtruncatus, irregulariter brevissimeque lacero-dentatus. 
PETALA calyce fere duplo longiora, infima oblique obovato-orbiculata extus 
et ad unguem villosissima, lateralia paullo minora, summum angustum, 
complicato-carinatum , apice recurvo-acuminatum, genitalia fovens, extus 
villosum. Stamina inaequalia, petalis multo breviora, ANTHERIS parvis 
ovatis. OvaAnrmuM brevissime stipitatum, villosissimum, ovulis circa 4. LE- 
GUMEN Coriaceum, ferrugineo-tomentellum, 2—3 poll. longum, 8—10 lin. 
latum, stylo parum excentrico mucronatum, bivalve. 
