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minoribus, staminibus glandulosis, ovario haud tomentoso, stylo haud 
glabro et imprimis floribus vulgo hexameris. 
212. Bauhinia uniflora Hassler, nov. spec. 
Pauletia: E radice crassa lignosa caules plures tenuiter lignosos 
40—50 cm altos, erectos, simplices leviter flexuosos, pilis minutis sparsis 
inspersos edens; aculei minuti, obtusiusculi subrecurvi infrafoliacei; 
stipulae 2—3 mm longae lineari-subulatae, linea elevata in caule de- 
currentes; petiolus 12—15 mm longus, supra applanatus et striato-mar- 
ginatus, subtus rotundatus 2—3 striato-sulcatus, basi et apice articulatus, 
pilis minutis sparse inspersus; folia suborbicularia, basi profunde cordata, 
apice vulgo vix ad tertiam partem, rarius ultra biloba, lobis latis, ob- 
tusissime rotundatis, lamina membranacea, viridis, subtus paulo pallidior, 
9-nervia, prominenter marginata, supra glabra, subtus pilis minutis in- 
spersa */,,—%0/,. mm nervis supra modice, subtus conspicue elevatis, 
reti venularum supra et subtus tenuiter elevato. 
Flores in speciminibus nostris omnibus stricte solitarii, oppositifolii, 
vel e nodo, folium abortivum i. e. gemmam non evolutam, gerente 
oriundi; pedicellus 10—15 mm longus, basi bracteis filiformibus cc. 2 mm 
longis auctus, subquadrangularis, pilis minutis sparsis inspersus; ala- 
bastra 5-costata, superne manifeste 5-alata, alis in setulis 5 apicalibus 
excurrentibus; calycis tubus basi fusiformis, 40—45 mm longus, decem- 
costato-striatus, striis 5 majoribus superne, it est in laciniis in alas con- 
tinuantibus, extus puberulus, intus fulvo-pubescens, laciniae in anthesi 
per 2 vel 3 spathaceo cohaerentes, extus puberulae intus glabrae 3— 
3.5 cm longae; petala breviter unguiculata, ovali-oblonga, obtusa vel bre- 
viter retusa, basi cuneato-attenuata, 40 mm longa, medio 15 mm lata. 
alba, nervo mediano pennativenio latiusculo percursa, alba, glabra: 
stamina 10 basi in annulum brevem intus dense fulvo-pilosum connata, 
filamenta 5 longiora 16 mm 5 breviora 11 mm longa, antheris lineari- 
bus, staminum longiorum 8 mm breviorum 5 mm longa, omnia fertilia ; 
ovarium glabrum, stipite 35 mm longo suffultum, stylus 30 mm longus, 
stigma oblique dilatatum 3,5 mm latum. 
Legumen non vidimus. 
Paraguay: In campis humidis pr. Esperanza, flor. mens. Oct.; . 
Hassler no. 10667, leg. Rojas. 
Species nova imprimis B. platypetalae Burch. nobis e descript. tantum 
nota affinis, differt habitu, aculeis binis, pedicellis solitariis, calycis 
tubo plus quam duplo longiore, petalis brevioribus, brevi unguiculatis. 
213. Bauhinia estrellensis Hassler, nov. spec. 
Pauletia: Fruticulus 0,4—0,5 m altus, caulis simplex, inermis, pilis 
erispulis fulvis sparsissime inspersus vel glabrescens; stipulae triangulari 
oblongae 4—5 mm longae basi 2 mm latae, dorso fulvo-puberulae, ob- 
tusiusculae; petiolus 10 mm longus, supra applanatus, marginatus, subtus 
subteres sulcatus, pilulis sparsis inspersus, lamina late ovato-suborbi- 
cularis, basi truncato-cordata apice ad !/, cc. triangulari biloba, lobis 
apice subacutis vel obtusatis, 7/79, 9/99, 120/,, mm membranacea, dis- 
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