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* BAUHINÍA corymbosa. 
Corymb-flowering Bauhinia. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, or DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA, or PENTANDRIA 
MONOGYNIA, or MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA; or MONADELPHIA : 
MONANDRIA, TRIANDRIA, PENTANDRIA, or DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. FABACEX, or Lecuminos#, $ CASSIER. 
BAUHINIA, Linn. Botanical Register, vol. 14. t. 1133. 
§ III. Svwrnvoropa, DC. 
B. corymbosa; ramis teretibus cirrhiferis, foliis cordatis subtüs in nervis petiolis 
ramulis calycibus rufo-pubescentibus, foliolis semiovalibus infra medium 
concretis 3-nerviis, staminibus 3 petala ovata undulata unguiculata sub- 
equantibus. 
B. corymbosa. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. 329. DeCand. prodr. 2. 515. 
A Chinese shrub, long since brought into this country, 
but resisting all attempts to flower it until September, 1838, 
when its beautiful clusters were produced abundantly in the 
greenhouse at Redleaf. Mr. Wells, in the note that accom- 
panied the specimens, tells me that he has had it ten or 
twelve years. In Chinese drawings, especially those be- 
longing to the Horticultural Society, this is represented 
loaded with flowers, and in such a condition it must be one 
of the handsomest objects in nature. As it has at length 
begun to fructify, its period of adolescence may be considered 
to have arrived, and therefore cuttings from Mr. Wells's 
plant will probably continue to yield blossoms regularly, and 
in more and more abundance every year. 
I have compared the plant with authentic specimens from 
the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, and have thus assured myself 
of the identity of this and the plant of Dr. Roxburgh. 1 
* So named by Linneeus after the two great Botanists John and Caspar 
Bauhin of Basle, who are typified by the twin leaves peculiar to this genus. 
September, 1839. s 
