LEGUMINOS^. CCXC. (a) Trachylobium. CCXCL Schnella. CCXCII. Bauhinia. 



459 



the base, ending in a long obtuse acumen. Tj . S. Native of Sect. I. Caspa'ria (in memory of Caspar Bauhin, see genus). 



South America. 



. Hornemann^s Trachylobium. Tree. 



Kunth, ann. sc. nat. 1. p. 85. nov. gen. amen 6. p. 317. D. C. 



prod. 2. p. 512. — Bauliinia, Cav. but not of Kunth. Stamens 

 3 T. GiERTNERiA'NUM (Hayne, 1. c.) leaflets on short petio- 10, of which 9 are monadelphous, short, and sterile (f. 58. c), 

 lules, very coriaceous, nearly veinless, oval-ovate, unequal-sided, the tenth one long and antheriferous, and almost free from the 

 abruptly acuminated, and unequal at the base. ^ . S. Native rest. Ovary stipitate. Racemes terminal, simple, leafless. 



of Madagascar. Hymenae'a verrucosa, Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 306. 

 t.l39.f. 7. 

 Gcertner^s Trachylobium. Tree. 



4 T. Lamarckia'num (Hayne, I. c.) leaflets on short petioles, 

 rather coriaceous, reticulately veined, oval-ovate, unequal-sided, 

 and unequal at the base, ending in a short acumen. T? . S. Na- 

 tive of Madagascar ? Hymenae'a verrucosa, Lam. ill. t. 330. f. 2. 



Lamarck^s Trachylobium. Tree. 



5 T. floribu'ndum ; leaflets oblong, unequal at the base, 

 coriaceous, ending in a blunt acumen ; panicles axillary, branch- 

 ed; flowers pedicellate ; legumes ovate, hairy, 1-2-seeded. Pj • 

 S. Native of South America, near Angostura, Hymense^a 

 floribunda, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 323. t. 567. 



Bundle-Lowered Trachylobium. Tree 60 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Copatfera, p. 456. 



CCXCI. SCHNE'LLA (meaning unknown), Raddi, mem. 

 pi. bras. add. p. 32. D. C. prod. 2. p. 512. 



Lin. sysT. Decdndrla^ Monogijnia. 

 panulate, 5-toothed. 



I B. divarica'ta (Lin. spec. 535.) leaves obtuse at tlie base; 

 leaflets hardly connected to the middle, free parts oblong, acute, 

 2-nerved, diverging ; petals lanceolate. 

 America. 



Lin. hort. cliff, p. 156. t. 15. 



Z)i?;ar2ca^e-lobed-leaved Mountain-ebony. 

 Clt, 1 742. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



Tj . S. Native of South 

 Flowers white. 



Fl. June, Sept. 



2 B. Lamarckia'na (D. C. prod. 2. p. 512.) leaves cordate 

 at the base, glabrous above, pubescent on the nerves beneath ; 



parts 



Na- 



leaflets joined together to the middle, 2-nerved, free 



bluntish, and ratlier diverging; petals lanceolate, 

 tive of South America. 



I?. S. 



B. divaricata, Lam. diet. 1. p. 389. 

 exclusive of the synonyme, ex Desf. cat. hort. par. p. 211. B. 

 retusa, 



white. 



Poir. suppl. 1. p. G99. but not of Roxb. Flowers 



Lamarck's Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1818. Shrub 6 feet. 



3 B. spatha'cea (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon, ined, ex D. C. 



prod. 2. p. 512.) leaves glabrous, emarginately cordate both at 



« , . the base and apex ; leaflets connected beyond the middle, 2- 



Calyx coriaceous, cam- ^^^^^j^ f^^^- p^^,^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^.^ ^^^^j^ lanceolate. Tj. S. Na- 



Petals 5, unguiculate, nearly equal. Sta- ^j^^ ^f j^ew Spain. Flowers white, 4-petalled according to the 



Legume truncate. Leaves 2-lobed, ^^^^^^ ^^j^^ spathaceous. 



mens 10. Style wanting. 



like those o{ Bauhinia. It is said by the author to be a genus 



intermediate between Hymence'a and Bauhinia. 



1 S. microsta'chya (Raddi, 1. c.) lobes or leaves ovate, ob- 

 tuse : branches cirrhiferous. 



Rio Janeiro, in hedges. 



^2. 



v^' 



S. Native of Brazil, near 



^ Young branches, calyxes, peduncles, 



and petioles clothed'with rusty tomentum. 

 SmalUspiked Schnella- Shrub cl. 



2 S. MACRosTA^CHYA (Raddi, 1. c. f. 4.) lobes of leaves ovate- 

 roundish 

 lonff. 



ftign mountains. 



flowers in spikes ; spikes axillary and terminal, very 



^ • V ,. S. 



SpathaceouS'-c^yyiedi Mountain-ebony. 



4 B. SUBROTUNDIFO LIA (CaV. 



icon. 5. t. 406.) leaves hardly cor- 

 date at the base, clothed with hairy 

 tomentum beneath ; leaflets con- 

 nected to the middle, ovate, ob- 

 tuse, almost semi-orbicular ; petals 

 oblong, on long claws (f. 58. b,), )j . 

 S. Native of Calava, near Manilla, 



Clt. 1823. Sh. 6 ft. 

 FIG. 58. 



Native of Brazil, about Rio Janeiro, on the ^^^ j^^ ^^^ .^i^j^i^y ^f Acapulco. 



Long-spiked Schnella. 

 8 S. 



Shrub cl. 



SMitA'ciNA ; climbing ; branches cirrhiferous ; leaves 

 undivided, ovate, acuminated, 5-nerved, glabrous ; racemes spi- 

 cate,^ elongated. ^2 . ^. S. Native of Brazil. Caulotrepus 

 smilacinus. Schott, in Spreng. syst. append, p. 406. 



SmdaxAWie Schnella. Shrub cl. 



CuW, For culture and propagation see Bauhinia, 



CCXCIL BAUHrNIA (named by Plumier in memory of the 

 Ijv'o famous botanists of the 16th century, John and Caspar 

 *|auhin, brothers ; the leaves being simple but 2-lobed, which 



The plant from the Philippine Is- 

 lands is much more tomentose than 

 that found in the vicinity of Aca- 



Petals red. 



pulco. 



Roundish-leaved 



Mountain- 



ebony. Shrub 6 feet. 



5 B. 



(Cav. 



LUNA RIA 



leaves glabrous ; 



icon. t. 

 leaflets 



circumstance, it is said, gave occasion to Plumier to name this Moow-Ieaved Mountain-ebony. 



407.) 



free, or joined to the middle, 3-nerved, ovate-roundish ; racemes 



simple, tomentose ; claws of petals very long and pilose. ^ . S. 

 Native of the vicinity of Acapulco and Calava. Petals red. 



Clt. 1 820. Shrub 6 feet. 



genus from the two brothers). 

 ^H. Lam. ill. t. 329. 



Plum. gen. t. 13. Lin. gen. no. 



D. C. legum. mem. xiii. prod. 2. p. 512. 



-^i^. SYST. Decdndriay Monogynia. Sepals 5, irregularly con- 



nected together into a 5.cleft calyx, or cleft late 

 etals 5, spreading, oblong, rather unequal. 



rally, membranous. 



^tant from the 



6 B. PEs-cA'pRiE (Cav. icon. t. 404.) leaves glabrous, glaucous 

 beneath, coriaceous, cordate at the base ; leaflets connected be- 

 neath the middle, oblong, 3-nerved, the free'parts nearly parallel 

 when young, but at length diverging at the apex ; petals oblong, 



' " ■" " .S. 



rest. Stamens 10, sometimes 9 of which are 

 sterile and monadelphous (f. 58. c), and the tenth loose and 

 ^•k^/^' 58. e.), sometimes all are monadelphous at the base, 

 l^ith all or only 5 or 3 of them fertile ; the rest sterile. 



upper one usually on long claws, and are hairy as well as the sterile stamens. ^2 



L^^^g, pedicellate. 



Ovary 



g ^ . .„.^. Legume l-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. 



eeds compressed, oval, with the endopleura tumid. 



constantly composed of 2-joined leaflets at 



Embryo 

 straight, whh an ovate radicle, and flat cotyledons.— Shrubs, 

 ^«h 2-lobed leaves, 



. top of the petiole, sometimes nearly altogether free, some- 

 tjnoes nearly joined together to the apex, but usually joined to- 

 jether more or less, and with an awn in the recess. Flowers 

 •disposed in rarpmp« 



Native of Mexico, about Acapulco, on the sea-shore. Caspa- 

 ria pes-caprse. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 318. 



Petals reddish. 



G^oa/'^-^/boMeaved Mountain-ebony. Shrub 6 feet. 



7 B. AURf TA (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 48.) leaves glabrous, cor- 

 date at the base ; leaflets connected the fourth part of their 

 length, oblong-lanceolate, nearly parallel, 6-8-nerved; petals 



^2 . S. Native of Jamaica. Mill. fig. 



Flowers white. 



ovate, on short stipes, 

 t. 61. 



B. divaricata /3, Lin. spec. 5S5. 

 Eared Mountain-ebony. Fl. Aug. Sept. 

 4 to 6 feet. 



Clt. 1756. Shrub 



racemes. 



8 B. porre'cta (Swartz, prod. p. GQ.) leaves cordate at the 



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