460 



LEGUMINOSiE. CCXCII. Bauhinia, 



base, with the nerves on the under side as vteW as the petioles 



15 B. LEPTOPE^TALA (Moc. et Sesse, fl.mex. icon, ined. D.C. 



and hranches puberulous ; leaflets connected to about the mid- prod. 2. p. 513 ) spines stipular ; leaves cordate at the base, 

 die, ovate, acuminated, 3-4-nerved, nearly parallel ; petals Ian- glabrous; leaflets ovate, acuminated, S-nerved, parallel, con- 

 ceolate. T2 . S» Native of Jamaica and St. Domingo. Sims, 

 bot. mag. 1708. Jacq. schoenbr. t. 100. Plum. ed. Burm. t. 

 44. f. 2. Petals white. 



nected beyond the middle ; peduncles axillary, 2-flowered, con- 

 stituting a leafy raceme ; petals linear, acute ; 5 fertile stamens 

 very long. '^ . S. Native of New Spain. Flowers greenish. 



Stretched'Out Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1737. Sh. 10 to 12 ft. Very nearly allied to B. Pauletia. 



9 B. LATiFOLiA (Cav. icon. t. 405.) leaves ovate or cordate 

 at the base, young ones, petioles, and branchlets puberulous ; 



Slender-petalled Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1818. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 

 16 B. aculea'ta (Lin. spec. 535.) spines stipular; leaves 



leaflets connected beyond the middle, broadly ovate, 3-nerved, rather cordate at the base, glabrous ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, 3- 



acute, and rather diverging at the apex ; petals lanceolate, sti- 

 pitate, a little undulated. ^ . S. Native of New Spain. In 

 a specimen sent from the Botanic Garden at Madrid to De Can- 

 dolle, the pedicels, calyxes, and ovaries were downy. Flowers 

 white. 



^roaJ-Zearec? Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1818. Shrub 5 to 6 ft. 



nerved, connected nearly to the apex ; petals lanceolate, deeply 

 crenated ; stamens 9-10, incurved. Tj . S, Native of South 

 America. Plum. ed. Burm. t. 44. f. 1. Jacq. amer, p. 119. 

 t. 177. ed. pict. p. 60. t. 260. f. 31. Flowers large, white, with 

 a somewhat unpleasant scent, W^e. Savin. 



Prickly Mountain-ebony. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1737. Sh. 



10 B. ca'ndida (Alt. hort, kew. 2. p. 49.) leaves cordate at 4 to 6 feet, climbing. 



the base, pale and pubescent beneath ;, leaflets connected a little 

 beyond the middle, ovate-oblong, bluntish ; sepals smooth, end- 

 ing in a long taper point. T2 . S. Native of Java and other 

 parts of the East Indies. Flowers white. 



W^Ai^e-;/?owererf Mountain-ebony. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1777. 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



11 B. acumina^ta (Lin. spec. 5SQ.^ leaves rather cordate at 

 the base, smoothish ; leaflets connected beyond the middle, 

 ovate, acuminated, parallel, 4-nerved ; sepals attenuated ; petals 

 broadly ovate, hardly stipitate. ^ . S. Native of Malabar. — 

 Rheed. mal. t. 34. B. acuminata, Burm. ind. 94, exclusive of 



17 B. kotundata (Mill. diet. no. 7.) spines stipular; leaves 

 somewhat cordate at the base ; lobes rounded ; petals 3 inches 

 long, about the length of the stamens ; flowers lateral. Tj . S. 

 Native of Carthagena, in New Spain. Flowers large, white. 



7?oimrfed-leaved Mountain-ebony. Tree 20 feet. 



18 B. forfica'ta (Link, enum. 1. p. 404.) stem prickly; 

 leaves cordate at the base, glabrous ; leaflets connected to the 

 middle, stretched out, 4-nerved; petals lanceolate. h' S. 

 Native of Brazil. Flowers white. Stamens not described. 



Piwc^r-leaved Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1823. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



19 B. EMARGiNA TA (Mill. dict. no. 5.) stem prickly; leaves 



the synonymes of R. Brown and Sloane. Bauhinia, Burm. cordate at the base, tomentose beneath ; leaflets orbicular, con- 

 zeyh 45. Flowers pure white, void of scent. nected almost to the apex. b . S. Native of New Spain, at 



^cM/niwa^e</-leaved Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1808. Sh. 5 to 6 ft. 



w 



Sect. II. Paule'tia (in honour of John James Paulet, M.D. 

 who published a work at Paris in 1791, entitled Tabula planta- 

 rum fungosarum). Cav. icon. 5. p. 5. D. C. prod. 2. p. 513. 

 Stamens 10, somewhat monadelphous at the very base, all fer- 

 tile, or the 5 alternate ones are sterile, and the other 5 fertile. 

 Ovary stipitate. 



• Prickly or spiny shrubs. , 



12 B Pauletia (Pers. ench. 1. p. 455.) spines stipular; 

 leaves glabrous, ovate at the base ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, pa- 

 rallel, 4-nerved, connected beyond the middle ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, 2-flowered, constituting a leafy raceme ; petals and sepals 

 linear, acute ; the 5 fertile stamens very long. T2 . S. Native 

 of the vicinity of Panama. Pauletia aculeata, Cav. icon. t. 410. 

 P. spinosa, Poir. suppl. 1. p. 599. B. Panamensis, Spreng. 

 syst. 2. p. 384. Petals yellowish red. 



Pauleys Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



13 B. GLANDULosA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 513.) Opines stipular; 

 leaves nearly orbicular, rather cordate, membranous, pubescent 

 beneath, and full of glandular dots ; leaflets connected, semi- 

 ovate, 4-nerved, obtuse, divaricate ; flowers 1-3, opposite the 

 leaves ; calyx hairy on the outside ; petals oblong-lanceolate. 



^ . S. Native of New Barcelona. Pauletia glandul6sa, H.B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 314. Flowers white. Fruit un- 

 known. Allied to J5. Pauletia. 



Glandular Mountain-ebony. Shrub. 



nected almost to the apex. ^ • S. 



Carthagena. Flowers large, terminal, of a dirty white colour. 

 Emarginate-\edi\eA Mountain- ebony. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



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Unarmed shrubs. 



20 B. ine'rmis (Pers. ench. 1. p. 455. but not of Forsk.) 

 leaves ovate at the base, ferruginous beneath ; leaflets oblong, 

 acute, 4-nerved, parallel, connected a little beyond the middle ; 

 racemes terminal, leafless, simple; petals linear; stamens 10, 

 fertile ; anthers glabrous. ^2 . S. Native of Mexico, about 

 Acapulco. Pauletia inermis, Cav. icon. t. 409. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 316. Flowers white. 



Unarmed Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1810. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



21 B. RUFE'scENs(Lam. dict. l.p. 391. ill. 321. f. 2.) leaflets 

 distinct, semiorbicular, 3-nerved, glabrous ; petals lanceolate ; 

 stamens 10, fertile; anthers hairy. Tj . S. Native of Senegal 

 and Gambia and the Cape of Good Hope, as well as of the 

 Mauritius. B. rub6scens, Pers. ench. 1. p. 455. Flowers 

 pale red. 



Rufescent Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1810. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



22 B. PARviFLORA (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 55.) leaves roundish, 

 glabrous above and shining, but glaucous beneath and pilose on 

 the nerves ; leaflets distinct, roundish, 3-nerved ; racemes leal- 

 less, longer than the leaves ; petals linear ; stamens 10, villous 

 at the base. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. Calyx spa- 

 thaceous, villous before expansion. Perhaps a climbing shrub. 



Small-flowered Mountaiu-ebony. Clt. 1803. Shrub 5 to 6 it. 



23 B, Madagascarie'nsis (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p- 74.; 



14 B, GUANDiFLORA (Juss. in Poir. suppl. 1 . p. 600.) spines leaves cordate at the base, quite smooth; leaflets obtuse, 3- 



nerred, rather ascending ; stamens 10, the 5 alternate ones very 

 short ; petals on long claws, oval, acute. 1? . S. Native ot 



stipular ; leaves roundish, cordate at the base, tomentose be- 

 neath ; leaflets connected to the middle, ovate, obtuse, 3-4- 

 nerved ; branchlets and calyxes pubescent ; peduncles axillary, 

 1-3-flowered, constituting a raceme; bracteoles ending in a 

 setaceous acumen ; stamens shorter than the petals. ^ . S. 

 Native of Peru. Hook, bot. misc. 1. p. 218. t. 91. Flowers 

 white. 



Great-flowered Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1820. Shrub. 



Made- 



agascar. Leaves about an inch long. 



Flowers white. 



Madagascar Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1826. Sh. 5 to 6 feet. 



24 B. u'ngula (Jacq fragm. 22. t. 15. f. 1.) leaves ovate at 

 the base, clothed with soft villi ; leaflets connected beyond the 

 middle, ovate, obtuse, parallel, 3-nerved; flowers axillary; 

 petals elliptic, unguiculate ; stamens 10? fertile. ^2 • S. Na- 



