LEGUMINOS^. CCXCII. Bauhinia. 



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tive of Caraccas. B. aculeata, Jacq. amer. 119. t. 177. f. 2. 



Flowers white. 



Glaucescent Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1817. Tr. 20 to 30 ft. 

 33 B- RETICULATA (D. C. leguHi. mem. xiii.) leaves coria- 



C/awec?-petalled Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1817. Sh. 5 to 6 ft. ceous, cordate at the base, glabrous, minutely reticulated be- 

 25 B. ungula'ta (Lin. spec. 535.) leaves ovate at the base; tween the nerves; leaflets broadly ovate, obtuse, connected 



leaflets connected to the middle, oval-oblong, parallel, with the beyond the middle, diverging at the apex ; flowers disposed in 



inner side straight; petals subulate; stamens 10, alternate 5 



short, b . S. Native of South America. Flowers white. 



nearly sessile fascicles in the axils of the leaves ; calyxes and 

 ovaries tomentose ; legumes broad, linear, glabrous. ^ . S. 



Ungulated-petsWed Mountain-ebony. Clt. ? Tr. 18 to 20 ft. Native of Senegal and of Arabia, if B. inermts of Forsk. descrip. 



26 B. VARiEGA^TA (Lin. spec. 535.) leaves cordate at the base, p. 85. be the same as J5. platisiligua^ Perr. in litt. Stamens 10, 



glabrous ; leaflets broadly-ovate, obtuse, 5-nerved, connected free, 8 of which are antheriferous. Petals nearly equal. Ovary 



beyond the middle ; petals ovate, nearly sessile ; stamens 10, stipitate. Legume twice the breadth of that of B. purpurea. 

 the 5 longest fertile. Tj . S. Native of Malabar. Rheed. mal. JteticulatedAeaved Mountain-ebony. Shrub. 



Flowers in loose, ter- 



34- B. oDORATi'ssiMA (Newm. mss. in herb. Lamb.) leaves 



1. t. 34. Calyx bursting lengthwise. 



ininal racemes. Petals red marked with white, and yellow at broad, cordate; leaflets connected to the middle, 4-nerved, acu- 



the base. 



Var. /3, Chinensis (D. C, prod. 2. p. 514.) leaves rounded at 

 the base; petals acute, lilac, with 1 

 each. 



T?. S. Native of China. 



purple spot at the base of 

 Braam. icon. chin. t. 26. 



minated, coriaceous ; racemes long, terminal. ^. S. 

 Maranham. Flowers large, very sweet-scented. 

 Very-sweet-scented Mountain-ebony. Shrub. 



Native of 



Variegated-Qowered Mountain-ebony. 

 1G90. Tree 20 feet. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 



27 B. ctjcullVta (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 74.) leaves 

 roundish, pubescent on the nerves ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, 4- 



fj. S. Native of 



Nearly allied to B, variegata^ but the flowers 

 are said to be smaller. 



nerved, rather ascending ; flowers axillary. 

 the East Indies. 



Calyx bursting lengthwise. 



Cucidlate-\edi\ed Mountain-ebony. Shrub. 



28 B. TOMENTosA (Lin. spec. 536.) leaves ovate or roundish 

 at the base, under surface villous as well as the petioles, branches, 

 stipulas, peduncles, bracteas, and calyxes ; leaflets connected 

 beyond the middle, oval, obtuse, 3-4-nerved; peduncles 1-3- 

 flowered; petals obovate, obtuse ; stamens 10, fertile, unequal. 

 *?. S. Native of Ceylon. Burm. zeyL p. 44. t. 18. 

 pale yellow, with a red spot at the claw. The native practi- 

 tioners of India prescribe the dried leaves and young flowers of 

 tliis plant in certain dysenteric affections. 



Sect. III. Symphyopoda (from ffv^^vw, symphyo^ to glue 

 together, and tzovq tto^oc, pous podosy a foot ; in reference to the 

 foot or stipe of the ovary). D. C. legum. mem. xiii. prod. 9. 

 p. 515. Stamens monadelphous at the base, 3 fertile ones very 

 long, the rest small, sterile, or almost abortive. Ovary stipitate, 

 the stipe adhering to the tube of the calyx. Branches terete. 



35 B. RACEMOSA (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 56, t. 62.) branches te- 

 rete ; leaves cordate at the base, clothed with silky villi beneath 

 as well as on the peduncles, petioles, branches, calyxes, and 

 petals ; leaflets broadly ovate, obtuse, connected to the middle, 



somewhat 



5-nerved, rather diverging at the apex ; racemes 

 corymbose ; petals obovate, obtuse ; flowers triandrous. 

 S. Native of the East Indies. 



h' 



\^' 



Petals 



Ixaccmose'Rowered Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1790. Shrub cl. 

 36 B. tria'ndra (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 31.) leaves roundish, 

 glabrous; leaflets joined to the middle, 4-nerved ; racemes ax- 



S. Na- 



illary and terminal ; legume stipitate, pubescent. 



Flowers white. 



Tomentose Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1808. Shrub 6 to 12 ft. tive of the East Indies. 

 B. pube'scens (D. C. legum. mem. xiii.) leaves rather ferous. (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



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29 



Stamens 3, antheri- 



cordate at the base, pubescent beneath and on the petioles ; 

 leaflets connected beyond the middle, oval, obtuse, 4-nerved, 

 nearly parallel ; peduncles S-4-flowered ; calyx glabrous, spa- 

 thaceous 



Triandrous Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1823. Shrub. 

 37 B. PURPUREA (Lin. spec. 536.) branches terete ; leaves 

 cordate at the base, coriaceous, when young they are clothed 



of Jam 



petals obovate ; stamens 10, fertile. \2 . S. Native with rufous tomentum, but at length becoming glabrous ; leaflets 



aica. Flowers large, white, much crowded. 



connected much above the middle, broadly ovate, obtuse, 4- 



S. Native of the East 



nerved ; petals lanceolate, acute. ^2 • 



Indies and the island of Timor. — Rheed. mal. 1. t. 33. 



Petals 



Pubescent Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1823. Shrub 4 to 6 feet, 



30 B. pi'cTA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 515.) leaves roundish-elliptic, 

 niembranous, glabrous ; leaflets connected, semi-ovate, acutish, red, one of them streaked with white on the claw. Legume 

 spreading, 5-nerved; racemes terminal, solitary; calyx clothed linear, straight, a foot long, apiculated at one end by the style 



nierica, on the banks of the river Magdalena. Paul^tia picta, 



^ith rusty tomentum ; petals oblong. T? . S. Native of South 



Atneric 



et Kunth, nov. cen. amer. 6. p. SI 6. Flowers white, 

 spotted with red. 



^rt/n^ed-leaved Mountain-ebony. Shrub. 



31 B. multine'rvia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 515.) leaves elliptic, 



ounded at the base, membranous, shining above, but rather 



P» ose beneath, the nerves ferruginous ; leaflets semi-ovate, ob- 



use, approximate, 5-nerved : flowers racemose ; calyx clothed 



^>tn rusty tomentum; petals linear. ^2 



^accas and on Montana de Capaya. Pauletiamultinervia, H. B. 



'Vunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 316. Flowers snow white. 



^gume 8-12 inches long. Perhaps the stem is unarmed. 



^/««y-nen^erf.leaved Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1817. Tr. 20 ft. 



^2 B. glauce'scens (D. C. 1. c.) leaves reniform, profoundly 



cordate, membranous, glaucescent beneath, scattered with minute 



a""** • leaflets roundish, spreading, 4-nerved. T? . S. Native 



and at the other by the stipe. 



Purple-doviered Mountain-ebony. 



38 B. KETu'sA (Roxb. hort. beng 

 branches terete 



Ch. 1778. Tree, 

 p. 31. but not of Poir.) 



retuse at the 



leaves cordate at the base, and emarginately 



glabrous ; leaflets connected 



apex, coriaceous, 

 nearly to the apex, 5-nerve(l, broadly semi-ovate ; panicle loose, 

 terminal : stamens 3, antheriferous, the rest wantincr. b . S. 



S. Native of Ca- 



Native of Bengal. 

 3-4 lines long. 



stamens 3, antheriferous, the rest wanting. 



Flowers white. 



Petals ovate, unguiculatc, 



rs 



ofC 



vaimana, on mountains near Caripe 

 • p. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 316. 

 »««^on, and unarmed. 



RetnseAe^xed Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1820. Shrub. 



39 B. Coromandelia'na (D. C. prod. 2. p. 515.) branches 

 terete ; leaves glabrous, cordate at the base ; leaflets semi-oval, 

 obtuse, parallel, connected to the middle, 4'nerved ; raceme 

 pubescent ; petals ovate-lanceolate, acute ; stamens 3, very long 

 and antheriferous, the rest short and bristle-formed, fj • S. 



Native of India, near Pondicherry. 

 Coromandel Mountain-ebony. Tree. 



40 B. coRYMBOSA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 51.) branches terete, 

 Perhaps a separate cirrhiferous ; leaflets cordate at the base, the nerves on the under 



Pauletia? glaucescens, 



Flowers and fruit unknown. 



surface as well as the petioles, branches, and calyxes clothed 



