462 



LEGUMINOS-^. CCXCII. Bauhinia. 



with rufous villi ; leaflets semi-oval, obtuse, parallel, connected 



?? • vj« fe» 



to the middle, 3-nerved ; stamens 3 ; petals ovate, stipitate. 



Native of China and the East Indies. D. C. legum. 

 raem. xiii. t. 70, B. scandens, Burm. fl. ind. 94. Flowers white. 



Corymlose'Roviered Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1818. Shrub cl. 



41 B. Po'ttsii ; leaves glabrous, roundish, cordate, 11 -nerved; 

 lobes obtuse ; racemes terminal, corymbose ; legumes clothed 

 -wilh rusty silky hairs, ending in a long tail ; calyx cleft longi- 

 tudinally above, fj . S. Native of Pulo Penang. Potts, (v. s. 

 herb. Lamb.) 



Potts's Mountain-ebony. Shrub. 



46 B. Outi'mouta (Aubl. guian, 1. p. 375. 1. 144.) stem sar- 

 mentose, compressed, cirrhiferous ; leaflets free to the base, 

 semi-ovate, acuminated, parallel, 4-nerved, clothed with ad- 

 pressed silky down beneath ; stipulas orbicular, oblique at the 

 base, upper ones permanent ; racemes dense, short. ^2 . ^. S, 



Native of French Guiana. B.Guianensis, var. Lam.dict.l.p. 391. 

 Flowers white. The plant is called Ya-Outlmoutam Guiana. 

 Outimouta Mountain-ebony. Shrub cl. 



47 B. Guiane'ksis (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 377. t. 145.) stem 

 sarmentose, compressed, cirrhiferous ; leaflets free to the base, 

 serai-ovate, acuminated, 4-nerved, parallel, smoothish beneath, 



c. Ttr Tfc / //> T -n ^"d green on both surfaces ; stipulas wanting, very small or 



Sect. IV. Pha nkra (from favtpog phaneros, manifest ; deciduous, h . ^. S. Native of Guiana, in woods. Flowers 



from the corolla and calyx spreading much). Lour. coch. p. 37. white*? 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 516. Stamens 10, somewhat monadelphous 

 at the base, 3 of which are very long and fertile, and 7 small 

 and sterile. Ovary on a short stipe. Branches and stems com- 

 pressed, climbing. 



Guiana Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



48 B, heterophy'lla (Kunth, mim. t, 46. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 319.) stem erect, cirrhiferous; branches 

 terete, and are as well as the calyxes clothed with rusty hairs ; 



42 B. ANGUi'NA (Roxb. cor. 3. p. 82. t. 285 ) stem climbing, j^^^^^^ ^^^^^ membranous, clothed with adpressed pubescence 



regularly flexuous, compressed, cirrhiferous ; leaves glabrous, ^^^^^^^^ obliquely-oblong, rather obtuse, rounded at the base, 



, , . , ,, , , . , . , 1 , 4-nerved, lower ones connected to the middle, upper ones free ; 



nected to the middle and very much acuminated, m the adult ^^^^^^^^ terminal, solitary, leafless. Tj . ^. S. Native of South 



cordate ; leaflets 3-nerved, in the younger plants they are con- 



plants they are connected almost to the apex and ending in a America, in the' valleys of Aragun and'^near Porto Cabello of 



short acumen ; panicle terminal. \, v^. S. Native of Malabar, 

 Silhet, and Chittagon'g. — Rheed. mal. 8. t. 30 and 31. B. scan- 

 dens, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 374. exclusive of the synonyme of 



Calyx 



Caraccas. Flowers white. 



Fariable-Ieaved Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1824. Shrub cl. 

 49 B. iNTEGRiFOLTA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 90.) leaflets free, 



, ^ ,, , r 1 /* • T I'll n n Tt 4-nerved; racemes terminal, corymbose ; stamens free ; tendrils 



urceolate, bluntly 5-cleft, girdmg the alabastrum of corolla like ^^^^^^ . j^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^j^ '^ ^ ^ S. Native of the East 



Rumph. Flowers small, white. Legume 1-2-seeded. 



a cup before expansion. 



/JwaA:^ Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1790. Shrub cl. 



43 B. li'ngua (D. C. prod. 2. p. 516.) stems climbing, angu- 

 lar ; branches compressed, cirrhiferous ; leaves clothed with 



Indies, (v. s. in herb. Lamb.) 



Enlire-leaved Mountain-ebony. Shrub cl. 



* * 



iflets 



rufous villi beneath, cordate ; leaflets 3-nerved, semi-ovate, 

 acuminated, connected almost to the middle ; racemes few- 



50 B. emargina'ta (Roxb. in herb. Lamb.) leaves large, 



roundish, emarginate, with a mucrone in the recess, nerved, 



glabrous, or the leaflets are connected nearly to the apex, 4- 



luccas, in woods by the sea-side. Folium lingua, Rumph. amb. nerved ; panicles divaricate, terminal; stamens free. ^ . o*- ^* 



flowered, erect. J^ . 



v> 



S. Native of Amboyna and the Mo- 



5. p. 1. t. 1. B. scandens, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 374. exclusive of 

 the synonyme of Rheede. Flowers at first whitish, "but at 

 length change to a yellowish colour. Petals lanceolate, acute. 



Tbw^we-leaved Mountain-ebony. Shrub cl. 



44 B. cocciNEA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 516.) stem compressed, 

 unequal ; branches climbing, cirrhiferous ; leaves shining and 

 rufous beneath, cordate ; leaflets 4-nerved, semi-ovate, acumin- 

 ated, connected to the middle ; racemes on long peduncles, pen- 



G. Native of Cochin-china, in woods. 



dulous, large. Tj . ^. 



Phanera coccinea. Lour. coch. p. 37. 



Legume many-seeded. 



Petals ovate, scarlet. 



Scarlet-Rowered Mountain-ebony. Shrub cl. 



Sect. V. Caulotre^tus (from f:au\oc, kaulos, a stem. 



Native of the East Indies, (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 

 Emarginate'\ea.yed Mountain-ebony. Shrub cl. 



51 B. GLA^BRA (Jacq. amer. 119. t. 173. f. 3.) climbing; 

 branches terete ; leaves glabrous, cordate at the base ; leanets 

 oval, obtuse, parallel, 4-nerved, connected to the middle. ^2 • 

 ^. S. Native of Carthagena, in woods and among bushes. 

 Petals oval, attenuated at the base, yellowish-green, spotted 

 with purple inside. Ovary hairy. 



G/a&?o«5 Mountain-ebony. Clt, 1810. Shrub cl. 



52 B. SUAVE oLENs (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 320.) Stem compressed, cirrhiferous ; leaves membranous, cor- 

 date, pubescent beneath ; leaflets semi-ovate, rounded at the 



.S. 



apex, connected to the middle, 4-5-nerved ; racemes termi 



and rpeo; tree, to fly; in reference to the stems twining to a .native ot iNew ^pam, on t 

 great height on trees). Rich. herb, ex D.C, prod 2. p. 516. ^ear Cavico. Petals white. 



^ 



Bauhinia, Kunth, ann. sc. nat. p. 84. H. B. et Kunth, nov. 

 gen. amer. 6. p. 319. but not of Cav. Stamens 10, all fertile 

 and free, usually shorter than the petals. Calyx ventricose, 5- 

 toothed, and somewhat 2-lobed. Ovary sessile. Stems usually 

 climbing and compressed. Flowers white or yellowish. 



Sweet-scentcd-Rowered Mountain-ebony. Shrub cl. 



53 B. Cumane'nsis (H. B, et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 



321.) stem sarmentose; branches glabrous; leaves cordate a 



the base, pubescent beneath ; leaflets membranous, ovate, acut- 



lai, 



ifietsfi 



Kunth 



6. p. 



ish, 4-nerved, hardly connected to the middle ; racemes terminal, 

 solitary, sometimes bifid or cirrhiferous. Tj . ^. S. N^l^^*^ .^ 

 Cumana, near Bordones. 



Loefl. itin 



SI 9.) stem climbing, cirrhiferous?; branches compressed, gla- 

 brous ; leaflets free to the base, dimidiately ovate-oblong, 3- 

 nerved, membranous, rather shining above, but clothed with 

 fine, golden, shining down beneath. ^ . ^. S. Native of 

 South America, on the banks of the Orinoco. Flowers and 

 fruit unknown. 



Sjphndid-leayed Mountain-ebony. Shrub cl. 



1 



— — xv*«„^^. Lindl. hot. reg. 1133. 

 p. 218. ? Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ex. D. C. P^^^' ^' 

 p. 517. B. scandens Americana, Lin. spec. ed. 2. p- ^ 

 Flowers white. 



Cumana Mountain-ebony. Shrub cl. 



'\ Species not sufficiently known* 

 * Leaflets connected together to the very ajex, and therefore 

 the leaves are simple and entire. 



