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ROSE MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN PLANTS. 97 



CAESALPINIACEAE. 



THREE NEW BATJHINIAS. 



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Bauhinia confusa Rose, sp. now 



Shrub ubout 2 meters high; i>abeseenceoii young branches short and dense; leaves 

 5 to G cm. long, either rounded at base or with a broad sinus, the terminal lobes 

 about one-third the length of the blade, slightly i^proading, acute, slightly hairy 

 above, pubescent on tbe veins beneath; petiole shorter tlian tlie blade, pubescent; 

 inflorescence a den?=e raceme becoming 4 to 5 cm. long; bracts long-acuminate; buds 

 elongated, with long free tips; calyx spatliaceous; corolla white, 15 mm. long, taper- 

 ing at base into a slender claw, long-acuminate; perfect stamens one, glal^rous;- ovary 

 on a long slender stipe, pubescent; pods 10 to 12 cm. long, 10 to 12 mm. broad, flat, 



glabrate. 



Type U. S. National Herbarium no. 461982 (IVingle's no. :;i04). 

 Specimens examined: 



San I.uis Potosi: Tamasopa Caflon, C. G. IVingle, June 25, 1890 (no. 3104); 

 San Dieguito, Dr. E. Palmer, June, 1904 (no. 12(5); near Tancanhuitz,E. W. 

 Nelson, :\Iay, 1898 (no. 4363). 



Dr. Pringle's specimens were distributed as />'. diraricata L., a species with very 

 different leaves. 



The above description of the pods is drawn from Mr. Nelson's specimen. 

 Bauhinia goldmani KoaCj sp. nov. 



A small tree 6 to 8 njctcrs high; young branches pubescent; petioles 6 to 10 mm. 

 long; leaves slightly cordate at base, 5 to 7 cm. long, the lobes ojie-third the length 

 of the blade, ovate, ascending and obtuse, glabrate above, softly pubescent beneath, 

 reticulate; racemes siiort and compact; peduncles 15 to 18 mm. long; calyx tips free, 

 filiform; petals narrow, glabrous, about 25 nun. ],,ng, purple; perfect stamen 1; ovary 

 long-stipitate, pubescent; pods 10 to 12 cm. long, 12 mm. broad, long-apiculate, on a 

 stipe 10 to 18 nnn. long. 



Type U, S. National Herbarium no. 470540, collected by E. A. (Toldman at Tuxtla 

 Gutierrez, Chiapas, ^Farch 8, 1904 (no. 742). 



Bauhinia (rauletia) longiflora Rose, sp. nov. 



A bush 3 meters high, with pubescent brandies; leaves orbicular, 25 to 50 mm, 

 long, bnjadly cordate at base, lobed at apex, glabrous above, pale and pubescent 

 beneath, 7 to 9-nervcd; lobes rounded; ]>etioles shorter than the leaves; stipules 

 spinescent, uneiiual; flowers axillary in twos, or in terminal racemes, slender, 7.5 

 to 10 cm. long, greenish-yellow; calyx spathaceous; petals 5, filiform; stamens 10, 

 5 anther-bearing; ovaries villous; pods 15 to 20 cm. long, 12 mm. Ijroad. 



Type U, S. National Herbarium no. 305328, collected Ijy Dr. K Palmer, ravines 

 and mountain sides, Ymala, Sinaloa, August 16 to 25, 1891 {no. 1426); in fruit, 

 October 17 (letter J>). 



FOUR NEW CASSIAS- 



Cassia arida Rose, sp. nov. 



Perennial, innch branched at l)ase, erect, 15 cm. high, pubescent; stipules linear, 

 pubescent, oft(Mi glandular; petioles slender, 3 fo4 cju. long, bearing a slender gland 

 between the Icaflots of the lowest pair; leaflets 3 pairs, oblong, 15 to 22 mm. long, 

 tipped by a brown i)erhaps deciduous macro; peduncles 6 to 9 cm. long; pods 3 to 4 

 cm. long, sonjcwhat incurved, acuminate, hairy. 



Type U. S. National Herbarium no. 453267, collected by J. N. Rose aiul Jos. H. 

 Painter, near Higuerillas, Queretaro, August 23, 11105 (no. 0778). A conunon plant 

 of the deserts in that localitv. 



CasoJa demissa Ruse, sp. nov. 



Stems low, often trailing, much branched, pubescent; petioles slender, 15 to 30 

 mm. long; leaflets generally two pairs, rarely three pairs, oblong, 10 to 15 mm. long, 



4153— VOL x, PT 3— OG 3 



