154 CONTRIBUTIONS FJIOM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



sp(H'i(*H, there are 5 to 10 fertile stamens. In Casparia, containing (lie third, tlien* is 

 but 1 fertile Rtamen. Tlu^ legume \s straiglit, linear^ coriaceous, continuouSj 2-valved. 

 Both axillary and terminal racemes occur. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



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Fertile ytamens 10 or 5. (Section Pauletia.) 



Petals narrow, linear; stamen?? 5. 1. Bavhinia pauletia. 



Petals obovato or obcordate; stamens 10. 2, Bavhinia tomentosa. 



Fertile ptamens 1, the r(\^t without anthers. (Section Ca.s- 

 paria.) 



3, Bouhinia happleri. 



1. Bauhinia pauletia Vi^r^. 



(Urban, 271.) 



Erect or scandeut shrubs 3 meters high, armed, leaves sul>orbiciilar or quadrate, 5 to 

 8 cm. long and wide, ghibrous above, pubescent beneath; petiole 1 to 2.5 cm. long; 

 calyx lol)es 10 to 14 cm. long; petals narrowly linear, 5 to S cm. long, 1 to 1.5 mm. wide; 

 legume 15 to 25 cm. long, 1 to 1,5 cm. wide, subton^iontose; flowering and fruiting in 

 January and February. 



In the copse near Mayaguez; near Cabo Rojo; near Guanica, between La Plata and 

 Sabana Grande near Limon. — Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela. West Indies, 

 Trinidad, in shady woods near Arima. 



Local names, mariposa^ arana gato, 



2. Bauhinia tomentosa L. 



(Urban, 271.) 



Shrub 1 to 4 meters high; leaves cordate, usually 7-nerved, membranous, 3,75 cm. 

 to 7.50 cm. in diameter, bilobed to one-half or one-third its length, glabrous above, 

 paler or somewhat glaucous, minutely tomentose-pubescent or glabrate beneath, the 

 lobes rounded above and below; calyx limb spathaceoTis; petals obovato or obcordate, 

 2.50 to G.25 cm. long, sul)sessile or shortly clawed, venation divergent, not i^rominent, 

 pale yellow, posterior one pale purple, with a reddish, nearly black, spot at the base. 



Cultivated and also seemingly wild, near Fajardo on waysides; near Mayaguez. 

 Jamaica, Haiti, St. Thomas, St. Croix, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Trinidad. Native 

 country, southeastern Asia, tropical Africa. 



3. Bauhinia kappleri Sagot.*^ 



(Urban, 271.) 



Tree or shrub 10 to 15 meters high; leaves ovate or orbicular, 8 to 12, sometimes 18 



cm. long and wide, truncate orsubcordateatthe base, 11 tol3-nerved, unarmed; petioles 

 3 to G cm. long; calyx 2 cm. long; petals obovate, 5 cm. h)ng, 2 to 2.5 cm. wide; flowers 



very largi', showy, whitish, rose color, or yellow, with purple lines in lax racemes. 



Cultivated and seemingly spontaneous, near Bayamon; near Fajardo; near Naguabo; 

 around Hacienda Oriente; near Adjuntas at Saltillo; near Pefiuelas at La Cueva'; 

 near Cabo Rojo on Mount Buena Vista; near Mayagutv.; near ^lanati on calcareous 

 mountains; near Rio Arriba around dwellings. — Cuba, Jamaica (Hitchcock), Haiti, 

 St. Tliomas, St. Croix, St. Kitts, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent, Guiana. 

 Native country, southeastern Asia? 



Local names, flamhoydn bianco, varietal^ sepJina. 



^ For illustration see Cook and Ctjllins, pi. ID, facing p. 00. 



