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above : tube l"long : limb either entire, elliptical-oblong, or bursting into 5 segments below 

 the cohering summit ; petals and stamens 2"-3" long ; anthers affixed above their base, re- 

 curved, 6"'-8"' long ; ovary oblong-cylindrical, rusty -tomentose, tapering into the exserted 

 gynophore, and into the style, 1^'Mong: stigma 2V" long, IV" broad. — Hab. S. Kitts !, 

 Antigua 1, Wullschl. ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Or., where its branches are used as 

 wood hoops ; [Cuba (Benth.)~\. 



189. B. Brederaeyeri, Vog. Armed with minute stipuJar spines ; hranchlets tomen- 

 tose ; leaves subquadrate-oblong or roundish, bilobed to one-third or one-fourth, rounded at the 

 base, 7-nerved, pubescent above, velvety beneath : lobes ovate, blunt, divergent ; flowers ge- 

 minate or solitary ; calyx externally pubescent, spathaceous, with the cohering summit entire ; 

 petals elliptical, with a bluntish point, tapering into the claw, glabrous, twice as long as the 

 calyx-limb ; stamens connected very shortly at the base, all fertile : anthers linear, recurved ; 

 stigma infundibular-lamellate, ovate, blunt, unilateral. — Leaves 3V'-1" long, 2"-l" broad ; 

 calyx-tube 6"', limb 1", petals 2", anthers 3", stigma 1'" long.— Hab. Trinidad I, Sch. ; 

 [Venezuela !]. 



190. B. ungula, Jacq. Armed with stipular spines ; hranchlets puberulous ; leaves 

 roundish-subquadrate, bilobed to one- third or one half, subcordate at the base, 11-9-nerved, 

 puberulous beneath : lobes ovate-deltoid, xcith a bluntish point, divergent ; flowers geminate 

 or solitary ; calyx externally puberulous, spathaceous with the cohering summit entire ; petals 

 spathulate-oblong, refuse, tapering into the short claw, glabrous, twice as long as the calyx- 

 limb ; stamens all fertile, 9 connected at the base ; anthers linear, recurved ; stigma in- 

 fundibular-lamellate, unequally bilobed, blunt. — J acq. Amer. Pict. t. 260. /. 31 ; Fragm. 

 t. 15. /. 1 ; Desc. Fl. 2. t. 128. — B. aculeata, Jacq. (non L. ex Plum). B. pubescens, D 0. 

 B. acuminata, Desc. (non L.). — A shrub; leaves IV'— 1" diam. ; flowers white; calyx-tube 

 4'", limb 9"'-12'", petals lV'-2", anthers 2'", larger stigma-lip V" long.— Hab. Jamaica!, 

 March; [S. Thomas ! ; Venezuela, New Granada]. 



191*. B. variegata, L. Armed with weak spinescent stipules; hranchlets puberulous; 

 leaves roundish, bilobed to one- third, truncate at the base, 9-ne.rved, puberulotis beneath -. lobes 

 broadly ovate, rounded-blunt, parallel; peduncles bifid, 2-flowered : bracteoles lanceolate- 

 linear, persistent ; calyx externally puberulous, spathaceous or entire, minutely denticulate at 

 the summit ; petals broadly obovate, rounded at the top, subsessile, glabrous, thrice as long 

 as the calyx-limb ; stamens 5-7 fertile, subdistinct at the ciliate base, included : anthers 

 oblong-linear, recurved ; stigma infundibular-lamellate, unequally bilobed : larger lip reni- 

 form. — Bheed. Mai. 1. 1. 32. — A shrub ; leaves 2" diam. ; flowers rosy -white : one petal with 

 a purple blotch at the base ; calyx-tube 2'", limb 6'" -8'" long ; petals lV'-2"long, 15"'-18'" 

 broad ; anthers 1 V long ; legume flat-compressed, membranaceous, glabrescent, 5"-3" long, 

 6'" broad : gynophore very short. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, March, common ; [in- 

 troduced from the East Indies] . 



69. SCHNELLA, Radd. 



Calyx-tube campauulate : limb bilabiate to 5-fid. Petals 5, inserted with the stamens near 

 the base of the calyx -tube. Stamens 1 0, distinct, all fertile. Ovary sessile : stigma capi- 

 tate, usually oblique. Legume bivalved or tardily dehiscent, flat-compressed. — Cirrhiferous 

 vines, rarely erect woody plants ; leaflets 2, distinct or united, palmatinerved ; flowers in 

 terminal racemes. 



192. S. splendens, Benth. ! Scandent ; leaflets distinct, semiovate, acuminate or 

 pointleted, subsemicordate at the base, parallel, 3-4-nerved, shining-glabrous above, aurate 

 with a silky (or evanescent) down beneath ; calyx-lobes blunt ; petals externally villous, 

 unequal, the larger obovate, twice as long as the calyx. — Aubl. t. 144. — Bauhinia, Kth. 

 B. Outimoutou, Aubl. B. macrophylla, Pair, and PI. Carib. B. riparia, Splitgerb. ! — 

 Leaflets 8"-4", petiole 6"-3", pedicels V", flowers 5"'-6'" long.— Hab. Caribbean Islands ; 

 [Guadeloupe ! ; Panama !, Guiana !, equatorial Brazil !]. 



193. S. excisa, Or. (n.sp.). Scandent, cirrhiferous, glabrescent; leaves cordate-roundish, 

 minutely bilobed at the summit to one-sixth or one-tenth, 9-11 -nerved : lobes parallel, del- 

 toid-acuminate, bluntish ; calyx-lips minutely denticulate ; petals externally villous, at length 

 glabrate, except in the middle, twice as long as the calyx. — Branchlets rusty-puberulous ; 



