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BAUHINIA FORFICATA. ForcipaATED 
BavuuInNIA, 
KEK KEKE KEKE EEE KEE EERE 
Class and Order. 
Decanpria Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosz. ) 
Generic Character. 
ala 5 irregulariter concreta in calycem 5-fidum aut 
lateraliter fissum membranaceum. fPetala 5 patula oblon- 
ga subinequalia, superiore a ceteris sepé distante. Sta- - 
mina 10, nunc 9 sterilia monadelpha, decimo libero antheri- 
fero, nunc im basi submonadelpha omnia aut 5 aut 3 fer- 
tilia. Ovarium pedicellatum longum. Legumen |-loculare 
2-valve polyspermum. Semtna compressa ovalia, endo- 
pleura tumida. Embryo rectus, radicula ovata, cotyledo- 
nibus planis.—Frutices. Folia biloba, nempe constantia 
foliolis 2 apici petiolr sitis 2—}5 nerviis, nunc omnino liberis, 
nunc omnino concretis sepius plus minus margine interiort 
nerviformi connatis, in sinu aristatis. Flores racemost. 
DC. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Bauninta* forficata ; ramis flexuosis aculeatis, foliis glabris 
basi cordatis, foliolis ad tertiam partem coalitis acumi- 
natis porrectis 3—5-nerviis, petalis patentibus (albis) 
lanceolatis costatis, staminibus 10 ascendentibus lon- 
gitudine petalorum. 
Bauurnra forficata. Link, Enum. Plant. Hort. Berol. 1. p. 
404. Link et Otto, Hort. Berol. t.36.p.79. De Cand. 
Prodr. 2. p. 514. 
* So named after the two brothers, Joun and GasPaR BAvUHIN, distin- 
guished Botanists of the sixteenth century, whose united labours are com- 
memorated in the twin leaves of this remarkable Genus. 
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