A fine plant of this species of Baunint, with its long, 
pendent branches, has long been cultivated in the stove of 
the Glasgow Botanic Garden, but it has only lately, in July, 
1837, for the first time, produced its large, showy, white 
flowers. It is a native of Brazil, and it appears to have 
been introduced into Europe by the Prince de Nreuwien, 
who sent seeds to the Royal Garden of Berlin. 
Descr. Stems long and straggling ; the branches pen- 
dent. Spines in pairs at the base of the petioles, scarcely 
two lines long, subulate. Leaves on rather long, slender 
footstalks, more or less cordate at the base, broadly ovate, 
consisting of two semiovate leaflets united for about one- 
third of their length at the base, three to five-nerved, acu- 
minated, the points standing forward, and quite entire. Pe- 
duncles very short, axillary, one to three-flowered. Calyx 
of five long, linear-lanceolate, pale green, more or less com- 
bined, deciduous sepals. _ Corolla of five white, spreading, . 
lanceolate petals, about three inches long, obtuse, costate, 
- and with a few obscure oblique veins, somewhat unguicu- 
late. Stamens about equal in length with the corolla, 
ascending, the lower ones the longest. Filaments white, 
combined at the base. Anthers linear, yellow. - Style rather 
shorter than the stamens ; stigma thickened. 
