[1708 J]. 
BAUHINIA PORRECTA. SMOOTH-LEAVED 
MounTAIN EBONY. 
Jobieblibe eben 
2 Clafs and Order. | ¥ 
DecanpRIA MonocyNia- 
Generic Charaéfer. 
Cal. 5-fidus deciduus. Petala patula, oblonga unguiculata : 
fuperiore magis diftante ; omnia calyci inferta. Legumen, 
_ Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. 
BAUHINIA porreéa ; floribus’ monandris, pedunculis laxe 
racemolis, petalis lanceolatis : unguibus filiformibus, foliis 
cordatis: lobis trinerviis. . : 
BAUHINIA porrefta; foliis cordatis: lobis porrettis acutis 
trinerviis, petalis lanceolatis. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. 2. p. 48 
Z. alt. 3. p. 23. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 510. Swartz Prod. 
66. cui flores fubdecandri.. = 
BAUHINIA porvreéta ; floribus diadelphis fubdecandris, foliis 
cordatis, lobis femiovatis acutis fubquadrinerviis, petalis 
lanceolatis. Facq. Hort. Schoenb. 1. p. 52. t.100. 
BAUHINIA foliis bilobis fpicis laxis terminalibus. Brown 
Fam. 286. ; 
BAUHINIA non aculeata, folio ampliori et bicorni, Plum. 
Gen. 23. Ic. 44. fi 2.? _~ : 
SENN fpurie aut Afpalatho affinis arbor filiquofa, foliis 
binis. Sloane Fam, 150. Hifl. 1. p. §1- 
The genus Baunint1a was named by Piumrer, in honour 
of Joun and Caspar Baunin, the moft celebrated Botanifts 
of their day; and Linnvus has ingenioufly conneéled the 
plant with the name, by comparing the two lobed leaves, or 
as it were two leaves iffuing from the fame bafe, with the 
above-named _ 
