340 : LEGUMINOS&. 
20. Bauhinia splendens, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 321; Griseb. Fl. Brit. 
W. Ind. p. 214. 
Schnella splendens, Benth. 
PanaMA, island of Coiba (Seemann, 625).—CaRIBBEAN ISLANDS, Guapaxovrs, GUIANA, 
and NortH Brazir. Hb. Kew. 
21. Bauhinia suaveolens, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 320. 
Panama (Hinds, Girsted).—CoLomBia and VENEZUELA. Hb. Kew. 
22. Bauhinia subrotundifolia, Cav. Ic. v. p. 4, t. 406. 
SourH Mexico, Acapulco (Beechey, Barclay). Hb. Kew. 
This is also said to be a native of the Philippine Islands; but it is improbable that 
it is indigenous in both countries. 
23. Bauhinia (§ Casparia) unguicularis, Benth. MS. in hb. Kew. 
Glabrescens, foliis mediocribus bifoliolatis, foliolis oblique ovatis vel oblongis subtrinerviis, floribus 
majusculis, petalis longissime unguiculatis, unguibus valde barbatis, staminibus 12 (an semper?) 
1 perfecto filamento elongato crassiusculo, anthera maxima, ceteris brevissimis, filamentis basi 
valde lobatis connatis, ovario longe stipitato pubescente. 
Frutex, dense ramosus, ramis graciliusculis, primum puberulis, internodiis brevibus. Folia petiolata, 
cordiformia, bifoliolata ; foliola vix coriacea, ovato-oblonga, 1-2-pollicaria, utrinque rotundata, 
glabra, 3-nervia, petiolo 6-8 lineas longo. Flores majusculi, racemosi ; racemi extraaxillares, 
4-6-flori ; pedicelli 3-4 lin. longi; calyx puberulus, spathaceus, ad 10 lineas longus ; petala 
longissime graciliterque unguiculata, usque 15 lineas longa, ungue barbato, limbo orbiculari 
venoso ; stamina (an semper?) 12, quorum 1 tantum perfectum, filamento elongato, crassius- 
culo, anthera maxima glabra; stamina 11 sterilia brevissima, filamentis basi connatis et valde . 
barbatis ; ovarium longe stipitatum, pubescens. Legumen a nobis non visum. 
Soutn Mexico, Zimapan (Coulter, 472). Hb. Kew. 
24. Bauhinia, sp. | | 
Soutn Mexico, Yucatan and Tabasco (Johnson). Hb. Kew. 
90. CERCIS. 
Cercis, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 510; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 576. 
Three or four arboreous and shrubby species, inhabiting South Europe, Temperate 
Asia to Japan, and North America. | 
1. Cercis occidentalis, Torr. et Gr. Pl. Lindh. p. 177; Bot. Wilkes’s Exp. 
p. 288, t. 3. 
Cercis californica, Benth. 
Texas; CaLirornia.—Nortu MExtco. 
Tribe AMHERSTIE. 
About twenty-four genera of chiefly large trees, generally dispersed in tropical 
countries, 
