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CYNOMETRA Linnaeus 
CYNOMETRA COPELANDII (Elm.) comb. nov. 
Gleditschia copelandii Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1910) 695. 
SIBUYAN, Elmer 12284, April, 1910 (type number). 
The species is in all essential characters a member of the Cynometreae- 
Caesalpinioideae, not of the Hucaesalpineae. It is anomalous in Cyno- 
metra in that the ovules are solitary. The species is an exceedingly 
characteristic one, notably in its leaf-characters. 
BAUHINIA Linnaeus 
BAUHINIA PAUCIFLORA sp. nov. § Phanera. 
Frutex scandens infiorescentiis exceptis glaber vel subtus foliis 
ad nervos parce pubescentibus; foliis oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 
10 cm longis, 9- vel 11-nerviis, basi cordatis, 2-lobatis, lobis vix 
ad medium coalitis, oblongis, obtusis, racemis terminalibus, pauci- 
floris, floribus magnis, calycis tubo elongatis, angustis, 2 ad 2.5 
cm longis, petalis oblongo-obovatis, 4 ad 4.5 cm longis. 
A scandent shrub, nearly glabrous except the brown-pubescent 
inflorescence, the branches terete, brownish, glabrous. Leaves 
alternate, oblong-ovate, 8 to 10 cm long, 4.5 to 6 cm wide, char- 
taceous, the upper surface olivaceous, shining, the lower a little 
paler, shining, often with few short hairs on the nerves, the 
base distinctly cordate, 2-lobed, the lobes oblong, obtuse, extend- 
ing about two-thirds to the base, the midrib of the leaf excurrent 
as a slender, acicular, 4 mm long awn; nerves 9 to 11, prominent; 
petioles slender, 3 to 4 cm long. Racemes terminal, few 
flowered, pubescent with short brown hairs, the rachis and pe- 
duncle 10 cm long or less. Flowers on the type two or three 
in each raceme, their pedicels pubescent, 2 cm long, the 
subtending bracteoles ovate, pubescent, about 5 mm long. Calyx- 
tube cylindric, 2 to 2.5 cm long, 3 mm in diameter, brown- 
pubescent, the lobes lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent externally, 
2.5 to 3 cm long, 0.5 cm wide, the limb, in bud, ovoid-oblong, 
about 2 cm in length. Petals oblong-obovate, obtuse, glabrous, 
white or somewhat yellowish, narrowed to the short claws. Fer- 
tile stamens 3, the anthers oblong, 1 cm in length. Ovary pubes- 
cent with appressed, brown, deciduous hairs; style glabrous. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Dap-Dap Point, Bur. Sci. 18113 Fox- 
worthy & Ramos, March, 1911, in forests. 
A well marked species manifestly allied to Bawhinia warburgii Perk., 
but with very differently shaped leaves, the lobes much narrower. 
CANAVALIA DeCandolle 
CANAVALIA MACROBOTRYS sp. nov. 
_ Scandens, racemis obscure pubescentibus exceptis glabra; 
_ foliolis chartaceis, ovatis, prominente acute acuminatis, basi 
