Bauhinia 



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Hort, Sclwenbr. t. 100; Hot. Hag. t. 1708; Macf. Jam. i. 351. 

 B. aurita Dry<unJrr in Ail. I fort. Km:. /'/. 48. B. foliis quin- 

 quenerviis &c. L. Hort.'CU/. 156, t. !",. B. foliis &c. Browne 

 Hist. Jam. 226. B. foliis ovato-cordatis etc. Miller Ir. t. 61. 

 B. inermis &c. Plum. PL Amcr. (Sunn.) 32, t. 44, /. 2 ; Jc. we<7. /. 

 i. 35. Sennas spuriaj aut Aspalatho &c. Sloane Cat. 150 & Hist. ii. 

 51. Casparea porrecta & C. aurita Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Iml. 213. 

 (Fig. 34.) Specimen from Hort. Cliff, is in Herb. Mus. Brit., 

 also Dryander's type of B. <turita. 



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Fig. 34. Bauhinia divaricata L. 



A, Inflorescence with two leaves x J. C, Sterile stamens opened flat x 2. 



B, Flower x 3. D, Pod X . 



Mountain Ebony, Bull-Hoof. 



In fl. all the year ; on the hills everywhere, Sloane Herb. vi. 36, 37 ! 

 Barham in Herb. Sloane clxii. 255 ! Wright ! woods, Broughton ! Bcrtero ; 

 common, lower hills in thickets, Macfadyenl Distinl Parnelll Hartwcgl 

 near Spanish Town, Purdiel Prior; March I J.P. 681, Jenman ! Morris I 

 Port Royal Mts., Moore ! Arcadia, Mrs. Sewelll Farm Hill, Campbell* 

 Porus, Lloyd ; Buff Bay, Thompson ! Port Antonio, Hitchcock ; Hall's 

 Delight; Mona woodland, 1000 ft.; Holly Mount, 2200 ft. ; Harri* ! Fl. Jam. 

 5503, 5837, 6494, 6546, 8980. Cayman Is., Cuba, Hispaniola, Central America. 



Shrub or small tree, 6-20 ft. high. Leaves 7-(5-9-)nerved, base cordate- 

 emarginate or truncate ; leaflets united ^ or or rarely i of their length, 

 3-11 cm. 1., glabrous on the upper surface, puberulous or glabrate beneath. 

 Racetnes with several flowers crowded together, hermaphrodite or with 

 ovary abortive. Receptacle 3-4 mm. 1., 1-1 '5 mm. in diam. Calyx 12-15 

 mm. 1., with the points free, linear or mucronate. Petals elliptical-lanceo- 

 late, with a long thread-like claw. Stamens, 1 fertile, 3-4 cm. L, the rest 

 all sterile, 12-15 mm. 1., united into a tube for g-i of their length. Pistil 



