SCHOMBURGK'S GUIANA PLANTS. 91^ 
Frutex 10—12-pedalis. Folia 2—4-pollicaria, lobis apice 
potius lanceolatis quam vere acuminatis, consistentia subcori- 
acea. Stipule nulle v. minutissimz, subspinescentes. Race- 
mus ultrapedalis. Bractez et bracteole minute. Pedicelli 
crassiusculi, 3—4 lin. longi. Calyx basi obliquus, ferrugi- 
neus, tubo 4 lin. longo 10-striato, laciniis 9— 10 lin. longis. 
Petala calyce parum breviora, angustissima, ad apicem tubi 
calycis inserta, Filamenta glabra. Antherz lineares, magnae; 
Ovarium ferrugineum, stipite a calycelibero glabro. Stigma 
magnum, obliquum. Legumen (nondum maturum) jam 4—5- 
pollicare, longe stipitatum, circa 20-spermum.— Woods 
skirting savannahs, British Guiana. Schomburgk, n. 71. 
The form of the flower and fruit in the various groups 
collected under the name of Bauhinia is so very different, 
that it seems impossible to retain the genus entire; but in 
dividing it, it is to the Pauletias of authors that the Linnzean 
name must be given, as pointed out by Vogel, (Linnea, 
XIII. p. 296). Casparia of Kunth must probably be adopted 
under that name, and the East Indian species appear to form 
two or perhaps three very distinct genera. The Caulotreti 
of DC., or Bauhinia of Kunth and of Bongard, are identical 
with Raddis Schnelle, a name which will of course, be 
adopted. 
236. Schnella rubiginosa.— Bauhinia rubiginosa, Bongard, 
Bauhin. p. 4.—Banks of the Rupunoony. Schomburgk, 
n. 115. Common in Brazil; it is Gardner's n. 987, from 
Pernambuco, and n. 1566 from Ceara; and is. also i in dw $, 
Claussen's, and several other collections. : 
237. S. (Caulotretus), splendens (sp. n.); isola cir- is 
rhosa, ramulis subteretibus, junioribus ferrugineis, foliis basi 
cordatis, foliolis distinctis semiovatis acuminatis 3—4 nerviis 
parallelis supra glabris;nitidis subtus tenuiter tomentosis 
aureo-nitentibus, calycis dentibus brevibus latis, petalis extus 
villosis.— Bauhinia splendens, Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. et 
Sp. Amer. v. VI. p. 321.—Petiolus 4—8 lin., foliola € 
ramulis floriferis), 14—2 poll. longa. Racemi terminales, 
2—3 poll. longi, ferruginei. Bracteæ minute. Pedi 
ve. II. =No. | IK — o. wis 
