BAUHINIA.- LEGUMINOSJE. 295 
We have not seen the fruit; for the description of it, we are indebted to 
Dr Graham, who has undertaken the elaboration of Dr Wallich's Leguminose. 
Dr G. further informs us, that this plant has never borne fruit in the Caleutta 
Botanic Garden ; that the fruit which he has seen is unripe, and was gathered 
at Gualpara in the month of September, and at Jiria in November, both by 
the late Dr Buchanan Hamilton, in 1808 ; that from the latter station being 
in the herbarium of the University of Edinburgh, the other in the magnificent 
collection presented by the Court of Directors of the East India Company to 
the Linnean Society. 
b. Calyx spathaceous : stamens 10, all fertile. 
910. (2) B. acuminata (Linn.:) shrubby, large, erect, unarmed ; leaves 
cordate at the base, young ones slightly pubescent on the under side, old 
ones glabrous: leaflets ovate, slightly acute or acuminated, united to above 
the middle, parallel, 4-nerved: racemes solitary, leaf-opposed or terminal, 
short, few-flowered: calyx spathaceous, much attenuated, splitting at the 
apex into 5 setaceous teeth: stamens 10, all fertile and united at the base, 
alternate ones shorter: legumes 8-12-seeded, obliquely linear-lanceolate, 
acuminated, the seminiferous suture with 3 prominent ribs.—Linn. sp. p. 536; 
DC. prod. 2. p. 513 ; Spr. syst. 2. p. 338 5 Roxb. fl. Ind. 2, p. 324; in E. I. C. 
mus. tab. 942; Ham. in Linn. soc. trans. 13. p. 498; Wall! L. n. 5194 ; 
Wight! eat. n. 631.—B. purpurea, Wall. L.n. 5797. d (according to Graham). 
—B. candida, Ait.; DC.l.c.—Bauhinia, n. 148, Linn.! in herb. Herm.! ; 
Al. Zeyl.—Rheed. Mal. 1. t. 34. : : 
De Candolle has by mistake inserted this in a section characterised by ha- 
ving only one fertile stamen: Rheede and other botanists describe it correct- 
ly. The leaves are sometimes scarcely at all acute, sometimes decidedly acu- 
minated on the same bush. The flowers are pure white. 
911. (3) B. tomentosa (Linn. :) shrubby, unarmed: branchlets, petioles, 
stipules, peduncles, calyx, legumes, and under surface of the leaves, shortl 
and softly villous : leaves roundish at the base ; leaflets oval, obtuse, parallel, 
united to above the middle, 3-nerved: stipules setaceous: peduncles leaf- 
opposed, usually 2-flowered ; pedicels each with 3 bracteas at the base: 
calyx spathaceous, ovate, shortly acuminated, 5-toothed : petals oval: sta- 
mens 10, all fertile and united at the base, ascending, upper ones gradually 
Shorter: legume flat, lanceolate, 5-6-seeded.— Linn. sp. p. 536 ; DC. prod. 2. 
p. 514; Spr. syst. 2. p. 333 ; Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 323; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 
1552; Wall.! L. n. 5790; Wight! cat. n. 625.— Bauhinia, n. 147, Linn.! in 
herb. Herm. ! ; fl. Zeyl.—Rheed. Mal. 1. t. 35 ; Burm. Zeyl. t. 18. bis; Pluk. 
t. 44. f. 6. 
912. (4) B. racemosa (Lam. :) arboreous, bushy, unarmed, with dark sca- 
brous bark : branchlets drooping : leaves cordate at the base ; upper side ga 
brous ; under shortly villous, or pubescent, or nearly glabrous ; leaflets mc 
ish or broadly obovate, united to about the middle, 3-nerved : racemes soli- 
tary, terminal or leaf-opposed, leafless, much longer than the leaves; ddr 
Scattered: calyx spathaceous, at length reflexed, 5-toothed, pu d 
shortly villous: petals linear-lanceolate, ascending, slightly hairy on I — 
side, upper ones gradually smaller: stamens 10, all fertile d united at the 
ise, ascending, upper ones gradually shorter ; filaments and mated awe 
with longish hairs: ovary glabrous, long-stalked ; style none : ; = ws 
sessile !: legumes linear, straightish or curved, woody; thick, scarcely s 4 
cent, many-seeded.— Lam. encycl. meth. 1. p. 390 (not of Vahl); € ze 
n. 626, 627.—B. parviflora, Vahl, symb. 3. p. 55; DC. prod. 2. p. 51 d oe 
syst. 2. p. 333 ; Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 323.— B. spicata, Koen. ; Roab. in E. 1. €. 
mus. tab. 153 ; Wall.! L. n. 5789. Hoek -«c «fef ti ^. risa 
. As Lamarck’s description is exceedingly , we restore the Ves au. 
nally given by him, and which was afterwards applied by Vahl, De Can- 
.. Qolle, and others, to a very different species. 
