318 



My specimens differ from the figure and description of C. 

 calycioides, only in having the peduncles supra-axillary instead 

 of axillary. I possess, however, from Lima, in Gouan's 

 Herbarium, a specimen marked " Guaranguillo " of the 

 natives, vi^hich agrees in every particular with De Candolle's 

 plant. 



15. Bauhinia grandifiora ; spinis stipularibus, foliis rotundatis 

 basi cordatis 8-9-nerviis lobis brevibus obtusis subtus 

 calyce ramulisque pubescentibus, pedunculis axillaribus 

 uni-trifloris, (floribus maximis), bracteolis subulatis, stami- 

 nibus corolla brevioribus. (Tab. XCI.) — Juss. in Poir. 

 Encycl. Suppl. p. 600. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 513. 



Hab. Lurin, near Lima. 



Arbor; ramis subangulatis, fusco-purpureis, glabris, ramulis 

 pubescentibus, ad basin petiolorum spina valida flavescente 

 inferne pubescente. Folia ampla, lato-rotundata, 4-6 

 uncias lata, basi cordata, 7-9-nervia, apice bifida, sinu 

 lobisque obtusis, supra glabra, subtus pubescentia. Petioli 

 superne plani, ad basin utrinque stipula subulata, decidua. 

 Macemus axillaris, 1-3-florus, bracteolis longis subulatis. 

 Calycis pubescentis tubus longus striatus, limbo lateraliter 

 fisso aeque longo. Petala magna, 4 uncias longa, unciam 

 lata, lato-lanceolata, venosa. Stamina 10, quorum 5 lon- 

 giora sterilia. 



Hitherto this fine species of Bauhinia appears only to 

 have been known from Dombey's specimens in the Museum 

 at Paris. In the size of its flowers, it is perhaps surpassed 

 by no species. 



Tab. XCI. Branch of Bauhinia grandifiora : — natural size. 



X. ROSACEA. Juss. 

 1. Alchemilla tripartita; hirsuta, caule repente filiformi dicho- 

 tome ramoso superne folioso, foliis profunde tripartitis 

 segmentis cuneatis 3-5-fidis, stipulis inaequaliter bifidis, 

 pedunculis dichotome corymbosis, floribus diandris digynis. 

 Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. v. \. p. 68. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. 

 p. 590. 



Hab. Obrajillo, in the Valley of Canta. 



