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*• BAUHlNIA corymb6sa. 

 Corymh-flowering Bauhinia. 



TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, or DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA, or PENTANDRIA 



MOXOGYNIA, or MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA; or MONADELPHIA 



MONANDRIA, TRIANDRIA, PENTANDRIA, or DECANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Fabace^, or Leguminos^, § Cassie^e. 

 BAUHINIA, Linn. Botanical Register, vol. 14. t. 1133. 



§ III. Symphyopoda, DC. 



B. corymhosa ; ramis terej;lbus cirrhiferls, follis cordatls subti!is in nervis petiolis 

 ramulis calycibus rufo-pubescentibus, foliolis semiovalibus infra medium 

 concretis 3-nerviis, staminibus 3 petala ovata undulata unguiculata sub- 

 Eequantibus. 



B. corymbosa. Roxb.fl. ind. 2. 329. DeCand. prodr. 2. 515. 



A Chinese shrub, long since brought into this country, 

 but resisting all attempts to flower it until September, 1838, 

 when its beautiful clusters were produced abundantly in the 

 greenhouse at Redleaf. Mr. \Yells, in the note that accom- 

 panied the specimens, tells me that he has had it ten or 

 twelve years. In Chinese drawings, especially those be- 

 longing to the Horticultural Society, this is represented 

 loaded with flowers, and in such a condition it must be one 

 of the handsomest objects in nature. As it has at length 

 begun to fructify, its period of adolescence may be considered 

 to have arrived, and therefore cuttings from Mr. Wells's 

 plant will probably continue to yield blossoms regularly, and 

 in more and more abundance every year. 



I have compared the plant with authentic specimens from 

 the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, and have thus assured myself 

 of the identity of this and the plant of Dr. Roxburgh. I 



* So named by Linna3us after tlic two great Botanists John and Caspar 

 Bauhin of Basic, who are typified by the twin leaves peculiar to this genus. 



September, 1839. s 



