230 MERRILL. 



BAUHINIA Limi. 

 Bauhinia copelandii sp. nov. S I'hancra. 



Scandenp; raniulis, subtus foliiS;, racemis, calycildiscjuo plus iiiiuus pu- 

 bescentibus ; foliis ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, integris, 5-nerviis, 7 ad 9 

 cm longis, basi cordatis, apice breviter acnmiuatis, acuniinihus Tetiisis; 

 fioribus racemosis; staiiiinibus i'ertilibus 3, sterilibus 3. 



Scandent, the branches and branch lets terete, slightly pubescent. 

 Leaves ovate to oblong-ovate, 7 to 10 cm long, 4 to G cm wide, entire, 

 not cleft, sul)Coriaceoiis, shining on both surfaces, glabrous above, beneath 

 with few appressed hairs, the base broad, cordate, the apex shortly and 

 l)roadly acuminate, the acumen retuse; nerves 5, prominent; petioles 1 

 cm long or less, glabrous or slightly pubescent. Eacemes tci'uiinal, 

 somewhat pubescent, the i-achis 1.5 cm long or loss, the pedicels slender, 

 about 2.5 cm long. Calyx-tube cylindrical, about 7 mm long, 3 mm in 

 diameter, pubescent, the lobes equal, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 shortly acuminate, pubescent outside, about 1 cm long, 3 mm wide. 

 l*etals obovate to oblong-obovate, slightly appressed-pubescent extei'nally, 

 about 1.5 cm long, 1.3 cm wide, short-clawed. Stamens 6, three fertile, 

 three sterile. • Ovary and style somewhat pubescent; stigma capitate. 

 Fruit unknown. 



MiNUANAO, District of Davao, Todaya, Copeland lJf29, October, 1904. 



Among the Philippine species most closely allied to Jfaiihinia leptopus Perk., 

 but with much larger flowers; api)arently most closely allied to Bauhinia corni- 

 folia ]?ak('r. of the Malayan Peninsula, but sufficiently distinct, ex descr. 



Bauhinia subglabra sp. nov. § Phanera. 



Scandens, glabra; ramulis pi'uinosis, nigric-antihus nitidis; foliis sub- 

 coriaceis, glabris, 5 ad 7 longis, usque ad medium lobatis, lobis rotunda- 

 tis ; nervis ca. 11 ; racemis glabris; petalis oblongo-lanceolatis vel elliptico- 

 lanceolatis, unguiculatis ; staminibus fertilibus 3 ; ovario tomeutoso. 



Scandent, 3 to 5 m high, glabrous throughout except the tomentose 

 ovary and style, and the petals which are slightly pubescent outside. 

 Branches terete, lenticellate, gray, the l)ranchlets terete, slender, black- 

 ish, s()iiM'\vli;il shining. Leaves subcoriaceous, slightly shining, 5 to 

 7 cm long, 5..") to "^ cm wide, sul)orbicular, the base cordate, cleft 

 nearly to the miihlh'. tlic sinus very narrow, the lobes rounded; 

 nci'\cs iilioiit 11, |. Imminent; petioles slender, 4 to 5 cm long. Iiiurmos 

 Icnninal, ghibrous, llic rachis 3 to 6 cm long, black: ])cdicels 2 to 3 cm 

 long; bracteoles none or caducous. Calyx cylindiiciil, about 1.4 cm long, 

 ;; mill thick, the lobes ghiiiroiis. i-cllcxcd. narrowly ohiong-lanceolate, 

 about 2 cm long. 3 mm wide. Petals ohlong-lanceolale to cllipiical- 

 laiu-eolatc. ncarlv 3 cm long, long-clawed, slightly pubescent on the 



