8 J. Pekkjns: 



April 1903); Mindoro IsL, Abonaban (Merrill no. 2184; in 

 flower in May 1903); Pola (Merrill no. 2250; in flower in May 

 1903); Mindanao Isl, Davao, Taumu (Wakbukg no. 14690). 



Bauhinia Linn. 

 Sect. I. Pauletia. 



1. Bauhinia acuminata L. 



Luzon, Manila. From a garden (Warburg no. 13004 in flower 

 in June). 



This species is widely distributed in Tropical Asia. 



Sect. IL Pileostigma. 



2. Bauliinia malabarica Roxb. 



Luzon, Prov. Manila, Mt. Alban, a large forest-tree (Warburg 

 no. 12 904, with fruit in March.). 



Sect. IIL Lysiphyllum. 



3. Bauhinia Blancoi Baker. 



Luzon, Prov. Tayabas, Pagbalao (Merrill no. 1972 with fruit 

 in April); Prov. Zambales, Palawig (Warburg no. 13746). 



Sect. IV. Phanera, 



4. Bauhinia Alierniana Perk. n. sp. Shrubby, young branches 



brown-pilose, older ones glabrescent. Leaves distinctly cordate, 

 bifid 2/.^ way down, sinus rather narrow, papyraceous, 5 — 6,5 cm 

 long, 6 — 8 cm broad, above downy at first, later glabrescent, 

 beneath softly pubescent, lobes round; nerves 9 — 10; petiole 

 3,25 — 4 cm long with a few long hairs especially at the slightly 

 thickened ends; stipules broadly obovate, 5 mm long. Flowers 

 in pyramidal terminal racemes, 8 cm long; pedicels spreading, 

 thinly pilose, 4—5,5 cm long; bracts ovate, apex acuminate, on 

 both sides rusty-pilose, 5 mm long, deciduous; buds 1,5 — 2 cm 

 long, the broadly, ovoid upper part much exceeding the cylin- 

 drical base. Calyx brown -pubescent, limb splitting into ovate- 

 lanceolate segments with an acuminate apex, 2,5 cm long, 5 mm 

 wide, tube slightly dilating toward the base, 7 mm lung. Petals 5, 

 subequal, broadly oblong, obtuse, short-clawed, 2,5 cm long, 

 1,5 cm wide, subglabrous within, densely rod -brown -pilose ex- 

 ternall3^ Stamens 10, 3 fertile, 7 staminoilial, lin('ai-(«bl<»ng. 

 Ovary distinctly stalked, densely silky, style thickly silky, 

 3,3 cm long, stigma large, peltate. 



