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CYNOMETRA Linnaeus 



CYNOMETRA COPELANDII (Elm.) comb. nov. 



Gleditachia copelandii Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1910) 695. 



SiBUYAN, Elmer 12234, April, 1910 (type number). 



The species is in all essential characters a member of the Cynometreae- 

 Caeaalpinioideae, not of the Eucaesalpineae. It is anomalous in Cyno- 

 metra in that the ovules are solitary. The species is an exceedingly 

 characteristic one, notably in its leaf-characters. 



BAUHINIA Linnaeus 



BAUHINIA PAUCi FLORA sp. nov. § Pkanera, 



Frutex scandens inflorescentiis exceptis glaber vel subtus foliis 

 ad nervos parce pubescentibus ; foliis oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 

 10 cm longis, 9- vel 11-nerviis, basi cordatis, 2-lobatis, lobis vix 

 ad medium coalitis, oblongis, obtusis, racemis terminalibus, pauci- 

 floris, floribus magnis, calycis tubo elongatis, angustis, 2 ad 2.5 

 cm longis, petalis oblongo-obovatis, 4 ad 4.5 cm longis. 



A scandent shrub, nearly glabrous except the brown-pubescent 

 inflorescence, the branches terete, brownish, glabrous. Leaves 

 alternate, oblong-ovate, 8 to 10 cm long, 4.5 to 6 cm wide, char- 

 taceous, the upper surface olivaceous, shining, the lower a little 

 paler, shining, often with few short hairs on the nerves, the 

 base distinctly cordate, 2-lobed, the lobes oblong, obtuse, extend- 

 ing about two-thirds to the base, the midrib of the leaf excurrent 

 as a slender, acicular, 4 mm long awn; nerves 9 to 11, prominent; 

 petioles slender, 3 to 4 cm long. Racemes terminal, few 

 flowered, pubescent with short brown hairs, the rachis and pe- 

 duncle 10 cm long or less. Flowers on the type two or three 

 in each raceme, their pedicels pubescent, 2 cm long, the 

 subtending bracteoles ovate, pubescent, about 5 mm long. Calyx- 

 tube cylindric, 2 to 2.5 cm long, 3 mm in diameter, brown- 

 pubescent, the lobes lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent externally, 

 2.5 to 3 cm long, 0.5 cm wide, the limb, in bud, ovoid-oblong, 

 about 2 cm in length. Petals oblong-obovate, obtuse, glabrous, 

 white or somewhat yellowish, nan-owed to the short claws. Fer- 

 tile stamens 3, the anthers oblong, 1 cm in length. Ovary pubes- 

 cent with appressed, brown, deciduous hairs ; style glabrous. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Dap-Dap Point, Bur. Sci. ISllS Fox- 

 worthy & Ramos, March, 1911, in forests. 



A well marked species manifestly allied to Bauhinia war^burgii Perk., 



but with very differently shaped leaves, the lobes much narrower. 



CAN A V ALIA DeCandoUe 



CANAVALIA MACROBOTRYS sp. nov. 



Scandens, racemis obscure pubescentibus exceptis glabra; 

 foliolis chartaceis, ovatis, prominente acute acuminatis, basi 



