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prominent and closely reticulate on both surfaces, lustrous above, glabrous, 

 obscurely puberulent beneath along the nerves but elsewhere glabrous ; flowers 

 racemose, the racemes axillary, short, dense, the pedicels short, stout, tomentu- 

 lose ; calyx spathaceous, 2 to 2.4 cm. long, thinly puberulent ; the teeth short, 

 subulate; petals 5, 3 to 4 cm. long, the blade oval, about 1.5 cm. long, thinly 

 racemose, the racemes axillary, short, dense, the pedicels short, stout, thinly 

 tomentose near the base but elsewhere glabrous, the claw slender, densely 

 tomentose ; ovary long-stipitate, densely tomentose. 



Related to B. macranthera Benth. The writer has seen no material of that 

 species, but according to the description it differs in having small, 9-nerved, 

 deeply bilobate leaves, and much shorter petioles. 



14. BauMnia pes-caprae Cav. Icon. PI. 5: 3. pi. kOlf. 1799. 

 Guerrero ; type from Acapulco. 



Small tree, 3.5 meters high or larger; leaves 3 to 8 cm. long, glabrous or 

 nearly so, very thick, the lobes rounded at apex ; flowers about 3 cm. long, the 

 petals white-sericeous outside, pink within. " Pie de cabra." 



15. Bauhinia lunarioides A. Gray ; S. Wats. Bibl. lud. N. Amer. Bot. 205. 1878. 

 Nuevo Leon and probably elsewhere. 



Leaves 3.5 to 5.5 cm. long, more or less pubescent beneath, the lobes rounded 

 at apex ; flowers about 3 cm. long. 



16. Bauhinia lunaria Cav. Icon. PI. 5: 4. pi. IfOl . 1799. 

 Kno\yn only from the type locality, Acapulco, Guerrero. 

 Shrub, 1.8 to 2.5 meters high ; petals purplish. 



17. Bauhinia pringlei S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 25: 147. 1890. 

 Jalisco to Guerrero ; type from Guadalajara. 



Slender shrub, 4.5 to 6 meters high ; leaves 7.5 to 18 cm. wide, thin, bright 

 green above, pale and glabrate beneath, the lobes rounded to acute ; petals 3 cm. 

 long, white, with a purple stripe along the costa ; fruit about 12 cm. long and 

 1.3 cm. wide. 



18. Bauhinia coulteri Macbride, Contr. Gray Herb. n. ser. 59: 22. 1919. 

 BauMnia platypetala Benth.; Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 1: 339. 1880. 



Not B. platypetala Burch. 1878. 



San Luis Potosi and Hidalgo ; type from Zimapan, Hidalgo. 



Shrub, 30 to 60 cm. high, or perhaps larger; leaves 2 to 5 cm. wide, very 

 shallowly lobed, the lobes broadly rounded ; flowers about 2.5 cm. long ; fruit 

 12 cm. long or shorter, 1.5 cm. wide. 



19. Bauhinia subrotundifolia Cav. Icon. PI. 5: 4. pi. 4O6. 1799. 

 Colima and Guerrero; type from Acapulco, Guerrero. 



Shrub or tree, 2.5 to 6 meters high ; leaves 3 to 5 cm. wide, puberulent or 

 glabrate beneath, the lobes bi'oadly rounded ; flowers 1.5 cm. long, white ; fruit 

 1.5 cm. wide, short, puberulent. 



20. Bauhinia unilateralis Britten, Journ. Bot. Brit. & For. 35:233. 1897. 

 Veracruz. 



Leaves mostly 7-nerved, pale beneath ; fruit about 15 cm. long, 1.5 cm. wide. 

 " Pata de cabra." 



21. Bauhinia pansamalana Donn. Smith, Bot. Gaz. 13:27. 1888. 

 Chiapas. Guatemala ; type from Pansamala. 



Shrub or small tree, 3 to 4 meters high ; leaves 6 to 15 cm, wide, thin, bright 

 green, glabrous, 7-nerved, some of them often entire but most of them with 2 

 short attenuate lobes ; flowers purplish ; fruit often 30 cm. long, 2 to 2.5 cm. 

 wide. 



