Schomburgkiane. N. O. Leguminose. 
TABS. CDLIII. CDLIV. 
EraBaLuia GUIANENSIS. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx tubulosus, apice breviter 5-dentatus, subbi- 
labiatus. Petala 5, ad basin calycis inserta, longissime line- 
aria, eestivatione inflexa, imbricata. Stamina 10, monadelpha, 
alterna breviora. Anthere ovate. Ovarium sessile, villosum, 
2-3-ovulatum. Stylus brevis. Stigma oblique capitatum. 
Legumen ?—Arbor ramis ramosissimis glabris. Folia sim- 
plicia (unifoliolata) brevissime petiolata, ovata v. ovato-oblonga 
eviler et acute acuminata, penninervia, coriacea, glabra v. 
subtus ad venas sparse pubescentia. Spice florum avxillares et 
terminales dense. Bractee ovato-orbiculate, concave, ante 
anthesin wmbricate. Bracteole minime, lanceolate. Flores 
sessiles. Calyx ferrugineus. Petala /utea, omnia inter se sub- 
similia. Stamina calycem equantia, ultra medium symmetrice 
monadelpha, tubo integro. 
Etaballia Guianensis. Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 2. p. 99. 
Has. Abundant at the cataracts of Etabally on the Essequibo 
river, where it forms a strikingly beautiful tree, almost covered 
with bright yellow flowers, and is called by the natives Eia- 
bally, after the name of the cataract. Schomburgk. 
This is a highly singular plant; being one of the very few 
Leguminose which cannot be recognised as belonging to that 
Order at first sight. It has indeed very much the aspect of an 
Inocarpus ; although, on examining the structure of the flowers, 
it is found to be closely allied to Schnella (a genus including 
most of the small-flowered American Bauhiniew.) The simple 
foliage without any tendency to bifurcation of the midrib is 
rare; but is met with in a few other species of the Bauhinice. 
The supposed second Species, mentioned in the work above 
quoted, under the name of EZ. macrophylla, must be suppressed, 
having originated in a mistake. 
‘The drawing was made by Dr. Joseph Hooker, of H. M. sur- 
veying ship Erebus. Bentham. 
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Stamens. f. 3. Staminal tube cut - 
oie showing the ovary. f. 4. Section of the ovary :—all 
magnified, 
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