LEGUMINOS^E. CCXC. () TRACHYLOBIUM. CCXCI. SCHNELLA. CCXCII. BAUHINIA. 



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the base, ending in a long obtuse acumen. Tj . S. Native of 

 South America. 



Hornemann's Trachylobium. Tree. 



3 T. GJERTNERIA'NUM (Hayne, 1. c.) leaflets on short petio- 

 lules, very coriaceous, nearly veinless, oval-ovate, unequal-sided, 

 abruptly acuminated, and unequal at the base. I? . S. Native 

 of Madagascar. HymeiiEe'a verrucosa, Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 306. 

 t. 139. f. 7. 



Gcertner's Trachylobium. Tree. 



4 T. LAMARCKIA'NUM (Hayne, 1. c.) leaflets on short petioles, 

 rather coriaceous, reticulately veined, oval-ovate, unequal-sided, 

 and unequal at the base, ending in a short acumen. Jj . S. Na- 

 tive of Madagascar ? Hymense'a verrucosa, Lam. ill. t. 330. f. 2. 



Lamarck's Trachylobium. Tree. 



5 T. FLORIBU'NDUM ; leaflets oblong, unequal at the base, 

 coriaceous, ending in a blunt acumen ; panicles axillary, branch- 

 ed ; flowers pedicellate ; legumes ovate, hairy, 1-2-seeded. fj . 

 S. Native of South America, near Angostura. Hymenae'a 

 floribunda, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 323. t. 567. 



Bundle-jlomered Trachylobium. Tree 60 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Copatfera, p. 456. 



CCXCI. SCHNE'LLA (meaning unknown). Raddi, mem. 

 pi. bras. add. p. 32. D. C. prod. 2. p. 512. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx coriaceous, cam- 

 panulate, 5-toothed. Petals 5, unguiculate, nearly equal. Sta- 

 mens 10. Style wanting. Legume truncate. Leaves 2-lobed, 

 like those of Bauhinia. It is said by the author to be a genus 

 intermediate between Hymence'a and Bauhinia. 



1 S. MICROSTA'CHYA (Raddi, 1. c.) lobes or leaves ovate, ob- 

 tuse ; branches cirrhiferous. ^ . w . S. Native of Brazil, near 

 Rio Janeiro, in hedges. Young branches, calyxes, peduncles, 

 and petioles clothed with rusty tomentum. 



Small-spiked Schnella. Shrub cl. 



2 S. MACROSTA'CHYA (Raddi, 1. c. f. 4.) lobes of leaves ovate- 

 roundish ; flowers in spikes ; spikes axillary and terminal, very 

 long. Pj . w . S. Native of Brazil, about Rio Janeiro, on the 

 high mountains. 



Long-spiked Schnella. Shrub cl. 



3 S. SMILA'CINA ; climbing ; branches cirrhiferous ; leaves 

 undivided, ovate, acuminated, 5-nerved, glabrous; racemes spi- 

 cate, elongated. Fj . w . S. Native of Brazil. Caulotrepus 

 smilacinus, Schott, in Spreng. syst. append, p. 406. 



Smilax-\ike Schnella. Shrub cl. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Bauhinia. 



CCXCII. BAUHI'NIA (named by Plumier in memory of the 

 two famous botanists of the 16th century, John and Caspar 

 Batihin, brothers ; the leaves being simple but 2-lobed, which 

 circumstance, it is said, gave occasion to Plumier to name this 

 genus from the two brothers). Plum. gen. t. 13. Lin. gen. no. 

 511. Lam. ill. t. 329. B.C. legum. mem. xiii. prod. 2. p. 512. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Sepals 5, irregularly con- 

 nected together into a 5-cleft calyx, or cleft laterally, membranous. 

 Petals 5, spreading, oblong, rather unequal, upper one usually 

 distant from the rest. Stamens 10, sometimes 9 of which are 

 sterile and monadelphous (f. 58. c.), and the tenth loose and 

 fertile (f. 58. e.), sometimes all are monadelphous at the base, 

 with all or only 5 or 3 of them fertile ; the rest sterile. Ovary 

 long, pedicellate. Legume 1 -celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. 

 Seeds compressed, oval, with the endopleura tumid. Embryo 

 straight, with an ovate radicle, and flat cotyledons. Shrubs, 

 with 2-lobed leaves, constantly composed of 2-joined leaflets at 

 the top of the petiole, sometimes nearly altogether free, some- 

 times nearly joined together to the apex, but usually joined to- 

 gether more or less, and with an awn in the recess. Flowers 

 disposed in racemes. 



SECT. I. CASPA'RIA (in memory of Caspar Bauhin, see genus). 

 Kunth, ann. sc. nat. 1. p. 85. nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 317. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 512. Bauhinia, Cav. but not of Kunth. Stamens 

 10, of which 9 are monadelphous, short, and sterile (f. 58. c.), 

 the tenth one long and antheriferous, and almost free from the 

 rest. Ovary stipitate. Racemes terminal, simple, leafless. 



1 B. DIVARICA'TA (Lin. spec. 535.) leaves obtuse at the base ; 

 leaflets hardly connected to the middle, free parts oblong, acute, 

 2-nerved, diverging; petals lanceolate. Tj . S. Native of South 

 America. Lin. hort. cliff, p. 156. t. 15. Flowers white. 



Z))arica<e-lobed-Ieaved Mountain-ebony. Fl. June, Sept. 

 Clt. 1742. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



2 B. LAMARCKIA V NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 512.) leaves cordate 

 at the base, glabrous above, pubescent on the nerves beneath ; 

 leaflets joined together to the middle, 2-nerved, free parts 

 bluntish, and rather diverging ; petals lanceolate. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of South America. B. divaricata, Lam. diet. 1. p. 389. 

 exclusive of the synonyme, ex Desf. cat. hort. par. p. 211. B. 

 retusa, Poir. suppl. 1. p. 699. but not of Roxb. Flowers 

 white. 



Lamarck's Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1818. Shrub 6 feet. 



3 B. SPATHA'CEA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ex D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 512.) leaves glabrous, emarginately cordate both at 

 the base and apex ; leaflets connected beyond the middle, 2- 

 nerved, free parts oval, obtuse; petals lanceolate. ^ . S. Na- 

 tive of New Spain. Flowers white, 4-petalled according to the 

 figure. Calyx spathaceous. 



Spathaceous-calyxed. Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1823. Sh. 6 ft. 



FIG. 



4 B. SUBROTUNDIFO LIA (CaV. 



icon. 5. t. 406.) leaves hardly cor- 

 date at the base, clothed with hairy 

 tomentum beneath ; leaflets con- 

 nected to the middle, ovate, ob- 

 tuse, almost semi-orbicular ; petals 

 oblong, on long claws (f. 58. &.). >j . 

 S. Native of Calava, near Manilla, 

 and in the vicinity of Acapulco. 

 The plant from the Philippine Is- 

 lands is much more tomentose than 

 that found in the vicinity of Aca- 

 pulco. Petals red. 



Roundish-leaved Mountain- 

 ebony. Shrub 6 feet. 



5 B. LUNA'RIA (Cav. icon. t. 

 407.) leaves glabrous ; leaflets 



free, or joined to the middle, 3-nerved, ovate-roundish ; racemes 

 simple, tomentose ; claws of petals very long and pilose. Jj . S. 

 Native of the vicinity of Acapulco and Calava. Petals red. 

 Moon-leaved Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 feet. 



6 B. pES-CA v pRvE (Cav. icon. t. 404.) leaves glabrous, glaucous 

 beneath, coriaceous, cordate at the base ; leaflets connected be- 

 neath the middle, oblong, 3-nerved, the free'parts nearly parallel 

 when young, but at length diverging at the apex ; petals oblong, 

 on long claws, and are hairy as well as the sterile stamens. Tj . S. 

 Native of Mexico, about Acapulco, on the sea-shore. Caspa- 

 ria pes-caprse. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 318. 

 Petals reddish. 



Goat's-foot-\ea.\ed Mountain-ebony. Shrub 6 feet. 



7 B. AURI'TA (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 48.) leaves glabrous, cor- 

 date at the base ; leaflets connected the fourth part of their 

 length, oblong-lanceolate, nearly parallel, 6-8-nerved ; petals 

 ovate, on short stipes. Jj . S. Native of Jamaica. Mill. fig. 

 t. 61. B. divaric^ta (3, Lin. spec. 535. Flowers white. 



Eared Mountain-ebony. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1756. Shrub 

 4 to 6 feet. 



8 B. .PORRE'CTA (Swartz, prod. p. 66.) leaves cordate at the 

 3 N 2 



