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LEGUMINOSjE. CCXCII. BAUHINIA. 



base, with the nerves on the under side as well as the petioles 

 and branches puberulous ; leaflets connected to about the mid- 

 dle, ovate, acuminated, 3-4-nerved, nearly parallel ; petals lan- 

 ceolate. T?. S. Native of Jamaica and St. Domingo. Sims, 

 bot. mag. 1708. Jacq. schoenbr. t. 100. Plum. ed. Burm. t. 

 44. f. 2. Petals white. 



Stretched-out Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1737. Sh. 10 to 12 ft. 



9 B. tAT.iFOi.iA (Cav. icon. t. 405.) leaves ovate or cordate 

 at the base, young ones, petioles, and branchlets puberulous ; 

 leaflets connected beyond the middle, broadly ovate, 3-nerved, 

 acute, and rather diverging at the apex ; petals lanceolate, sti- 

 pitate, a little undulated, fy . S. Native of New Spain. In 

 a specimen sent from the Botanic Garden at Madrid to De Can- 

 clolle, the pedicels, calyxes, and ovaries were downy. Flowers 

 white. 



Broad-leaved Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1818. Shrub 5 to 6 ft. 



10 B. CA'NDIDA (Ait. hort. kcw. 2. p. 49.) leaves cordate at 

 the base, pale and pubescent beneath ; leaflets connected a little 

 beyond the middle, ovate-oblong, bluntish ; sepals smooth, end- 

 ing in a long taper point. J? . S. Native of Java and other 

 parts of the East Indies. Flowers white. 



White-flowered Mountain-ebony. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1777. 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



1 1 B. ACUMINA'TA (Lin. spec. 536.) leaves rather cordate at 

 the base, smoothish ; leaflets connected beyond the middle, 

 ovate, acuminated, parallel, 4-nerved ; sepals attenuated ; petals 

 broadly ovate, hardly stipitate. >j . S. Native of Malabar. 

 Rheed. mal. t. 34. B. acuminata, Burm. ind. 94. exclusive of 

 the synonymes of R. Brown and Sloane. Bauhinia, Burm. 

 zeyl. 45. Flowers pure white, void of scent. 



Acuminaled-lescveA Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1808. Sh. 5 to 6 ft. 



SECT. II. PAULE'TIA (in honour of John James Paidet, M.D. 

 who published a work at Paris in 1791, entitled Tabula planta- 

 rum fungosarum), Cav. icon. 5. p. 5. D. C. prod. 2. p. 513. 

 Stamens 10, somewhat monadelphous at the very base, all fer- 

 tile, or the 5 alternate ones are sterile, and the other 5 fertile. 

 Ovary stipitate. 



* Prickly or spiny shrubs. 



12 B. PAULE'TIA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 455.) spines stipular; 

 leaves glabrous, ovate at the base ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, pa- 

 rallel, 4-nerved, connected beyond the middle ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, 2-flowered, constituting a leafy raceme ; petals and sepals 

 linear, acute ; the 5 fertile stamens very long. ^ . S. Native 

 of the vicinity of Panama. Pauletia aculeata, Cav. icon. t. 410. 

 P. spinosa, Poir. suppl. 1. p. 599. B. Panamensis, Spreng. 

 syst. 2. p. 384. Petals yellowish red. 



Pat/let's Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



13 B. GI.ANDULOSA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 513.) spines stipular; 

 leaves nearly orbicular, rather cordate, membranous, pubescent 

 beneath, and full of glandular dots ; leaflets connected, semi- 

 ovate, 4-nerved, obtuse, divaricate ; flowers 1-3, opposite the 

 leaves ; calyx hairy on the outside ; petals oblong-lanceolate. 



Jj . S. Native of New Barcelona. Pauletia glandulosa. H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 314. Flowers white. Fruit un- 

 known. Allied to B. Pauletia. 



Glandular Mountain-ebony. Shrub. 



14 B. GBANDIFLORA (Juss. in Poir. suppl. 1. p. 600.) spines 

 stipular ; leaves roundish, cordate at the base, tomentose be- 

 neath ; leaflets connected to the middle, ovate, obtuse, 3-4- 

 nerved ; branchlets and calyxes pubescent ; peduncles axillary, 

 1-3-flowered, constituting a raceme; bracteoles ending in a 

 setaceous acumen ; stamens shorter than the petals. Jj . S. 

 Native of Peru. Hook, bot. misc. 1. p. 218. t. 91. Flowers 

 white. 



Great-flowered Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1820. Shrub. 



15 B. LEPTOPE'TALA (Moc. et Sesse, fl.mex. icon. ined. D.C. 

 prod. 2. p. 513 ) spines stipular; leaves cordate at the base, 

 glabrous ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, 3-nerved, parallel, con- 

 nected beyond the middle; peduncles axillary, 2-flowered, con- 

 stituting a leafy raceme ; petals linear, acute ; 5 fertile stamens 

 very long. I; . S. Native of New Spain. Flowers greenish. 

 Very nearly allied to B. Pauletia. 



Slender-petalled Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1818. Sh. 4 to G ft. 



16 B. ACULEA'TA (Lin. spec. 535.) spines stipular; leaves 

 rather cordate at the base, glabrous ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, 3- 

 nerved, connected nearly to the apex ; petals lanceolate, deeply 

 crenated ; stamens 9-10, incurved. Ij . S. Native of South 

 America. Plum- ed. Burm. t. 44. f. 1. Jacq. amer. p. 119. 

 t. 177. ed. pict. p. 60. t. 260. f. 31. Flowers large, white, with 

 a somewhat unpleasant scent, like Savin. 



Prickly Mountain-ebony. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1737. Sh. 

 4 to 6 feet, climbing. 



17 B. KOTUNDA'TA (Mill. diet. no. 7.) spines stipular; leaves 

 somewhat cordate at the base ; lobes rounded ; petals 3 inches 

 long, about the length of the stamens ; flowers lateral. tj . S. 

 Native of Carthagena, in New Spain. Flowers large, white. 



Rounded-leaved Mountain-ebony. Tree 20 feet. 



18 B. FORFICA'TA (Link, enum. 1. p. 404.) stem prickly ; 

 leaves cordate at the base, glabrous ; leaflets connected to the 

 middle, stretched out, 4-nerved ; petals lanceolate. (7 . S. 

 Native of Brazil. Flowers white. Stamens not described. 



Pzncer-leaved Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1823. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



19 B. EMARGINA'TA (Mill. diet. no. 5.) stem prickly; leaves 

 cordate at the base, tomentose beneath ; leaflets orbicular, con- 

 nected almost to the apex. fj . S. Native of New Spain, at 

 Carthagena. Flowers large, terminal, of a dirty white colour. 



Emarginate-]ea.ved Mountain-ebony. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



* * Unarmed shrubs. 



20 B. INE'KMIS (Pers. ench. 1. p. 455. but not of Forsk.) 

 leaves ovate at the base, ferruginous beneath : leaflets oblong, 

 acute, 4-nerved, parallel, connected a little beyond the middle ; 

 racemes terminal, leafless, simple; petals linear; stamens 10, 

 fertile ; anthers glabrous. Ij . S. Native of Mexico, about 

 Acapulco. Pauletia inermis, Cav. icon. t. 409. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 316. Flowers white. 



Unarmed Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1810. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



21 B. RUFK'SCENS (Lam. diet. 1. p. 391. ill. 321. f. 2.)leaflets 

 distinct, semiorbicular, 3-nerved, glabrous ; petals lanceolate ; 

 stamens 10, fertile; anthers hairy. T? . S. Native of Senegal 

 and Gambia and the Cape of Good Hope, as well as of the 

 Mauritius. B. rubescens, Pers. ench. 1. p. 455. Flowers 

 pale red. 



Rufescent Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1810. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



22 B. PARVIFLORA (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 55.) leaves roundish, 

 glabrous above and shining, but glaucous beneath and pilose on 

 the nerves ; leaflets distinct, roundish, 3-nerved ; racemes leaf- 

 less, longer than the leaves ; petals linear ; stamens 10, villous 

 at the base. Jj . S. Native of the East Indies. Calyx spa- 

 thaceous, villous before expansion. Perhaps a climbing shrub. 



Small-flowered Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1808. Shrub 5 to 6 ft. 



23 B. MADAGASCARIE'NSIS (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 74.) 

 leaves cordate at the base, quite smooth ; leaflets obtuse, 3- 

 nerved, rather ascending ; stamens 10, the 5 alternate ones very 

 short ; petals on long claws, oval, acute. Tj . S. Native of 

 Madagascar. Leaves about an inch long. Flowers white. 



Madagascar Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1826. Sh. 5 to 6 feet. 



24 B. U'ISGULA (Jacq fragm. 22. t. 15. f. 1.) leaves ovate at 

 the base, clothed with soft villi ; leaflets connected beyond the 

 middle, ovate, obtuse, parallel, 3-nerved ; flowers axillary ; 

 petals elliptic, unguiculate ; stamens 10? fertile. ^ . S. Na- 



