462 



LEGUMINOS^E. CCXCII. BAUHINIA. 



with rufous villi ; leaflets semi-oval, obluse, parallel, connected 

 to the middle, 3-nerved ; stamens 3 ; petals ovate, stipitate. 

 Tj . w . S. Native of China and the East Indies. D. C. legum. 

 mem. xiii. t. 70. B. scandens, Burm. fl. ind. 94. Flowers white. 

 Corymbose-flowered Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1818. Shrub cl. 



4 1 B. PO'TTSII ; leaves glabrous, roundish, cordate, 1 1-nerved ; 

 lobes obtuse ; racemes terminal, corymbose ; legumes clothed 

 with rusty silky hairs, ending in a long tail ; calyx cleft longi- 

 tudinally above. b . S. Native of Pulo Penang. Potts, (v. s. 

 herb. Lamb.) 



Putts's Mountain-ebony. Shrub. 



SECT. IV. PHA'NERA (from <t>avepoy, phaneros, manifest ; 

 from the corolla and calyx spreading much). Lour. coch. p. 37. 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 516. Stamens 10, somewhat monadelphous 

 at the base, 3 of which are very long and fertile, and 7 small 

 and sterile. Ovary on a short stipe. Branches and stems com- 

 pressed, climbing. 



42 B. ANGUI'NA (Roxb. cor. 3. p. 82. t. 285.) stem climbing, 

 regularly flexuous, compressed, cirrhiferous ; leaves glabrous, 

 cordate ; leaflets 3-nerved, in the younger plants they are con- 

 nected to the middle and very much acuminated, in the adult 

 plants they are connected almost to the apex, and ending in a 

 short acumen ; panicle terminal. Jj . w . S. Native of Malabar, 

 Silhet, and Chittagong. Rheed. mal. 8. t. 30 and 31. B. scan- 

 dens, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 374. exclusive of the synonyme of 

 Rumph. Flowers small, white. Legume 1-2-seeded. Calyx 

 urceolate, bluntly 5-cleft, girding the alabastrum of corolla like 

 a cup before expansion. 



Snake Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1790. Shrub cl. 



43 B. LI'NGUA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 516.) stems climbing, angu- 

 lar ; branches compressed, cirrhiferous ; leaves clothed with 

 rufous villi beneath, cordate ; leaflets 3-nerved, semi-ovate, 

 acuminated, connected almost to the middle ; racemes few- 

 flowered, erect. Ij . ^. S. Native of Amboyna and the Mo- 

 luccas, in woods by the sea-side. Folium lingua, Rumph. ami). 

 5. p. 1. t. 1. B. scandens, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 374. exclusive of 

 the synonyme of Rheede. Flowers at first whitish, but at 

 length change to a yellowish colour. Petals lanceolate, acute. 



Tongue-leaved Mountain-ebony. Shrub cl. 



44 B. COCCINEA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 516.) stem compressed, 

 unequal ; branches climbing, cirrhiferous ; leaves shining and 

 rufous beneath, cordate ; leaflets 4-nerved, semi-ovate, acumin- 

 ated, connected to the middle ; racemes on long peduncles, pen- 

 dulous, large. I; . ^. G. Native of Cochin-china, in woods. 

 Phanera coccinea, Lour. coch. p. 37. Petals ovate, scarlet. 

 Legume many-seeded. 



Scarlct-fiov/ered Mountain-ebony. Shrub cl. 



SECT. V. CAULOTRE^TUS (from KOV\OS, kaulos, a stem, 

 and Tpeu>, treo, to fly ; in reference to the stems twining to a 

 great height on trees). Rich. herb, ex D. C. prod. 2. p. 516. 

 Bauhinia, Kunth, ann. sc. nat. p. 84. H. B. et Kunth, nov. 

 gen. amer. 6. p. 319. but not of Cav. Stamens 10, all fertile 

 and free, usually shorter than the petals. Calyx ventricose, 5- 

 toothed, and somewhat 2-lobed. Ovary sessile. Stems usually 

 climbing and compressed. Flowers white or yellowish. 



, * Leaflets free to the base. 



45 B. SPLE'NDENS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 S19.) stem climbing, cirrhiferous?; branches compressed, gla- 

 brous ; leaflets free to the base, dimidiately ovate-oblong, 3- 

 nerved, membranous, rather shining above, but clothed with 

 fine, golden, shining down beneath. fj . w . S. Native of 

 South America, on the banks of the Orinoco. Flowers and 

 fruit unknown. 



Splendid-leaved Mountain-ebony. Shrub cl. 

 1 



46 B. OUTI'MOUTA (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 375. t. 144.) stem sar- 

 mentose, compressed, cirrhifcrous ; leaflets free to the base, 

 semi-ovate, acuminated, parallel, 4-nerved, clothed with ad- 

 pressed silky down beneath ; stipulas orbicular, oblique at the 

 base, upper ones permanent ; racemes dense, short. 17 . w . S. 

 Native of French Guiana. B. Guianensis, var. Lam. diet. 1 . p. 39 1 . 

 Flowers white. The plant is called Ya- Outimouta in Guiana. 



Outimoitla Mountain-ebony. Shrub cl. 



47 B. GUIANE'NSIS (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 377. t. 145.) stem 

 sarmentose, compressed, cirrhiferous ; leaflets free to the base, 

 semi-ovate, acuminated, 4-nerved, parallel, smoothish beneath, 

 and green on both surfaces ; stipulas wanting, very small or 

 deciduous. J? . w . S. Native of Guiana, in woods. Flowers 

 white ? 



Guiana Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



48 B. HEIEROPHY'LLA (Kunth, mim. t. 46. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 319.) stem erect, cirrhiferous; branches 

 terete, and are as well as the calyxes clothed with rusty hairs ; 

 leaflets shining, membranous, clothed with adpressed pubescence 

 beneath, obliquely-oblong, rather obtuse, rounded at the base, 

 4-nerved, lower ones connected to the middle, upper ones free ; 

 racemes terminal, solitary, leafless. Tj . w . S. Native of South 

 America, in the valleys of Aragun and^ near Porto Cabello of 

 Caraccas. Flowers white. 



Variable-leaved Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1824. Shrub cl. 



49 B. 1NTEGRIFOLIA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 90.) leaflets free, 

 4-nerved ; racemes terminal, corymbose ; stamens free ; tendrils 

 hooked; legumes flat, smooth. I? . ,_,. S. Native of the East 

 Indies, (v. s. in herb. Lamb.) 



Entire-leaved Mountain-ebony. Shrub cl. 



* Leaflets connected to the middle. 



50 B. EMARGINA V TA (Roxb. in herb. Lamb.) leaves large, 

 roundish, emarginate, with a mucrone in the recess, nerved, 

 glabrous, or the leaflets are connected nearly to the apex, 4- 

 nerved ; panicles divaricate, terminal; stamens free. fj . w . S. 

 Native of the East Indies, (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



Emarginate-lezved Mountain-ebony. Shrub cl. 



51 B. GLA'BKA (Jacq. amer. 119. t. 173. f. 3.) climbing; 

 branches terete ; leaves glabrous, cordate at the base ; leaflets 

 oval, obtuse, parallel, 4-nerved, connected to the middle. (; . 

 ,_,. S. Native of Carthagena, in woods and among bushes. 

 Petals oval, attenuated at the base, yellowish-green, spotted 

 with purple inside. Ovary hair}-. 



Glabrous Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1810. Shrub cl. 



52 B. SUAVE V OLENS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 320.) stem compressed, cirrhiferous ; leaves membranous, cor- 

 date, pubescent beneath ; leaflets semi-ovate, rounded at the 

 apex, connected to the middle, 4-5-nerved ; racemes terminal 

 and axillary ; calyx clothed with silky pubescence. Tj . w . S. 

 Native of New Spain, on the banks of the river Guancabamba 

 near Cavico. Petals white. 



Siveet-scentcd-Aowered Mountain-ebony. Shrub cl. 



53 B. CUMANE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 321.) stem sarmentose; branches glabrous; leaves cordate at 

 the base, pubescent beneath ; leaflets membranous, ovate, acut- 

 ish, 4-nerved, hardly connected to the middle ; racemes terminal, 

 solitary, sometimes bifid or cirrhiferous. T; . w . S. Native of 

 Cumana, near Bordones. Lindl. bot. reg. 1133. Loefl. itin. 

 p. 218. ? Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ex. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 517. B. scandens Americana, Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 535. 

 Flowers white. 



Cumana Mountain-ebony. Shrub cl. 



-( Species not sufficiently known. 



* Leaflets connected together to the very a\.ex, and therefore 

 the leaves are simple and entire. 



