LEGUMINOS^:. CCXCII. BAUHINIA. CCXCIH. CERCIS. 



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5i B. RICHAHDIA'NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 517.) leaves cordate, 

 5-7-nerved, acute, quite smooth. Tj . S. Native of Guiana. 

 Caulotretus cordifolia, Rich, ined. Perhaps this species belongs 

 to Section IV. but differs from Section Caulotretus in the ovary 

 being stipitate. Flowers white. 



Richard's Mountain-ebony. Shrub. 



55 B. CINNAMOMEA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 517.) leaves elliptic, 

 obtuse at the base, quite glabrous, acuminated at the apex, 

 7-nerved, undivided ; legume stipitate, compressed, linear, 

 glabrous, straight. Tj . S. Native of Cayenne. Leaves 3 

 inches long and 2 broad. The middle nerve is usually double 

 at the base, in consequence of the 2 joined leaflets. Petals 6-9 

 lines long. Legume 8-9 inches long, standing on a stipe an 

 inch long. 



Cinnamon Mountain-ebony. Shrub. 



56 B. ? DU'BIA ; stems simple ; leaves alternate, cordate, acu- 

 minated, glabrous, obsoletely 3-nerved ; racemes terminal ; pe- 

 tals very long, linear, reflexed ; stamens numerous, very long, 

 but shorter than the style. ^ . S. Native of Maranham. Flowers 

 white. 



Doubtful Mountain-ebony, Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



* Leaflets connected to the middle into a 2-lobed limb. 



57 B. LATISILIQUA (Cav. icon. t. 408.) leaves subcordate at 

 the base, glabrous ; leaflets semioval-oblong, acuminated, 5- 

 nerved, connected a third part of their length, approximate at the 

 upper part. Tj . S. Native of the Philippine Islands. Flowers 

 racemose. Legume half a foot long, and an inch and a half 

 broad, broadly winged at the seminiferous suture. Perhaps a 

 proper genus. 



Broad-podded Mountain-ebony. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



58 B. MACROPHY'LLA (Poir. suppl. 1. p. 600.) leaves shining 

 and glabrous above, but clothed with silky fulvous down be- 

 neath ; leaflets large, hardly connected at the base, semi-ovate, 

 5-nerved, ending in a long acumen ; legume oblong-elliptic, 

 tumid at the sutures. T? . S. Native of South America ? B. 

 chrysophylla, Vahl. ined. Leaflets 6-8 inches long, and 3-4 

 broad. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from B. Outimouta. Flowers 

 unknown. 



Long-leaved Mountain-ebony. Shrub. 



59 B. RACEniFERA (Desv. journ. hot. 1814. 1. p. 74.) stem 

 erect ; leaves cordate, cuneated, or the lobes are short, obtuse, 

 divaricate, and acuminated at the apex, 6-nerved ; flowers dis- 

 posed in racemose panicles ; calyx villous, somewhat tripartite. 

 Tj . S. Native of South America. 



Raceme-bearing Mountain-ebony. Shrub. 



60 B. ARMA'TA (Otto, pi. bras. no. 25. in flora, 1821. p. 602.) 

 stem prickly, climbing ; leaves 2-lobed ; lobes ovate, acute. Tj . 

 ,_,. S. Native of Brazil. 



Armed Mountain-ebony. Shrub cl. 



61 B. FA'REK (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 74.) leaves cor- 

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

 length, oblong, acutish, 4-nerved, nearly parallel ; petals ovate- 

 lanceolate, stipitate. lj . S. Native of Abyssinia. Farek. 

 Bruce, trav. 5. t. 18. exclusive of the synonyme. The stamens, 

 according to the figure, are monadelphous and all fertile, but 

 according to Desvaux they are diadelphous. 



Farck Mountain-ebony. Shrub. 



62 B. TAMARINDACEA (Gailliaud, voy. meroe. 182C.) leaves 

 cordate, 2-lobed, nearly orbicular; nerves running through the 

 whole upper surface of the leaves from a spacelate gland in 

 the recess, with glands on the under surface at the origin of the 

 confluent nerves ; fruit thick, nerved, pulpy inside ; seeds egg- 

 shaped, in many series ? Native of Egypt, on mount Aqaro. 



Tamarind-like Mountain-ebony. Shrub. 



* * 



Leaflets free to the base. 



63 B. DIPHY'LLA (Symes, trav. ava. 1808. t. 7.) leaflets dis- 

 tinct to the base, unequal, obtuse, 5-nerved ; tendrils simple, 

 lateral. 17 . S. Native of the East Indies. 



Two-leaflcttcd Mountain-ebony. Shrub. 



64 B. AMERICA'NA (Delaun. herb. amat. t. 315.) leaves ovate 

 at the base ; leaflets parallel at the apex. \i . S. Native of 

 South America. It differs from B. unguiculata, Lin. in the sta- 

 mens being diadelphous, only one of which is fertile. 



American Mountain-ebony. Clt. 1800. Shrub 6 feet. 



f- f The names of undescribed species, some of which are pro- 

 bably identical with some of those described above. 



1 B. semibifida, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 31. 25. Malabarica, 

 Roxb. 1. c. 3 B. ferruginea, Roxb. 1. c. 4 B. cordifolia, 

 Roxb. 1. c. p. 90. 5 B. anatomica, Link, enuin. 1. p. 405. 6 

 B. I'ndica, Lodd. cat. 7 B. microphylla, Hortul. 8 B. speciosa, 

 Hortul. 



Cult. Some of the species of Bauhinia are very shewy when 

 in bloom, and some are elegant climbers, well fitted for covering 

 the rafters in stoves or stove conservatories. They all thrive 

 well in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand. Cuttings should be 

 taken off at a joint when the plants are in a growing state, 

 neither too ripe nor too young, and planted in sand, with a hand- 

 glass placed over them in a moist heat. The leaves of the cut- 

 tings should be allowed to remain on. 



CCXCIII. CE'RCIS (from iccpccc, kerkis, a shuttlecock ; a 

 name given by Theophrastus to this tree). Lin. gen. no. 510. 

 Lam. ill. t. 328. Gaertn. fruct. t. 144. D. C. prod. 2. p. 518. 

 Siliquastrum, Tourn. inst. t. 414. Moench. meth. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx urceolate at the 

 base and gibbous, bluntly 5-toothed at the apex. Petals 5, un- 

 gtiiculate, all distinct, disposed in a papilionaceous manner ; the 

 wings or side petals the largest. Stamens 10, free, unequal. 

 Ovary on a short stipe. Legume oblong, slender, compressed, 1- 

 celled, many-seeded, somewhat winged on the seminiferous su- 

 ture, and opening on the other suture. Seeds obovate, with tumid, 

 somewhat albuminous endopleura. Embryo straight, with a short 

 radicle, flat cotyledons, and an inconspicuous plumule. Trees, 

 with simple, many-nerved, cordate leaves, rising after the flowers 

 have decayed. Pedicels 1 -flowered, rising from the trunk and 

 branches in fascicles. This genus is allied to Bauhinia. The 

 leaves are probably composed of 2 joined leaflets, forming an 

 entire limb. 



1 C. SILIQUA'STRUM (Lin. spec. 534.) leaves very blunt, emar- 

 ginate, and quite glabrous. \i . S. Native of the south of 

 Europe, Levant, Spain, south of France, Italy near Rome, and 

 on the Appenines. Duh. arb. ed. nov. t. 7. Sims, bot. mag. 

 1138. Mill. fig. 253. Siliquastrum orbiculatum, Mcench. meth. 

 Flowers of a bright purple colour. There are also varieties with 

 flesh-coloured and white flowers ; they are frequently used in 

 salads from their agreeable poignancy. The wood is very beau- 

 tiful and veined with black, takes an excellent polish, and may 

 be converted to many useful purposes. 



Far. |8, parviflora (D. C. prod. 2. p. 518.) A shrub, with 

 white spotted branches, and the flowers only about one-half the 

 size of those of the species. Tj . S. Native of Bucharia. Per- 

 haps a proper species. 



Siliquastrum, Common Judas-tree, Red -bud or Love-tree. Fl. 

 May, June. Clt. 1596. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



2 C. CANADE'KSIS (Lin. spec. 534.) leaves cordate, acumi- 

 nate, villous in the axils of the veins beneath. I? . S. Native 

 from Canada to Virginia, along the banks of rivers. Mill. fig. 

 t. 2. Siliquastrum cordatum, Moench. meth. Flowers red, and 

 are frequently put into salads by the inhabitants of North Ame- 



