186 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
V. BAUHINIEÆ. 
5. Bauhinia PLum. — Flores hermaphroditi, rarius polygami, irre- 
gulares resupinati; receptaculo intus discifero, aut breviter turbi- 
nato, aut tubuloso. Calyx ante anthesin integer, apice clausus v. con- 
tractus breviterque 5-dentatus, per anthesin varie fissus, spathaceusve ; 
præfloratione valvata v. imbricata. Petala 5, parum v. valde inæqualia, im- 
bricata; summo intimo. Stamina 10, perigyna, aut perfecta fertiliaque 
omnia : antheris introrsis 2-locularibus, 2-rimosis versatilibus ; fila- 
mentis liberis v. plus minus alte coalitis; aut 4-9 ad staminodia sterilia 
reductis v. omnino deficientibus. Germen subsessile v. sæpius stipitatum, 
basi raro supra glandula munitum, centrale v. excentricum, receptaculo 
antice insertum, 2--ovulatum; stylo terminali apice varie dilatato 
v. peltato stigmatoso. Legumen oblongum v. lineare, rectum, obliquum 
v. falcatum, membranaceum, coriaceum v. subcarnosum, intus conti- 
nuum y. inter semina farctum septatumve, indehiscens v.2-valve. Semina 
subglobosa v. ovoidea compressa; testa tenui durave ; embryonis albu- 
minosi cotyledonibus planis; radicula brevi recta obliqua v. subinflexa, 
sæpius exserta. — Arbores fruticesve erecti v. scandentes; caule tereti 
v. inæquali-compresso complanatove fasciato; ramis cirris simplicibus 
ad basin racemorum sæpe munitis ; foliis simplicibus, 4-3-nerviis, integris 
v. 2-lobis, sæpe 2-foliolatis ; summo petiolo inter foliola prominulo 
aristato ; stipulis forma variis, sæpe caducis; floribus in racemos sim- 
plices terminales axillaresque, v. rarius terminales valde ramosos corym- 
biformes dispositis. (Orbis totius reg. trop.) — Vid. p. 116. 
6. Griffonia H. Bx.— Flores Bauhinie ; receptaculo longe tubuloso, 
valde elongato; calycis laxe campanulati lobis 5, imbricatis. Petala 5, 
subæqualia, imbricata. Stamina 10, perigyna libera ; antheris 1-formibus 
introrsis versatilibus. Germen stipitatum, valde excentricum, antice 
receptaculo insertum , © -ovulatum ; stylo brevi ; stigmate minuto 
terminali. Legumen longe stipitatum oblique oblongum compressum 
turgidumve ; stylo persistente apiculato v. uncinato, 2-valve. Semina 
pauca.…? — Frutices scandentes ; foliis alternis 4-foliolatis penninerviis 
v. 3-nerviis; stipulis lateralibus parvis; floribus speciosis in racemos 
axillares, supra-axillares v. terminales simplices v. ramosos dispositis ; 
bracteis parvis caducis. (A/rica trop. occ.) — Vid. p. 120. 
