(93 ) 
Leaf outline broadly rhomboidally obovate, the base varying 
from rounded to truncate. Leaflets connate for about one-fourth 
their length, 7-16 cm. ee ee the base, 2-4 cm. broad, the tops 
of the larger ones about 10 or 12 cm. a art with a minute, tomen- 
tose mucro in the sub- cae. triangulate sinus, lanceolate and 
sharply acuminate. Leaves thickish, glabrous except a at the base 
ribs 
7 or rarely 9, sharply prominent beneath, eee | by the fiehtly 
upcurved secondaries. Raceme shortly and stoutly peduncled, 
the ioe nodose. Fragments of a Sale fae, seen, its peduncle 
abou r5m Bh Ones very stout, the undivided portion of calyx 
a Hietle more acs m. long, strongly eine. the ribs rounded; 
calyx-limb ane to the base into 3 divisions ees 
ut 
about 1.25 cm. long, the remainder being the style. Young pod 
narrow, thickish, tomentose, slightly broader toward the summit. 
“Tumupasa, 1800 ft. alt., Jan. 23, 1902” (No. 485). 
Bauhinia tumupasensis sp. nov. 
Ferruginous-tomentose, with the exception of the glabrous 
upper leaf-surfaces. Branchlets stoutish, flexuous, the internodes 
extremely t Leaves very thick, obovate in outline, with 
rounded, lightly cordate base, ae tips of the leaflets about 6-8 cm. 
apart, the ribs 6 or 8, hi ghly channelled above, prominent beneath, 
connected by the aa stout secondaries and these a the 
unexpan portion or tube about 1.5 cm. long, it f adibulas 
coarsely nibbed, the remainder dividing into 3 spirally twisted 
divisions. Petals very narrow and obscure. Stamens 10, unequal, 
all uh anthers, the anthers unequal, the longest 1 cm. long; 
filaments very slightly connate at the glabrous bases. Ovary- 
stipe fies about two-thirds the total length of the pistil, the linear, 
a ee ovary about 1.5 cm. long, the style slender 
with ov 
oe i: high. Tumupasa, 1800 ft. alt., Dec. 17, 1901” 
(No. 495). 
