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gosum. Habitat circa ripas altas super cataractam Itaboca fluminis To- 
cantins, 1. A. Ducke 11-7-I916, n. 16.236. 
Trés notable par ses fleurs énormes qui rappellent celles du Bombax 
(Pachira) aquaticum Schum. 
Y Bauhinia viridiflora DUCKE n. sp. 
Speciei B. longicuspis Benth. affinissima, differt foltis 5-ad 7-nerviis 
caliceque multo breviore (sub anthesi circa 1 cm. longo). 
Habitat in silvis marginalibus campinae prope stationem Breu Branco 
viae ferreae Alcobacensis fluvii Tocantins, 1. A. Ducke 2-1-1915 n. 15.597; 
prope Santo Antonio do Prata (inter Belém et Bragança) 1. E. Snethlage. 
Cette espéce qui habite la partie plus orientale de PÉtat de Pará res- 
semble beaucoup aux espéces longiscuspis (du Rio Negro) et holophyila 
(Xingú, Tapajoz et Brésil central); elle se distingue de la premiere par 
les caractêres mentionnés, de la derniére surtout par les feuilles glabres. 
“Bauhinia longipedicellata DuckE n. sp. 
Ad sect. 1 (Pauletia). Arbor parva vel frutex elatus, innovationibus 
ferrugineo-tomentellis, ramulis mox glabratis, novellis angulatis. Folia pe- 
tiolo 1 1/2 ad 4 1/2 cm. longo, rigidius menbranacea vel subcoriacea, bre- 
vissime (1/15) vel usque 1/4 acute rarius obtuse biloba, sinu acuto in 
triangulo saepius aequilatero, basi late cordata, saepissime II ad 16 rarius 
ad 20 cm. longa et 8 ad 12 rarius 15 cm. lata, o-vel (rarius) II-nervia, 
supra opaca glabra, subtus pallidiora minute pubescentia nervis elevatis 
venis transversis non crebris prominulis; folia parva elliptica integra ad 
basin inflorescentiae saepe adsunt. Racemi simplices saepe aphylli, dis- 
tichoflori: pedicelli gemini crassi, ad anthesin 3 ad 4 1/2 em. longi, tardius 
saepe reflexi; alabastra ferrugineo-tomentosa, adulta 6 ad 8 cm. longa, 
elevato-costata, infra circa 1/2 cm. crassa, superne parum crassiora; ca- 
lycis tubus sub anthesi ovoideus fortiter costato-striatus 2 ad 2 1/2 cm. 
longus, laciniae circa 4 ad 6 cm. longae ad anthesin revolutae; petala an- 
gustissime linearia, acutissima, glabra, calice longiora at sub anthesi in- 
voluta; staminum filamenta purpurea, crassa, compressa, erecta, glabra, 
antherae circa 2 1|2 cm. longae; pistillum ferruginescenti-tomentellum . 
Legumen maturum circa 20 cm. longum, tomentellum, stipite circa 4 cm. 
longo. 
Habitat ad margines silvarum primaevarum in terris argillosis com- 
pactis non inundatis: prope Pimental ad fluvii Tapajoz cataractas inferiores 
florif. 25-6-1918 n. 17.064, fructif. 31-12-1917 n. 16.864; ad coloniam 
