Cassia L. — Scraca Brm. -- BauLinia Plra. 4()9 



dchiscentcs 1 — 4-spcrmi; semina maxima irregularia, in fruc- 

 tibus monospermis oblonga, utrinquc obtusiuscula, in 2 — 4 — 

 an pleio-spermis semina omnia simul sumpta candem, sed elon- 

 gatam praebent formam ac semina in fructibus monospermis 

 et singulas ejusdem partes quasi representant abscissas, ita 

 ut mediana cylindrica utrinque oblique truncata reperiatur; 

 integumentum secedens chartaceum; embnjo exalbuminosus ; 

 cotijledojies crassissimae, corneae, valvis leguminis parallclae 

 cauliculum et radiculam omnino ad basin includentes. — No- 

 men sundense: Kemhang dedesh. 



303. BAUHINIA (PAULETIA?) VARIEGATA L. 



Chav. Gen. cf. Endl. Gcn. G790."- 



Char. Spec. cf. DC. Prdr. IL 514. 25. Wght. ct Arn. Prdr. L 296. 913. 

 a. purpurea WU. Wlp. Rprt. L 847. 6. Hsskl. Lcg. 59. 



D e s c rp t. Arbor mediocris pulcherrima inermis ; foliola 

 ovalia, obtusa, ultra medium coalita et inde folium sistentia 

 basi plus minus cordatum subreniforme glaucescens; racemi 

 terminales (nec axillares W. et A. Sprg. ! ) ; calycis (nec 

 spathacei W. et A.) tubus elongatus, crassisimus, 2 poU. 

 fere longus, extus sulcatus, tortus ; hmbus spathaceus, apice 

 5-dcntatus; petala. calycis fauci inserta grandia, roseo-pui-pu- 

 rea, superius subsohtarium, ovato-spathulatum, apice acutum, 

 bina lateraha latiora, bina inferiora subrotmida, basi uno-ui- 

 cidato-attenuata, media parte kermesina et purpurea, basi al- 

 bida; stamina 10, filamenta 5 fertiha arcuata, petahs alterna, 

 5 steriha petaHs opposita, rudimentaria, minuta, subulifor- 

 mia, una cum fertihbus tubo calycino adnata, a fauce libera ; 

 germen stipite longissimo 2 — 3 polL longo, tubo caljcmo ad- 

 nato, dein libero sufFukum, oblongum, arcuatum, compres- 

 sum, in latere utroque sulcatum, puberulum, in styhmi sen- 

 sim transiens ; stigma pekatum, planum, puberulum. — Nomen 

 sundense: Tdli kdndjo huriim. 



