Bauhinia Cleniensiorum sp. nov. § Phanera. -T^yi^^^ . "^CLÛ^-^S ' /"J/ , V^^JL, 



Frutex scandens, ramulis inflorescentiis et pétions et foliis subtus insigni- 

 ter rubiginoso-villosis, ramis vetustioribus glabrescentibus ; foliis siibcoria- 

 ceis, integris, breviter petiolatis, ovatis, 5-7 cm. longis, 3.5—7.5 cm. latis, 

 basi late rotundatis vel leviter cordatis, 9-nerviis, âiDice late rotundatis 

 plerumque brevissime apiculatis, supra in sic"o subcastaneo-olivaceis, par- 

 cissime villosis glabrescentibus, subtus rubiginosis atque perspicue rubi- 

 ginoso-villosis. nervis elevatis, distinctis; petiolo dense rubiginoso-villoso, 

 8-10 mm. longo; cirrhis circiter 5 cm. longis. dense rubiginoso-villosis; in- 

 florescentiis stricte racemosis, racemis solitariis vel binis, 6-10 cm. longis, 

 dense rubiginoso-villosis, breviter pedunculatis, pedicellis post anthesin 

 persistentibus numerosissimis, confertis, 1.2-1.5 cm. long' sub fructu 

 plerumque deciduis, rhachibus nunc cicatrices ca. 3 mm. diai tro elevatas 

 perspicuas ferentibus; bracteis lineari-filiformibus, 6-8 i.im. mgis, pedi- 

 cellis binis bracteolas simillimas supra médium ferentibus; alycis tubo 

 cylindrico vel subcompresso circiter 2 cm. longo, 1.5-2 mm. lato, dense 

 adpresse pubescenti; calycis lobis 5, liberis, reflexis, oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 acuminatis, 7 mm. longis, 3 mm. latis, intus glabris, extus dense rubiginoso- 

 pubescentibus; petalis suborbicularibus. roseis. utrinque late rotundatis vel 

 apice plus minusve retusis, haud unguiculatis, intus glabris, extus praesertim 

 in partibus medianis parce rubiginoso-villosis, pilis adpressis; staminibus 

 fertilibus 3; antheris oblongo-ellipsoideis, 3 mm. longis; staminodeis 7, gla- 

 bris, 2.5-3 mm. longis; ovario glabro, in alabastro sessili demum distincte 

 stipitato; fructibus glaberrimis, planis, castaneis, nitidis, glabris, leviter 

 reticulatis, rectis vel leviter curvatis, loriformibus, 4-4.5 cm. latis, 20 cm. 

 longis, pedicellis cum stipitibus 5 cm. longis. 



Indo-Chixa, .\nnam, gênerai vicinity of Hué and of Tourane, J . & M . 5. Clemeiis 

 3621 (type), JI22Ç, July ?. (flowcr) .\u^. i (fruit) 1927, a luxuriant vine along forest 

 margins, flowers pink-red. 



A remarkably distinct species, falling in Gagnepain's group II (ovaries 

 glabrous, not pubescent, in this group), but entirely différent from the other 

 species in this assemblage. Striking characters, other than its rubiginous 

 indumentum, are its entire, not lobed leaves, short pétioles, dense racemes, 

 the few racemes not arranged in panicles, the pedicels persisting for a time 

 after the flowers fall, but when the fruits are mature nearly ail the pedicels 

 hâve fallen, leaving very prominent projecting scars on the somewhat thick- 

 ened rachis. 



