Bauhinia inflexilobata sp. nov. Merr. JAA 21! 369. 1940 



Frutex scandens, cirrhosus, partibus junioribus exceptis glaber; ramis 

 ramulisque teretibus, glabris, ramis lenticellatis, ramulis inflorescentiisque 

 in sicco siibatris; foliis ambitu ovatis, subcoriaceis, utrinque glabris, sub- 

 concoloribus, nitidis, 10-15 cm. longis, 8-12 cm. latis, basi perspicue 

 9-nerviis, rotundato-truncatis vel leviter late cordatis, apice perspicue 

 bilobatis, lobis circiter 6 cm. longis, oblongo-ovatis, perspicue acuminatis, 

 sursum angustatis, falcato-inflexis, apicibus subcontiguis; petiolo glabro, 

 5-8 cm. longo; paniculis terminalibus, elongatis, paucifloris, 40-50 cm. 

 longis, ramis primariis valde distantibus, 6-10 cm. longis, glabris vel 

 partibus junioribus parcissime consperse pubescentibus; floribus paucis, 

 longe pedicellatis, subumbellatim dispositis, pedicellis 4-6 cm. longis, 

 parcissime pubescentibus, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis, caducis, 2-i mm. 

 longis, bracteolis nullis vel minutis et deciduis; calycis tubo 7-8 mm. 

 longo, angusto, vix 1.5 mm. diametro, deorsum quam pedicello vix 

 crassiore, alabastro ellipsoideo, obtu:o, circiter 1 cm. longo; sepalis 5, 

 oblongis, circiter 1 cm. longis et 3 mm. latis, subobtusis, extus leviter 

 pubescentibus, vetustioribus reflexis; petalis late ellipticis, circiter 2.5 

 cm. longis, 1.8-2 cm. latis, late rotundatis, extus in partibus medianis 

 adpresse pubescentibus, intus glabris, breviter unguiculatis; staminibus 

 fertilibus 3, fiiamentis glabris, antheris oblongo-ellipsoideis, 6 mm. longis, 

 staminodiis 2, glabris, 4-5 mm. longis; ovario oblongo, stipitato, 

 dense breviter adpresse ferrugineo-hirsuto, stylo deorsum hirsute, sursum 

 glabro. 



370 JOIRNAL OF THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM [vol. xxi 



Indo-China: Tonkin, route from Laokoy to Chapa, Pétclot 2169, 

 altitude about 900 m. in shrubby savannas. 



.\ species characterized by its deeply lobed glabrous leaves, the lobes 

 falcate-inflexed, their acuminate apices almost meeting, its elongated 

 inflorescences, the few, widely scattered ultimate branches bearing a few 

 long-pedicelled flowers. By Gagnepain's arrangement of the Indo- 

 Chinese species it falls in the iîrst section, with three perfect stamens 

 and pubescent (not glabrous!) ovaries in the gênerai alliance of 

 B. Kerrii Gagnep., B. suhumbcllata Pierre, and B. pyrrhoclada Drake, 

 although it is not at ail closely allied to thèse three species. 



