BauhiniaPetelotiisp. nov. Merr. JAA 21 : 370. 1940 



Frutex scandens, cirrhosus, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque ex- 

 ceptis glaber vel subglaber; ramis teretibus, subatropurpiireis, glabris, 

 novellis parcissime breviter pubescentibus; foliis ambitu suborbiculari- 

 ovatis, 8-11 cm. diametro, perspicue bilobatis, subcoriaceis, iitrinque sub- 

 concoloribus, nitidis, glabris vel subtus ad nervos minutissime parceque 

 breviter pubescentibus, basi perspicue 9-nerviis, subprofunde cordatis, 

 lobis basalibus latissime rotundatis, lobis terminalibus ovatis, sursum 

 angustatis, acutis vel obtusis vel obscure breviter acuminatis, circitef 

 4 cm. longis et (deorsum) 4-S cm. latis; petiolo 2.5-4.5 cm. longo, 

 glabro vel obscure pubescente; inflorescèntiis terminalibus, vix peduncu- 

 latis, breviter adpresse pubescentibus, 7-8 cm. longis latisque; floribus 

 albidis, racemosis, pedicellis 3-4 cm. longis, brevissime consperseque 

 pubescentibus, bracteolis linearibus. circiter 2 mm. longis, deciduis; 

 calycis tubo circiter 5 cm. longo, obscure pubescente, anguste obconico, 

 basi quam pedicello vix crassiore; alabastro ellipsoideo, circiter 1 cm. 

 longo, obtuso; sepalis 5, subellipticis, reflexis, 10-11 mm. longis, circiter 

 4 mm. latis, extus leviter pubescentibus, acutis vel obtusis, haud peni- 

 cillatis; petalis obovatis, unguiculatis, extus in partibus medianis plus 

 minusve adpresse pubescentibus, circiter 2.8 cm. longis, 2 cm. latis, apice 

 rotundatis; staminibus fertilibus 3, filamentis crassis, deorsum dense hir- 

 sutis, sursum glabris, antheris oblongo-ellipsoideis, 3 mm. longis; stami- 

 nodiis 2, robustis, deorsum incrassatis, dense hirsutis, sursum glabris; 

 ovario dense breviter f errugineo-hirsuto ; stylo glabro. 



Indo-Chin.a: Tonkin, Bac Giang Province, near Pho Vu, Pétclot 

 4879, May 1933, a large liana with white flowers in open forests. 



A species, by Gagnepain's arrangement, falling in the same group as 

 Bauhinia inflexilobata Merr., but quite unlike that species and equally 

 unlike the three mentioned above in the discussion of the latter species. 

 Characterized by being nearly glabrous, except for the somewhat pubes- 



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cent, short scarcely peduncled, simple racemes, its ample flowers, 

 thickened staminodes or stérile filaments which are densely pubescent 

 below, and its cordate leaves which are conspicuously 2-lobed, the ovate, 

 obtuse, acute or slightly acuminate lobes, and the acute ample terminal 

 sinus, the latter being somewhat less than a right angle. 



