Bauhinia dolichobotrys sp. nov. (§ Phanera):]/U^,rrx^yt^^ If.' S? /fj"^ 



Frutex alte scandens, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber, ramulis ultimis 

 teretibus, glabris, nitidis, laevibus, purpureo-brunne.s, 4-5 mm. dia- 

 •netro; foliis oblongo-ellipticis, coriaceis, nitidis, olivaceis, subtus pauUo 



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pallidioribus, 7-12 cm. longis, 3-5 cm. latis, basi rotundatis, S-nerviis, 

 apice breviter acuminatis, integris, apiculatis, vel leviter retusis, nervis 

 primariis supra basin utrinque circiter 3, gracilibus, haud perspicuis; 

 petiolo glabro 1.5-3.5 cm. longo; cirrhis glabris vel subglabris, circiter 

 3 cm. longis, gracilibus; inflorescentiis terminalibus, simpliciter race- 



mosis, multifloris, saltem 35 cm. longis, dense breviterque nitide cupreo- 

 pubescentibus, pedicellis circiter 2 cm. longis, bracteolis acicularibus, 

 curvatis, usque ad 1 cm. longis, alabastris oblongo-ellipsoideis; floribus 

 circiter 4 cm. longis, coccineis, calyce 2 cm. longo, dense breviterque 

 nitide cupreo-pubescente, in parte inferiore circiter 7 mm. longa et 5 

 mm. diametro cylindraceo, sursum ampliato, et usque ad 1 cm. latis, 

 dentibus 5, vix 3 mm. longis, usque ad 6 mm. latis, plerumque obtusis; 

 petalis omnibus unguiculatis, utrinque plusminusve pubescentibus, 

 2.5-3 cm. longis, vexillo 1.5 cm. lato, late ovato, basi leviter cordato, 



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apice obscure apiculato, petalis reliquis angustioribus, rotundatis; 

 staminibus fertilibusX-filamentis glabris, 3.5 cm. longis, staminoideis 2, 

 glabris, 4-6 mm. longis; ovario pubescente, ovulis circiter 10. 



Indo-China, Southern Annâm, Dalat, R. W. Squires 818, April 17, 

 1931, climbing to a height of 20 m. in forests along river banlvS, flowers 

 scarlet. 



A remarkable species characterized by its oblong-elliptic, entire or 

 very slightly retuse, never cleft or divided leaves, its greatly elongated, 

 ._rminal, simple, many-flowered simple racemes, and its characteristic 

 flowers. Counting the lower pedicels from which the flowers hâve fallen 

 and the numerous crowded buds in the upper part of the raceme, each 

 individual raceme may bear in excess of 150 flowers. The racemes 

 elongate gradually as the flowers develop. It is not closely allied to 

 any of the 41 species admitted by Gagnepain as occurring in Indo-China, 

 but in accordance with his arrangements falls in the group of those with 

 three stamens and pubescent ovaries. 



