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ceo-nnmpens. Leg. bivalve polysperinum. Stigma capi- 

 tatum. 



B, divaricata L. ( spec. 535 excl. syn.) Mexicauos in- 

 colit fines ; b. Schiede pr. Plan del Rio eam collegit. 

 Bauhiuia euiin in Linnaea 5. p. 600 (specimen III.) 

 meraorata uon differt ab icone in Hort. Cliff. t. 15 data 

 nee a descriptioue. Raml sunt teretes, glabri ; folia 

 basi obtusa aiit vix cordata, 5-nervia, glabra, sub- 

 tus hiiic inde pilis minutis adspersa^ ^/^ et ultra biloba 

 lobis late divergentibns et obtusiusculis (etiam in icone 

 cit.). Starainuin vagina et anthera fertilis pilosiuscula. 

 Leg. imraaturum corapressum, stipitatum , puberulum, 

 3- pollicare. 



B, mejcicana n. ramulis siibhirsuto-pilosis , foliis basi 

 cordatis utrinqne pubescentibus 7-nerviis 1/3 bilobis lo- 

 bis divaricatis brevi et acute acumiuatis, petalis subob- 

 longis utrinqne attenuatis stipite pubescentibus. 



Affinis Banhiuiae porrectae Sw. differt inprimis hirsutie 

 et foliolis acutissirae acnminatis et petalorum stipite pube- 

 scente. Folia utrinque magis minusve pubescentia , snbtus 

 hinc inde glandulosa, ly^" ^^^« 2" long.; petiolus 6 — 9''' 

 long., pubescenti-hirsutus. Racemi apice ramnlorum pube- 

 scenti-hirsuti, aphylli; pedicelli subnutantes calycibus paulo 

 breviores, bractea setacea 2'" longa suffulti et basi bracteo- 

 lis 2 setaceis miiniti. Calyx in alabastro 5 setis coronatus, 

 pnbesceus, ^j^" long. Staminum vagina glabra. Leg. sti- 

 pitatum, basi subattennaturo, apiculatum, snbglabrum , ultra 

 Z" long. 1/3" lat. 



Schiede log. pr. Papantla Mex. cf. Linu. V. p. 600, 

 specim. I. 



