214 LEGUMINOS^. 



above ; tube 1" long : limb either entire, elliptical-oblong, or bursting into 5 segments below 

 the cohering summit ; petals and stamens 2''-3" long ; anthers affixed above their base, re- 

 cused, 6"'-8"' long ; ovary oblong-cyHndrical, rusty-tomentose, tapering into the exserted 

 gynophore, and into the style, J4'' long: stigma 2i"' long, 1^'" broad. — Hab. S. Kitts I, 

 Antigua 1, WuHscU. ; S. Vincent I, Guild. ; Trinidad I, Cr,, where its branches are used as 

 wood boops ; [Cuba {Benth.)']. 



189. B. Bredemeyeri, Fo^. Armed with minute stipular spines ; hrancblets tomen- 

 tose ; leaves subquadrate-oblong or roundish, bilobed to one-third or one-fourth, rounded at the 

 base, 7-nerved, pubescent above, velvety beneath : lobes ovate, blunt, divergent ; flowers ge- 

 minate or solitary ; calyx externally pubescent, spathaceous, with the' cohering summit entire ; 

 petals elliptieal, with a bluntish point, tapering into the claw, glabrous, twice as loug as the 

 calyx-limb ; stamens connected very shortly at the base, all fertile ; anthers linear, recurved ; 

 stigma infundibular-lamellate, ovate, blunt, unilateral. — Leaves 34"-l" long, 2"-l" broad ; 

 calyx-tube 6'", limb 1", petals 3", anthers 3", stigma 1'" long.— Hab. Trinidad!, Sch.; 

 [Venezuela !] . 



190. B. iingnla, i/ac^. Armed with stipular spines ; bianchlets puberulous ; leaves 

 roundish-subquadrate, bilobed to one-third or one half, suboordate at the base, 11-9-nerved, 

 puberulous beneath : lobes ovate-deltoid, with a bluntish point, divergent ; flowers geminate 

 or solitary ; calyx externally puberulous, spathaceous with the cohering summit entire ; petals 

 spathulate-oblong, retuse, tapering into the short claw, glabrous, twice as long as the cab/x- 

 limb; stamen:s all fertile, 9 connected at the base; anthers linear, recurved; stigma in- 

 fundibular-lamellate, unequally bilobed, blunt. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 260. /. 31 ; Fragm. 

 i. 15. /. 1 ; Desc. tl. 2. t. 128. — B. aculeata, Jacq^. {jion L. ex Plum). B. pubescens, i)C., 

 B. acuminata, Desc..{non L.). — A shrub; leaves li"-l" diam. ; flowers white; calyx-tube 

 4'", Kmb 9"'-12"', petals li".-2"j anthers 2'", larger stigma-lip i'" long.— Hab. Jamaica!, 

 March; [S. Thomas!; Venezuela, New Granada]. 



191*. B. variegata, L. Armed with weak spinescent stipules ; branchlets puberulous ; 

 leaves roundish, bilobed to one- third, truncate at the base, 9-neTvei, puberulous beneath -. lobes 

 broadly ovate, rounded-Uunt, parallel; pedimcles bifid, 2-flowered : bracteoles lanceolate- 

 linear, persistent ; calyx externally puberulous, spathaceous or entire, minutely denticulate at 

 the summit ; petals broadly obomte, rounded at the top, subsessile, glabrous, thrice as long 

 as the calyx-limb ; stamens 5-7 fertile, snbdistinct at the ciliate base, included : anthers 

 oblong-linear, recurved ; stigma infundibular-lamellate, unequally bilobed ; larger lip reni- 

 form. — Bheed.JHal.l.t.ZS. — A shrub; leaves 2" diam. ; flowers rosy-white : one petal with 

 a purple blotch at the base; calyx-tube 2'", limb 6'" ►Belong ; petals li"-2"long, 15"'-18"' 

 broad ; anthers IJ" long ; legume flat-compressed, membranaceous, glabrescent, 5"-3" long, 

 6"' broad : gynophore very short. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, March, common ; [in- 

 troduced from the East Indies]. 



69. SCHNELLA, Sadd. 



Calyx-tube campanulate : limb bilabiate to 5-fid. Petals 5, inserted vrith the stamens near 

 the base of the calyx-tube. Sifamew* 1 0, distinct, all fertile. Chary sessile: stigma capi- 

 tate, usually oblique. Legume bivalved or tardily dehiscent, flat-compressed.- Cirrhiferous 

 vines, rareh/ erect woody plants ■„ leaflets 2, distinct or united, palmatinerved ; flowers in 

 terminal racemes. 



192. S. splendens, Bmth. I Scandent ; leaflets distinct, semiovate, acuminate or 

 pointleted, subsemicordate at the base, parallel, 3-4-nerved, shining-glabrous above, auraie 

 with a silliy (or evanescent) down beneath; calyx-lobes blunt; petals externally villous, 

 unequal, the larger obovate, twice as long as the c&\fi..—Jubl. t. 144. — Bauhinia, Kih. 

 B. Outimoutou, Jubl. B. maerophylla. Pair, and PI. Oarib. B. riparia, Splitnerb. I— 

 Leaflets 8"-4", petiole 6"-S", pedicels 1'", flowers 5"'-6"' long.— Hab. Caribbean Islands : 

 [Guadeloupe I ; Panama !, Guiana I, equatorial Brazil !] . 



193. S. ex.cisa,,Gr.{n.sp.). Scandent,cirrhiferous, glabrescent; leaves OTC(^a;ie-TOK«&A, 

 minutely bilobed at the summit to one-sixth or one-tenSi, 9-11-nerved : lobes parallel del- 

 toid-acuminate, bluntish; calyx-lips minutely denticulate; petals externally ot«omj, at length 

 glabrate, except in the middle, twice as long as the calyx.- Branchlets rusty-puherulous • 



