LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINOIDEAE. 2l3 



5 inaequalia; 4 minima vix 1 raM. longa, quintum majus 5 mM. longum. 

 2 mM. latum Filamenta 9, sparse pilosa, 5—6 cM. longa, basi brevissime 

 connata. Antherae glabrae 5 mM longae. Ovarium glabrum, stipitatum, 

 stipite calycis tubo uno latere adnata, 6-ovulatum, 1 mM. longum. Stylus 



6 cM. longus, stigmate capitato. Legumen non vidi. 

 PI. X. 



Saramacca River, near Janbasigado : Pulle 154 (fl. Jan.) 

 Species a Palovea guyanense Aubl. differt forma foliorum, bracteolis 

 petalisque minoribus, ovario glabro, antheris glabris etc. 



HETEROSTEMON Desf. 



Heterostemon mimosoides Desf. Mem. Mus. Paris. IV. 249 t 12. 

 Upper Tapanahoni River, near Inteliwa.- Versteeg 866 (fl. Sept.) 

 Amazon district. 



BAUHINIA Linn. 



Bauhinia Versteegii Pulle nova spec, foliis integris ovatis basi rotun- 

 datis, longissime acuminatis, coriaceis, margine nerviforme cinctis, 5- 

 nerviis, alabastris linearibus, petalis acutis. 

 Frutex 3 M attingens, ramis junioribus rufescenti-villosis, demum glabratis- 

 Folia ovata, integra, supra glabra, subtus minute rufescenti-puberula 

 21 — 10 cM. longa- 7 J — 3 cM. lata, longissime angusteque acuminata, 

 S-nervia, margine prominente nerviforme cincta, nervis supra impressis, 

 subtus prominentibus, venulis transversis parum conspiciis. Petiolus 1 cM. 

 longus. Stipulae minutae, deciduae. Racemus terminalis 9 cM. longus, 

 10-florus, rufescenti-puberulus, aphyllus. Pedicelli saepius gemini \ cM. 

 longi. Alabastra linearia 5 cM. longa. Calycis tubus 1 cM. longus, seg- 

 menta extus rufescentia Petala augustissime linearia, acuta, calycis seg- 

 ments multo breviora. Stamina omnia antherifera. Filamenta 6 — 7 cM. 

 longa, pars infima sparse puberula, ceterum glabra. Ovarium longe stipi- 

 tatum, ferrugineo-tomentosum, stipite glabra. Stylus villosus, 3 cM. longus, 

 stigmate oblique oblongo-clavato. Legumen 15 cM. longum, 1 — ii cM. 

 latum compressum, glabfatum, stipite 2i cM. longa. 

 PI XI. 

 Upper Gonini River : Versteeg 163 (fl. and fr Aug.) 



Bauhinia bicuspidata Benth. Flora Bras. XV. 2. p. 193. 



Upper Tapanahoni River, near Mount Teeboe : Versteeg 791 (fl. 



and fr. Aug.) 

 Amazon district. 

 The pod of this species has not been descripted by Bentham. It is 



of a darkbrown colour, soft-haired, about 12 cM. long and 2 cM. 



broad, and has a stalk of 5 cM. It is very flattened and has 10 



seeds of a dark-brownish colour. 



Bauhinia acuminata Linn. Spec, plant. 376. 



Cottica district near plant Alliance : Went 279 (fl. Aug.) 



