ROSE — MEXICAN \M' CENTBA] AMERICAN PLANTS. '.'7 



CAESALPINIACEAE. 

 THREE NEW BAUHINIAS. 



Bauhinia confusa Rose, Bp. oov. 



shnil) about 2 meters high; pubescenc young branches short and dense; 



5 to 6 cm. long, either rounded at base or with a broad sinus, the terminal lobes 

 aboul one-third the length of the blade, slightly spreading, acute, Blightly hairy 

 above, pubescenton the veins beneath; petiole shorterthan the blade, pubee 

 inflorescence a dense raceme becoming l to 5 cm. I « • n lt : bracts long-acuminate; buds 

 elongated, with long free- tips; calyx spathaceous; corolla white, 15 nun. long, taper- 

 ing at base into a -1« nder claw, long-acuminate; perfecl stamens one, glabrous; i 

 on a long Blender stipe, pubescent; pods 10 to 12 cm. long, 10 to L2 nun. broad, flat, 

 glabrate. 



Type T. B. National Herbarium no. 161982 Pringle's no. 3104 . 

 Sj„ dun us , xamint d: 



San Luis Potosi: Tamasopa (anon. C. G. Pringle, June 25, 1890 no. 3104 ; 

 San Dieguito, Dr. E. Palmer, June, L904 (no. 126); near Tancanhuitz, E. w 

 Nelson, May, L898 no. 4363 . 



Dr. Pringle's specimens were distributed as />'. divaricata I... a Bpecies with very 

 different leaves. 



The above description of the pods is drawn from Mr. Nelson's specimen. 

 Bauhinia goldmani Rose, sp. nov. 



A small tree 6 to 8 meters high; young branches pubescent; petioles 6 to 10 mm. 

 long; leave- slightly cordate at base, 5 to 7 cm. long, the lobes one-third the length 

 of the blade, ovate, ascending and obtuse, glabrate above, Boftly pubescent beneath, 

 reticulate: racemes shorl and compact; peduncles L5 to 18 mm. long; calyx tips free, 

 filiform; petals narrow, glabrous, about 25 mm. long, purple; perfect stamen 1: ovary 

 long-stipitate, pubescent; pods L0 to L2 cm. long, 12 mm. broad, long-apiculate, on a 

 stipe L0 to L8 mm. long. 



Type U. s. National Herbarium no. 470546, collected by E. A. Goldman at Tuxtla 

 Gutierrez, Chiapas, March 8, 1904 (no. 742). 

 Bauhinia i Pauletia) long-iflora Rose, sp. nov. 



A bush 3 meters high, with pubescent branches; leaves orbicular, 25 to 50 nun. 

 long, broadly cordate at base, lobed at apex, glabrous above, pale and pul i 

 beneath, 7 to 9-nerved; lobes rounded; petioles shorter than the leaves; stipules 

 spinescent, unequal; flowers axillary in twos, or in terminal raceme-, slender, 7.5 

 to L0 cm. long, greenish-yellow; calyx spathaceous; petal- 5, filiform; stamens 1". 

 5 anther-bearing; ovaries villous; pods L5 to 20 cm. long, 12 mm. broad. 



Type U. 8. National Herbarium no. 305328, collected by Dr. E. Palmer, ravines 

 ami mountain Bides, Ymala, Sinaloa, August 16 to 25, l sU l (no. L426); in fruit, 

 October 17 I letter D). 



FOUR NEW CASSIAS. 

 Cassia arida Rose, Bp. nov. 



Perennial, much branched at base, erect, 15 cm. high, pubescent; stipules linear. 

 pubescent, often glandular; petiole- slender, 3 to t cm. long, bearing a slender gland 

 between the leaflets of the lowest pair; leaflets 3 pairs, oblong, 15 to 22 mm. long, 

 tipped by a brown perhaps deciduous mucro; peduncles 6 to 9 cm. long; pods 3 to 4 

 cm. long, somewhat incurved, acuminate, hairy. 



Type U. S. National Herbarium no. 153267, collected by J. N Rose and Jos. II. 

 Painter, near Higuerillas, Quer^taro, August 23, 1905 (no. 9778 . A common plant 

 of the deserts in thai locality. 

 Cassia demissa Rose, sp. nov. 



Stems low, often trailing, much branched, pubescent; petioles Blender, 15 to 30 

 mm. long; leaflets generally two pairs, rarely three pair-, oblong, 1" to 15 mm. long, 

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