250 



Urban : 



sepalis anantheris v. autheram cassam minutam gerentibus; leguminibus 

 rectis subrectisve late linearibus. 



Bauhilda paitletia Pers. Ench. 455; HC. Prodr. II. 513; Hemd. 

 Biol. Centr. Amer. I. 338. 



Pauletia aculeata Cav. Ic. V. 6. t. 410! 



Bauhinia Panamensis Sjyreng. Syst. II. 334. 



Bauldnia parvifolia Seein. Voy. Her. 113, non Hoclist. 



Scandens v. (ex Cavan.) canlis fruticosus er. 3 m altas. Rami 4-anguli, juniores 

 basi tegumentis gemmalibus carentes, ad apicem pilis patentibus v. subcrispulis articalatis 

 rufescentibus, nunc obsoletis obsiti, inferne glabrescentes, aculeis 2,5 — 4 mm longis crassius- 

 culis a latere compressis inter stipulas et petiolum obviis, saepe praesertim in inflores- 

 centia inaequalibus. Stipulae deciduae v. satis longe persistentes setaceae usque 6 771m 

 longae, intus ad basin denticulos nonnullos lineares 0,2 — 0,3 mm longos gerentes. Folia 

 1 — 2,5 cm longe petiolata , 5 — 8 cm longa et lata, supra glabra, subtus praesertim ad 

 nervös breviter pubescentia v. tomentosula. Flor es hennaphroditi ; peduneuli 3 — 8 mm 

 longi dichotomi; bracteae pedicellis paullo sursum adnati cum bracteolis binis verticillatae 

 et subaequiformes, 2 — 3«i»i longae squamiformes ; pedicelli 5 — 10, fruetiferi deflexi usque 

 15 mm longi, rhachi inter binos pedicellos plane abortiva. Receptaculum 1,5 — 2 c?» 

 longum, 1 — 1,5 cm crassum, extrinsecus brevissime pulverulento-pilosum 10-striatum, intus 

 pubescens v. praesertim ad faucem barbato- villosum. Calycis lobi valde elongati, sub 

 anthesi inferne v. supra basin soluti, caeterum praeter apices subulatos usque 8 mm longos 

 liberos unilateraliter spathaeeo-connati v. (ex Cavan.) plane soluti et reflexi, intus glabri, 

 extrinsecus brevissime pilosuli. Petala fauci reeeptaculi inserta, in aestivatione aperta, 

 acuminata glabra decidua. Stamina reeeptaculo usque ad faucem adnata et hoc loco 

 inter sese coalita, caeterum libera, intus supra basin brevissime tomentosa v. villosa, 

 5 alternisepala e basi latiore filiformi-setacea , quoad libera 2,5 — 3,5 cm longa, 5 oppo- 

 sitisepala aeqnalia fertilia; filamenta eorum 9 — 10 cm longa linearia, inferne 1 — 1,5 mm 

 lata, superne sensim angustata; antherae lineares 2,5 — 3 cm longae, 1 — 1,5 mm latae, in 

 Vs — Vjo alt. affixae, apiculatae; pollinis granula aquae immersa 122 — 165 fi diametro. 

 Gynaeceum totum 13 — 17 cm longum; stipes a reeeptaculo liber 4 — 6 cm longus 

 1 — 1,5 mm crassus glaber; ovarium ipsum sublineare er. 5 cm longum, 3 mm latum 

 brevissime tomentosum multiovulatum; Stylus 4 — 6 cm longus, superne sensim attenuatus 

 glaber; stigma oblongum unilateraliter papillosum, marginibus reflexis, 4 — 6 mm longum, 

 1,5 — 2 mm latum. Leguraina peduneulo refracto pendula acuta, styli basi persistente 

 er. 5 mm longe mucronata, plana brunnescentia 15 — 25 cm longa, 1 — 1,5 cm lata, obso- 

 jete nervuloso-rugulosa, tomentosula. 



Habitat in Puer t o- Rico, in sepibus prope Mayaguez: Krug herb. n. 279, prope 

 Cabo-Rojo m. Jan. fruet.: Sintenis n. 713, incolis Mariposa vel Aranna galo; in 

 Trinidad, in sylvis umbrosis ad Arima m. Nov. flor.: Eggers n. 1398 (herb, propr.) ; 

 in Venezuela prope coloniam Tovar: Fendlcr n. 335 (t. herb. Grisebach) ; in Panama: 

 Duchassaing , Seemann n. 223, Hayes n. 268 (ex Hemsley) ; in Nicaragua: Levy (ex 

 Hemsl.); in Mexico: Ghiesbrecht, Liebmann n. 96 (ex Hemsl.). 



Obs. I. Icon Cavanillesii lobos calycinos sub anthesi plane disjunetos et recur- 

 vatos praebet, qui in nostris plantis superne saltem Semper unilateraliter cohaerent. 

 Nihilominus omnes proeul dubio ad eandem speciem pertinent. 



Obs. II. B. aculeata L. (Hort. Cliff. 156 t. 14, excl. Syn. Plum.) cum nostra 



