Tab. 6277. 
BATJHINIA PEI 10 LATA. 
Native of New Granada. 
Nat. Orel. Leguminos.®. — Trite BauhinieA!. 
Genus Bauhinia, Linn. (Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p. 575.) 
Bauhinia ( Pauletia ) petiolata ; glaberrima,, foliis simplieibus petiolatis distichis 
ovatis obtuse caudato-acuminatis basirotundatis integerrimis 5-nerviis luride 
viridibus, petiolo basi et apice tumido, floribus paucis in racemum brevem 
terminalem dispositis brevissime crasse pedicellatis, calycis tubo brevi cam- 
panulato, limbo spathaceo obtuso basi fisso corolla breviore, petalis anguste 
obovato-spathulatis albis, staminibus exsertis, filamentis decurvis elongatis 
basi monadelphis, antheris anguste hastatis flavis supremo minore casso 
ovario gracile stipitato libero, stylo yalido, stigmate 2-lobo. 
B. petiolata, Triana, MSS. 
Amaeia petiolata, Mutis Sem. Nuev. Granad. 1810, p. 25, ex DC. Prod. 
vol. ii. pA&L ! ■</ 
Casparia speciosa, Hort. Lind. 
The genus Amaria was established by the Spanish botanist 
Mutis, and adopted by De Candolle, for this and an allied very 
interesting plant ; unfortunatety, the only character by which 
it could have been separated from Mr. Cavanilles’ older genus 
Pauletia is that attributed to it of having the stalk of the ovary 
adnate to the calyx, which however, as shown in our plate, 
is not the case ; and it hence, together with Pauletia itself, 
falls into the huge genus Bauhinia. The anthers are repre- 
sented in our drawing (which was made in 1862) as uniform 
and also perfect, but in the dried specimen, preserved at the 
same time, the upper filament is shorter and its anther is im- 
perfect ; and the plant being now lost to the Gardens, I can- 
not determine whether the character is a constant one. The 
only other species of the section figured in this work is B. 
forficata (tab. 3741), which has two-lobed leaves and axillary 
flowers. 
B. petiolata was introduced by Linden from New Granada, 
and by him was sent to Kew, where it flowered in October of 
the above-named year. I am indebted to the excellent New 
