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MERRILL. 
BAUHINIA Linn. 
Bauhinia copelandii sp. nov. § Phanera. 
Scandens ; ramulis, subtus foliis, raeemis, calycibusque plus minus pu- 
bescentibus; foliis ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, integris, 5-nerviis, 7 ad 9 
cm longis, btisi cordatis, apice breviter acuminatis, acuminibus retusis; 
floribus racemosis; staminibus fertilibus 3, sterilibus 3. 
Scandent, the branches and branchlets terete, slightly pubescent. 
Leaves ovate to oblong-ovate, 7 to 10 cm long, 4 to 6 cm wide, entire, 
not cleft, subcoriaceous, shining on both surfaces, glabrous above, beneath 
with few appressed hairs, the base broad, cordate, the apex shortly and 
broadly acuminate, the acumen retuse; nerves 5, prominent; petioles 1 
cm long or less, glabrous or slightly pubescent. Racemes terminal, 
somewhat pubescent, the rachis 1.5 cm long or less, the pedicels slender, 
about 2.5 cm long. Calyx-tube cylindrical, about 7 mm long, 3 mm in 
diameter, pubescent, the lobes equal, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 
shortly acuminate, pubescent outside, about 1 cm long, 3 mm wide. 
Petals obovate to oblong-obovate, slightly appressed-pubescent externally, 
about 1.5 cm long, 1.3 cm wide, short-clawed. Stamens 6, three fertile, 
three sterile. Ovary and style somewhat pubescent; stigma capitate. 
Fruit unknown. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Todaya, Copeland Uf29, October, 1904. 
Among the Philippine species most closely allied to Bauhinia leptopus Perk., 
but with much larger flowers; apparently most closely allied to Bauhinia corni- 
folia Baker, of the Malayan Peninsula, but sufficiently distinct, ex descr. 
Bauhinia subglabra sp. nov. § Phanera. 
Scandens, glabra; ramulis pruinosis, nigricantibus nitidis; foliis sub- 
coriaceis, glabris, 5 ad 7 longis, usque ad medium lobatis, lobis rotunda- 
tis; nervis ca. 11 ; raeemis glabris; petalis oblongo-lanceolatis vel elliptico- 
lanceolatis, unguiculatis ; staminibus fertilibus 3; ovario tomentoso. 
Scandent, 3 to 5 m high, glabrous throughout except the tomentose 
ovary and style, and the petals which are slightly pubescent outside. 
Branches terete, lenticellate, gray, the branchlets terete, slender, black- 
ish, somewhat shining. Leaves subcoriaceous, slightly shining, 5 to 
7 cm long, 5.5 to 7 cm wide, suborbicular, the base cordate, cleft 
nearly to the middle, the sinus very narrow, the lobes rounded; 
nerves about 11, prominent; petioles slender, 4 to 5 cm long. Racemes 
terminal, glabrous, the rachis 3 to 6 cm long, black ; pedicels 2 to 3 cm 
long ; bracteoles none or caducous. Calyx cylindrical, about 1.4 cm long, 
3 mm thick, the lobes glabrous, reflexed, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 
about 2 cm long, 3 mm wide. Petals oblong-lanceolate to elliptical- 
lanceolate, nearly 3 cm long, long-clawed, slightly pubescent on the 
