Bauhinia .] 
XLVII. LEGUMINOSjE. 
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Petals not longer than calyx lobes. 
Leaves pubescent; pedicels very 
short ..... 
Buds clove-shaped. 
Leaves of 2 connate leaflets, tips round; 
flowers cream colour 
Flowers medium, red or orange in dense 
terminal corymbs or racemes. 
Calyx tube much longer than limb. 
Leaves 5- to 7-nerved, pubescent 
beneath; pod velvety . 
Leaves 7- to 9-nerved glabrous; pod 
glabrous .... 
Leaves 7-nerved, silky beneath; 
petals hairy outside . 
Calyx tube twice as long as limb, or 
nearly so . 
Calyx tube short, hardly or not ex¬ 
ceeding limb. 
Flowers in pubescent racemes. 
Racemes many-flowered; leaves 
entire glabrous . 
Racemes few-flowered; leaves 
bifid, pubescent beneath 
Racemes panicled densely hairy. 
Leaves entire; racemes few 2 
in. long .... 
Leaves bifid; racemes many 
12 in. long 
Flowers corymbose. 
Leaves coi'iaceous small 3*5 in. long 
Calyx tube shorter than lobes. § Lasiobema. 
Flowers medium or small, 
green and pink or yellow, 
not red or orange. 
Flowers over 1 in. across in racemes. 
Petals orbicular clawed 
Petals lanceolate clawed 
Flowers ‘5 in. across; petals spathulate 
Flowers *7 in. wide very numerous; 
racemes 8 to 12 in. long 
Flowers 1 in. wide; raceme 1 in. long 
Flowers "6 in. wide; panicle 8 in. long 
Flowers over 1 in. wide; panicle 9 in. 
by 7 in. 
( 8 ) B. Ridleyi 
{9) B. glauca 
(10) B. eornifolia 
(n) B. bidentata 
(12) B. cuprea 
(13) B. monticola 
(14) B. lucida 
(15) B. Scortechinii 
{16) B. integrifolia 
(17) B. flammifera 
(18) B. Kingii 
(19) B. Finlaysoniana 
(20) B. Wrayi 
(21) B. Curtisii 
(22) B. strychnoidea 
(23) B. micrantha 
(24) B. glabrifolia 
(25) B. bracteata 
(1) B. acuminata Linn. Sp. Pl. 376; Baker, in Hook, fil. F.B.I. 
ii. 276; Prain, l.c. 179. 
A shrub about 5 to 10 ft. tall. Leaves slightly cordate cut 
down into acute or sub-obtuse lobes for a third of their length, 
glabrous above and hairy and glaucescent beneath, 4 to 5 in. long, 
3*5 in. wide; petioles 1-25 in. long, puberulous. Flowers few 
corymbose, pure white. Calyx -23 in. long, green. Petals oblong, 
1*75 in. long. Stamens 10 fertile. Pod 4 to 5 in. long, *6 to *7 in. 
wide. Seeds 5 to 15. Hab. An occasional garden escape or remains 
of abandoned cultivation. I have never seen any which appeared 
to be really wild, but it is to be seen, in sandy places usually, in 
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