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ferae, rhachide ferrugineo - tomentosa ad 30 mm longa, 5 — 9-flora. 
Bracteae orbiculari-ovatae, ca. 2mm longae, forrugineo-tomentosae, 
per y. post antliesin basi persistente caducae; prophylla orbiculari- 
ovata, ca. 3 mm longa, apice + obscure mucronulata, concava, dorso 
leviter carinata, extus ferrugineo-tomentosa, intus glabra. Alabastra 
ovata. Calyx tubo 4 mm longo, segmentis ovatis obtusis 5 — 6 mm 
longis, 4mm latis, extus incano - tomentosus, intus glaber. Petala 
obovata v. oblongo - obovata, basi in unguem 1 — 1,5 mm longum an- 
gusta.ta, cum ungue ca. 11 mm longa, 6 nun lata, glabra, margine si- 
nuato-undulata, alba (t. Glaziou). Filamenta longiora ca. 12mm, 
breviora ca. 8mm longa, glabra v. basi parcissime pilosa. Ovarium 
oblonguni, albido-villosum, stipite ca. 4 mm longo fere usque ad apicem 
calycis tubo adnato, stylo inferne parce piloso, superne glabro coro- 
natum, ad 15-ovulatum. Legumen novellum albido-villosum. 
Habitat in Brasiliae provincia Rio de Janeiro in monte 
Corcovado: Glaziou n. 13726. 
Caesalpinioideae-Bauhinieae. 
Bauhinia L. 
B. Glaziovii Taub. sp. n. (Sect. Pileostigma Benth.) Rami no- 
velli densissime tomentosi, adulti glabri spinis validis rectis muniti; 
folia transverse ovalia, breviter biloba, lobis rotundatis, basi sub- 
truncata vel obscure cordata, supra glaberrima, nitidula, dense reti- 
culato-nervosa, subtus leviter ferrugineo-pubescentia, nervis prominen- 
tibus; raceini longi laxe multiflori, ad ramorum apices in panniculas 
amplas divaricatas compositi; alabastra pyriformia, subsericeo- 
tomentosa; calyx per antliesin breviter 5-fissus; petala obovata, 
basin versus cuneato-attenuata; stamina omnia fertilia; ovarium 
dense rutilo-sericeum. 
Frutex? altitudinis ignotae. Stipulae non observatae; spinae 
ca. 15 mm longae. Petioli vulgo 10 — 20 mm, raro ad 30 vel vix 
5mm longi, supra canaliculati, glabri; folia ad 50mm longa, 70mm 
lata, apice ad Ve — 1 k longitudinis biloba, basi subtruncata vel + sub- 
cordata, cliartacea, subtus pallida, praecipue ad nervös ferrugineo- 
pubescentia vel adulta subglabra, costa apice in mucronem ca. 2 mm 
longum producta, nervis primariis utrinque 3, supra uti costa parum, 
subtus uti secundarii manifeste prominulis. Racemi 15 — 20 cm longi, 
tomento denso brevissimo ferrugineo conspersi; bracteae uti prophylla 
minima, lanceolatae, inox caducae; pedicelli ad 5mm longi, ferrugineo- 
tomentosi, prophylla paullo infra calycein gereutes; alabastra 12mm 
