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BAUHINIA cumanénsis. 
Cumana Bauhinia. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
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Nat. ord. Lecuminosm. § Cesalpiniee. 
BAUHINIA Linn. Sepala 5, irregulariter concreta in calycem 5-fidum 
aut lateraliter fissam membranaceum. Petala 5, patula, oblonga, subin- 
~ xqualia, superiore d cxteris sepé distante. Stamina 10, nunc 9 sterilia mona- 
delpha, decimo libero antherifero, nunc ima basi monadelpha omnia aut 5 v. 3 
fertilia. Ovarium pedicellatum longum. Legumen 1-loculare 2-valve poly- 
spermum. Semina compressa, ovalia, endopleurd tumida. Embryo rectus, 
radicula ovata, cotyledonibus planis. Frutices. Folia biloba, nempe con- 
stantia foliolis duobus apici petioli sitis 2-5-nerviis, nunc omnind liberis, 
nunc emnind concretis, sepitis pls minis margine interior nerviformi conna- 
lis in sinu aristatis. Flores racemosi. Decand. prodr. 2. p. 512. 
. § Caulotretus. 
Stamina 10 omnia fertilia et libera petalis sepe breviora. Calyx ven- 
tricosus 5-dentatus sub-bilobus. Ovarium sessile. Caules sepé 
scandentes compressi. Flores albi aut flavicantes. Dec. 1.c. 
B. cumanensis ; caule sarmentoso, ramulis glabris, foliis basi cordatis subtis pube- 
scentibus, foliolis membranaceis ovatis subacutis 4-nerviis ad medium concretis, 
racemis terminalibus solitariis interdim bifidis vel cirrhiferis. Dec. l.c. 
B. cumanensis. - Humb. et Kunth. nov. gen. 6. p. 321. 
B. scandens Americana, Linn. sp, ed. 2. p. 535. fide Candollit. 
Caulis compressus, scandens, junior subpilosus. Folia basi cordata, ad 
medium v. ultra biloba, lobis divaricatis, acutis, 4-veniis, supra glabris, sub- 
tis pallidis, pubescentibus. Racemi oppositifolii, pauciflori, foliis breviores. 
Pedicelli calycesque rafo-pubescentes. Petala alba, erecta, pubescentia, sub- 
e@qualia, basi rubro punctata. Stamina 10, libera, equalia, fertilia, calyce 
breviora. Ovarium sessile, tomentosum. 
i eh cc a A ene! 
A tender twining stove plant, with handsome foliage and 
inconspicuous flowers. Native of shady woods in Cumana 
and other parts of equinoctial America. The seeds from 
which the plant now represented was raised, were received 
from Rio Janeiro by the Comte de Vandes, in whose Hot- 
house at Bayswater the figure was taken, in July last. 
