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96 FABACEAE SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY
This element seems within the range of variable and
widespread (neotropics and Africa) Andira inermis (W.
Wright) Kunth ex A.P. Candolle.
Bauhinia Linnaeus (Caesalpinoid)
R. Wunderlin (USF) kindly reviewed this text and the
determinations.
Several species have been identified from collections made
in the Roseau Botanic Garden: Bauhinia acum'nata? Linnaeus
(Hodge 899 at GH) with large white flowers, Bauhinia
racemsa Lamarck (Hodge 3905) with small white flowers, and
Bauhinia romentosa Linnaeus (Hodge 902,1000 at GH) with
large yellow flowers. All have 10 stamens.
Two pink-flowered species are also expected in cultivation:
Bauhinia purpurea Linnaeus (with 3 perfect stamens) and
Bauhinia variegata Linnaeus (with 5 perfect stamens).
Woody; leaves mostly 2-lobed or 2-foliolate, with palmate
venation.
1. Cirrhiferous climber; corolla white to pinkish yellow;
stamens 10 . . . . . , . . . , . , . . . . . B. guianensis
1. Tree; standard conspicuously purplish red-blotched on
yellow background, other petals pinkish; stamen solitary
. . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . B. monandra
Bauhinia guianensis
Bauhinia guianensis Aublet, 1775:377, pl. 145.-Wunderlin, 1976353.
Bauhinia splendens Kunth, 1824,6321.
Schnella splendens (Kmth) Bentham, 1840:97.-Britton & Rose in Nor~h
her. Fl., 1930,23(4):207.
Schnella exciso Grisebach, 1860:211.
Bauhinia excka (Grisebach) Hemsley, 1880, 1:337.
High and heavy climber with stems flattened; leaves
coriaceous, coppery-sericeous below, leaves on juvenile
growth mostly deeply 2-lobed; inflorescence racemose; calyx