Bauhinia andrieuxii Hemsl.

Bauhinia andrieuxii Hemsl. Diag. PI. Nov. 48. 1880
A shrub, the very slender branches tuberculate, glabrous, the young twigs and petioles densely puberulent or tomentulose. Stipules minute; petioles filiform, about 15 mm. long, or shorter; leaves suborbicular, or broader than long, small, 4-17 mm. long, subcordate, 9-nerved, subraembranous, deeply 2-lobed, glabrous above, puberulent beneath, at least on the nerves, the lobes rounded; flowers solitary or few together; pedicels short; calyx spathaceous, about 18 mm. long; petals broadly elliptic, short-clawed, about 8 mm. long; stamens 10, all perfect, the alternate ones shorter; ovary hirsute; young legume browii-tomentose, linear, shortstipitate.
Type locality: Near Oaxaca. Distribution: Oaxaca.