Bauhinia pes-caprae Cav.

Casparea pes-caprae (Cav.) H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6: 318. 1824.
Bauhinia pes-caprae Cav. Ic. 5; 3. 1799.
A shrub, 3-4 m. high with slender weak branches, the twigs glabrous or glabrate. Stipules small; petiole 1-2 cm. long; leaves glabrous or nearly so, coriaceous, finely reticulated, 7-nerved, 2-6 cm. long, cordate at base, deeply 2-lobed, the oblong lobes rounded; racemes pubescent, many-flowered; pedicels S-15 mm. long; calyx 12 mm. long, puberulent; petals 2-2.5 cm. long, the blade narrow and much shorter than the long, densely pilose claw; fertile stamen glabrous, about as long as the petals; ovary long-stipitate, densely puberulent; legume 10-12 cm. long, about 1.5 cm. wide, glabrate, its stipe about 2 cm. long.
Type locality: Acapulco, Guerrero. Distribution: Guerrero.