Bauhinia jucunda Brandegee

Casparea jucunda (Brand.) Britton & Rose
Bauhinia jucunda Brand. Univ. Cal. Publ. Bot. 7: 326. 1920.
A shrub, with glabrous twigs. Leaves 5.5-7 cm. long, glabrous, somewhat shining, membranous, strongly 5-nerv'ed, reticulate-veined, lobed to the middle or deeper, the lobes lanceolate, obtuse, somewhat spreading; petiole 1-2 cm. long; stipules small, deciduous; raceme rather densely several-many-flowered, puberulent, 5-7 cm. long; pedicels about 10 mm. long, or shorter; calyx about 2 cm. long; petals linear, tomentose, 2.5-3 cm. long, shorter than the perfect stamen; fertile anther hairy; ovary densely tomentose, stipitate; legume 6-8 cm. long, 1 cm. wide, puberulent, somewhat reticulated, long-apiculate.
Type locality: Barranca de Panoaya, Veracruz. Distribi'Tio.n; Veracruz.