52 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS 
Bauhinia racemosa, Lam.; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 276; Forest 
Fl. Burma, i. p. 397.—Shan hills. 
North-western provinces of India to Ceylon, China, and the 
Malay archipelago, eastward to Timor. 
Bauhinia ($ Phanera) diptera, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex scandens, undique glaberrimus, ramulis floriferis sub- 
angulatis gracillimis. Folia 2-foliolata, graciliter petiolata; 
foliola sessilia, fere membranacea, ovali-elliptica, 9-12 lineas 
longa, utrinque rotundata, 3-4-nervia, subtus pallidiora ; petiolus 
fere filiformis, 9-15 lineas longus ; stipule minute, citissimo de- 
cidue. Flores mediocres (circiter 13 poll. diametro), laxe corym- 
boso-racemosi, longe graciliterque pedicellati, corymbis 5-11- 
floris; calycis lobi lati, circiter 4 lineas longi, apiculati, plus minus 
connati (sæpius 2 inter se et 3 inter se connati), subspathaceam 
expansi, persistentes; petala inæqualia, anguste spathulata, cris- 
pata; stamina 3 perfecta, petala longe superantia, circiter sesqui- 
polliearia; ovarium longissime stipitatum, cireiter 12-ovulatum, 
stylo stamina perfecta equante. Legumen ignotum. 
Shan hills at 4000 feet. 
Not very closely allied to any species, and characterized by ? 
very slender habit and by being glabrous in all parts. 
Bauhinia ($ Pileostigma) tortuosa, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. 
(Plate VIII.) 
-Arbor parva, nodosa, tortuosa, novellis tomentosis, dense ra- 
cemosa, ramulis floriferis brevibus gracilibus dense foliatis. 
Folia breviter petiolata, subcoriacea, breviter bilobata, lobis ro- 
tundatis, cordato-rotundata, latiora quam longa, maxima 14 poll. 
diametro, 9-nervia, supra glabra, retieulata, subtus tomentosa, 
-mervis petiolisque ferrugineo-tomentosis, petiolis 3-4 lineas longis. 
Flores (polygami?) pubescentes, 5-6 lineas diametro, breviter 
pedicellati, in racemos parvos densos (minoribus floribus 2-3 in- 
ferioribus tantum expansis vix polliearibus) laterales vel subter- 
minales dispositi; calycis lobi late ovati, obtusi, plus minusve 
connati et spathaceam expansi; petala subæqualia, obovato- 
spathulata, calycem triente excedentia ; stamina omnia perfecta, 
alterna breviora; ovarium subsessile, dense villosum, 2-ovulatum 
(an semper ?), stylo subnullo. Legumen non visum. 
Koni at 5000 feet. 
Near B. malabarica, Roxb., but altogether of smaller dimensions, 
