280 L. LEGU3IIK0SJE. (J. G. Baker.) [BauUnia. 



cordate, 11-13-nerved, slit 4-i do-vrn with an open sinus, persistently doTrny all over 

 teneath. JRacemes long-peduncled, terminal, dense, snLcorymbose ; lower pedicels 1-2 

 in., with persistent linear bracteoles. Cal^x-tube slender, ^J in. ; limb under i m,, 

 splitting into two lobes. Petals I in. long, obovate, with a short claw. Ovary term' 

 gineo-tomentose, with a short stalk, long style and minute stigma. Fod sublignose, 

 rusty-downy, J-1 ft. by 2 in., 8-12-seeded, finally splitting open. 



18. B. rosea, Kurz in Journ. Asiat Soc. Beng. xlii. 2, 72 ; pubescence 

 fulvous, leaf-lobes obtuse, pedicels long, calyx-tube short, petals much exserted 

 slightly pilose, 



Mahtaban, BrandUi* , * 



A climber, with pubescent branchlets. Leaves round-cordate, 3-5 in. each way, 

 chartaceous, slit ^down, glabrescent above, clothed with persistent fulvous pubescence 

 beneath. RaceiTies terminal, corymbose ; pedicels 1^-2 in. ; bracts linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, ^ in. Calyx-tQ^th. linear-lanceolate, ^ in,, free and reflexed when mature. 

 Tetals § in., with a long claw and linear-obovate undulated blade. Ovary ixiiyo-m- 

 lose ; style thick, shorter than the ovary. Pod unknown. Ex Kutz^ loc, cit. 



19. B. rufa, Grali. in Wall Cat. 5798; cirrhose, pubescence thin oarK 

 ferruginous, leaf-lobes acute, pedicels long, tube slender cylindrical, petals mucn 

 exserted densely silky. Phanera rufa, Benth. PL Jungh. 283, 



Sn-HET, Wallich. 



Branches, petioles, leaf-ribs beneath, pedicels and calyx densely ferrugineo-tomen- 

 tose. Leaves rigidly subcoriaeeous, 4-6 in. long, deeply cordate, 11-13-nerred, witnft 

 deltoid sinus reaching^ down and deltoid lobes. Corymb dense, terminal, subscssile, 

 pedicels 11-2 in., more slender than in B. VahliL Caiyx-tube i4 in. ; limb equal- 

 ling the tube, membranous, irregularly slit. Petals oblong- spat hulate, twice tne 

 length of the calyx-limb, densely silky on the back. Ovary densely silky, witn a 

 ehort stalk and long style, stigma small. Pod unknown. 



20. B. velutina, Wall Cat. 6781 ; ecirrhose, pubescence thin P^ey pij- 

 berulent, leaf-lobes obtuse, pedicels very short, tube cylindrical, petals littie 

 exserted obovate with a very long pilose claw. Phanera velutina, Benth -^ *- 

 Jnngh. 262. . . • 



Texasserim, IVallich, Griffith, Heifer. 



Habit and inflorescence o{ B. purpurea and variegafa. Leaves broader than ioDg» 

 rigidly coriaceous, pale green, deeply cordate, 9-11 -nerved, with an open ^^^"^^?^*^ig 

 ^"S ^-3 down. Eacemcs few-flowered, short-peduncled, axillary, corymbose ; P^*^^ . 

 |-^ in.; bracts deltoid, very minute. Calyx thinly grey -pubescent ; tube ^-1 ^'' 

 sepals distinct, lanceolate, as long as the tube. Claw of the petals three times ^^ 

 long as the limb. Ovary grey-tomentose, narrowed gradually into a long stalfe a 

 style, stigma small. Pod unknown. 



21. B. semibifida, Boxh. Ilort. Beng. 31 ; Fl Ind. ii. 330; ecirrhose, 

 puT:)escence thin dark ferruginous, leaf-lobes ohtuse, pedicels elongated, <^J^^ 

 tube stout anipullieform, petals oblanceolate glabrous little exserted.^ WM- * 

 As. Bar. t. 253 ; Cat. 6783 ; Wight. Ic. t. 2G3. Phanera semibifida, Benth. i*' 

 Jungh. 263. 



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Malacca, Griffith. Tknasserijt, Heifer. ' - ^g 



Branchlets, lo^{-v\hs beneath, pedicels and calyx clothed with bright ferrugin 

 silky pubescence. Leaves rigidly subcoriaeeous, 2-3 in. long, deeply cordate, 

 nerved. Racemes terminal, subsessile, 3-4 in. lung; pedicels 1-1 J in-, ^"-^^'-nce- 



conace 



short thick style and large peltate stigma.— Closely allied to B.ferruginea 



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