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cm long, 1.5 to 1.8 cm wide, narrowly oblong to narrowly oblong- 

 obovate, rounded at the apex, base acute, densely pubescent 

 outside, glabrous within, the claw stout, 4 to 5 mm long. Fertile 

 stamens 3 ; filaments glabrous ; anthers narrowly oblong, 2.2 cm 

 long. Ovary rather long-stipitate, all parts, including the stipe 

 and the stout style, densely ferruginous-pubescent. 



Sarawak, Baram District, Entoyut River, Hose 163, November 10, 1894. 



A species well characterized by its large flowers, belonging in the group 

 with Bauhinia exelsa, Blume (B. ferruginea Korth., non Roxb.), from 

 which it is easily distinguished by its slender, much longer petioles. 



BAUHINIA MOULTONII sp. nov. § Phanera. 



Frutex scandens, ramulis subtus foliis inflorescentiisque fer- 

 rugineo-pubescentibus ; foliis coriaceis, suborbicularis, usque ad 

 9 cm diametro, prominente 7- vel 9-nerviis, basi cordatis, apice 

 breviter lobatis, lobis rotundatis; floribus racemosis, racemis 

 paucifloris; petalis oblongis ad anguste oblongis, circiter 12 mm 

 longis, extus parce pilosis ; staminibus f ertilibus 3, antheris latis ; 

 ovario glabro. 



A scandent shrub, the branchlets, petioles, lower surface of 

 the leaves, and the inflorescence more or less ferruginous-pube- 

 scent, the branches and branchlets terete, brown in color, the 

 former ultimately glabrous. Leaves suborbicular, rather thickly 

 coriaceous, 5 to 9 cm long, base prominently cordate, divided 

 one-fourth to the base or less, the sinus narrow, lobes broadly 

 rounded, prominently 7- or 9-nerved, the primary reticulations 

 lax, prominent, the secondary ones obsolete or nearly so, the 

 upper surface brown when dry, glabrous, the lower somewhat 

 paler, rather uniformly pubescent with scattered, short, brown 

 hairs ; petioles 2 to 5 cm long. Racemes ferruginous-pubescent, 

 short, rather few-flowered, the lower pedicels longer than the 

 upper ones, deciduous, slender, up to 2 cm in length. Buds 

 clove-shaped, the tube slender, cylindric, 2 to 4 mm long, rather 

 densely pubescent, the limb ovoid, slightly pubescent or nearly 

 glabrous. Sepals oblong-ovate, acute or slightly acuminate, 5 

 to 6 mm long, in anthesis spreading or somewhat reflexed. 

 Petals oblong to narrowly oblong, about 11 mm long, 4 to 5 mm 

 wide, sparingly pilose on the back with long scattered hairs, the 

 base acute, the claw 1 mm long or less. Disk ferruginous-villous. 

 Ovary oblong, compressed, glabrous, about as long as the style. 

 Fertile stamens 3, the anthers wider than long. 



Sarawak, Native collector 201, 202 (type) (Bur. Sci.). 

 Apparently quite distinct from the other described Bornean and Malayan 

 forms, characterized by its shortly lobed, pubescent, cordate, rather thickly 



