624 XLVii. LEGUMiNOS/E. [DtaliufH. 



petiolules 'i in. long; rachis yellow, pubescent. Panicles terminal, 

 6 to 8 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide, golden-pubescent. Calyx -2 in. long, 

 ovoid ; tube distinct, lobes imbricate, broad triangular, obtuse,, 

 coriaceous, green-velvety outside, within white, glabrous. Stamens,, 

 filaments thick, connective pubescent. Ovary brown-silky,, stipi- 

 tate. Pod obovoid, i in. long, 75 in. wide, black-velvety. Seed 

 sub-quadrate -4 in. long. Hah. Forests. Singapore (Wallich) ; 

 Garden Jungle. Malacca (Maingay) . Perak, Sungkai (Foxworthy). 



(8) D. Kingii Prain, I.e. 175. 



Big tree 100 to 150 ft. tall, 3 to 4 ft. through. Leaves 8 to 9 in. 

 long; leaflets 13 to 15, opposite, coriaceous, glossy-green above, 

 pubescent (not golden) beneath, oblong-lanceolate blunt, base 

 rounded; nerves conspicuous elevate, 2 to 2*5 in. long, "6 to '8 in. 

 wide; petiolules 'i in. long. Panicle large, 12 in. long, 6 in. wide, 

 dark brown-velvety. Calyx '25 in. long, no tube, lobes broad 

 ovate-obtuse, dark brown outside, white glabrous inside. Ovary 

 brown-velvety, sessile. Pod spherical, "9 in. long, '75 in. wide, 

 velvety-black. Seed sub-quadrate striate, '4 in. long. Hub. 

 Old Jungle. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 



45. BAUHINIA, Linn. 



Unarmed shrubs, erect or climbers with circinate tendrils. 

 Leaves simple usually ovate, deeply cleft into 2 lobes, rarely entire. 

 Flowers usually showy and rather large in panicled or corymbose, 

 rarely simple racemes. Calyx-tube with disc produced to top, 

 short, campanulate or long cylindric, teeth 2 to 5. Petals clawed. 

 Stamens 10 or reduced to 3 or i, with sterile ones; filaments fili- 

 form ; anthers versatile. Ovary stalked ; stigma small or large, 

 peltate. Pod linear or oblong, flat, dehiscent. Species 150, all 

 tropics. 



Fertile stamens 10. § Pauletia. 



Shrub erect; flowers white . . . . (i) B. acuminata 



Fertile stamens 3. 



Calyx tube produced. § Phanera. 



Erect shrub; leaves tomentose; flowers 



large red and yellow . . (2) B. moUissima 



Climbers ; flowers large white or pink in ter- 

 minal racemes. 

 Buds club-shaped. 



Petals glabrous except midrib and claw. 



Calyx lobes 1-25 in. long . . • (3) B. Calycina 



Calyx lobes -5 to 7 in. long . . (4) B. semibifida 



Petals densely pubescent all over. 

 Petals longer than calyx lobes. 



Leaves pubescent ; flowers pink . (5) B. Hullettii 

 Leaves glabrous. 



Stipules large orbicular ; flowers 



white . . . . (6) B. Griffithiana 



Stipules small; flowers greenish 

 yellow . . . . . (7) B. ferruginea 



