628 XLVii. LEGUMiNOSiE, [Bauhinia. 



*4 in. wide, " rose pink " (Prain), white at base, greenish yellow 

 towards tip (Curtis). Stamens 3; filaments pink. Ovary stalked, 

 silky; style tomentose, stout. Stigma oblique, peltate. Hah. 

 Malacca (Holmberg). Perak (Wray). Penang, Waterfall (Curtis). 

 Native name : Akar Tapah Kudah Antan. 



(6) B. Griffithiana Prain, I.e. 183. B. suffruticosa Ridl. 

 Trans. Linn. Soe. iii. 295. Phanera Griffithiana Benth. PL Jnngh. 

 263. 



A strong climber or big scandent shrub, glabrous. Tendrils 

 glabrous. Leaves ovate-cordate or round, lobes ovate blunt i in. 

 long, glabrous, coriaceous, 3 to 3*25 in. long, 3 in. across ; petioles 

 pubescent i in. long. Stipules long-persistent, orbicular, papery 

 •75 in. across. Racemes 3'5 to 6 in. long, pubescent ; pedicels 

 •4 in. long. Bracts persistent ovate, 3 in. wide. Calyx puberulous, 

 lobes lanceolate -6 in. long, '15 in. wide, tube '4 in. long. Petals 

 white, silky oblanceolate obtuse, short-clawed, i"25 to i'5 in. long, 

 •4 to '5 in. wide, densely tomentose outside. Stamens 6 ; filaments 

 red. Ovary stalked, silky; style stout, silky. Stigma peltate. 

 Pod oblong black -5 in. long, i'5 in. wide. Seeds 4 to 6 ovate, 

 •5 in. long. Hah. Thickets, not very common. Pahang, Kwala 

 Tembeling. Malacca, Gading (Hervey) ; AyerPanas; AlorGajah; 

 Chabau (Hullett). Perak (Scortechini). Penang (Kunstler). 



The name given by me really antedates Prain's name, but the genus 

 Phanera was reduced to Bauhinia by Bentham in the " Genera Plantarum." 



(7) B. ferruginea Roxh. Hort. Beng. 90; Baker, I.e. 283; 

 Prain, I.e. 183. 



Big climber. Tendrils glabrous. Leaves rounded cordate, 

 lobes oblong rounded, sinus narrow, 175 in. long, glabrous; nerves 

 elevate 11; whole leaf 2*5 to 3 in. long, 3*25 in. wide; petioles 

 •75 in. long, hairy. Stipules ovate, falcate, 'i^ in. long, deciduous. 

 Racemes pubescent, 3*5 to 6 in. long; pedicels club-shaped, i in. 

 long. Calyx-tube '4 in. long slightly dilate towards base, lobes lanceo- 

 late, •6 in. long, 'i$ in. wide. Petals greenish yellow, oblanceolate, 

 blunt, short-clawed, i to 1-25 in. long, 35 in. wide, densely tomen- 

 tose outside. Stamens 3 ; filaments pink. Ovary stalked, silky ; 

 style thick silky. Stigma oblique, peltate. Pod thin, oblong, 

 black, glabrous, 8 in. long, 2 in. wide. Seeds 4 to 6, ovate, '5 in. 

 long. Hab. Forests. Selangor, Petaling. Perak, Larut and Gop- 

 ing (Kunstler); Kamunting (Wray). Penang (Wallich 5776); 

 Hill (Curtis). Native name : Lapang. 



(8) B. Ridleyi Prain, I.e. 185. 



Strong climber. Branches angled and tendrils long, silky. 

 Leaves ovate blunt cordate; lobes i to 13 in. long, above glabrous, 

 beneath silky, 23 to 3 in. long, 2 to 23 in. wide; petioles 3 in. 

 long, red-tomentose. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, caducous 'i^ in. 

 long. Flowers densely corymbose ; pedicels '2 in. long, tomentose. 

 Calyx densely red-tomentose-hairy, tube 3 in. long dilate at base, 



