630 XLVii. LEGUMiNOSiE. [Bauhifiia. 



clove-shaped. Calyx-tube cylindric, ribbed, puberulous, i in. long ; 

 lobes ovate acute, 3 in. long. Petals orange yellow then scarlet, 

 oblong, short-clawed, '6 in. long, '35 in. wide, pubescent outside. 

 Stamens 3 ; filaments hairy. Ovary pubescent, stalked. Stigma 

 large peltate. Pod oblong, woody, 4*5 in. long, i'5 in. wide, gla- 

 brous. Seeds 4 to 5. Hah. Common and most conspicuous all 

 over the jungles of the centre of the peninsula. Johor River 

 (Hullett). Pahang, Kwala Tahan. Negri Sembilan, Pantai. 

 Selangor, Semangkok ; Rawang (Kloss) ; Batu Caves. Perak, 

 Thaiping (Wray) ; Coping and Sungei Rayah (Kunstler) ; Penang 

 Hill (Jack) ; Waterfall (Curtis) ; Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur 

 (Fox). Distrih. Sumatra. Native names: Pride of Selangor; 

 Katup-Katup ; Akar Katup-Katup ; Sekoyah ; Dauh Nasi. 



(12) B. cuprea Ridl. Joitrn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 2. 

 Climber. Branches red-tomentose. Leaves ovate entire or 



shortly bifid, lobes short blunt, glabrous above, red-silky beneath ; 

 nerves 7, elevate, 3 in. long, 2'5 to 3 in. wide; petioles i in. long, 

 sub-glabrous. Panicle 2 in. long. Flowers red, few; pedicels 

 2 in. long, red-pubescent. Calyx-tube cylindric, '5 in. long, lobes 

 pubescent, boat-shaped, 35 in. long. Petals ovate, clawed i in. 

 long, "5 in. wide, densely red-hairy. Stamens 3, red-hairy. Pistil 

 hairy. Hab. Open hill-top, rare. Perak, Gunong Keledang 

 (Ridley). 



(13) B. monticola Rtdl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 28. 

 Climber, glabrescent. Leaves ovate-deltoid, tip very shortly 



bifid or entire acuminate, base cordate, coriaceous, glabrous; 

 nerves 7, 2 to 2'25 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide; petioles i in. long. 

 Racemes short, i to 2 in. long, glabrous or nearly so, lax ; pedicels 

 i'5 in. long, slender, sparsely hairj^; bracts minute caducous. 

 Buds obovoid. Calyx-tube cylindric, '4 in. long, red, appressed 

 hairy; lobes ovate, 3 in. long, hairy. Petals oblong obtuse, 

 conspicuously veined, sparsely hairy on back, claw 'i in. long, 

 blade 7 in. wide. Stamens very short, hairy at base. Pistil 

 stalked, cylindric hairy on the suture, '2 in. long; style about 

 half as long, hairy on the edge. Stigma large peltate. Hab. Hill 

 forests, 4000 ft. altitude upwards. Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang 

 Lebah 5000 ft. altitude (Robinson). Perak, Gunong Kerbau 4500 

 to 5500 ft. altitude (Robinson). 



(14) B. lucida Wall. Cat. 5779A; Prain, I.e. 188. B. emar- 

 ginata Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 278, not of Miller. 



Big climber 100 ft. long, glabrous. Leaves ovate-cordate entire 

 acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous, 3"5 in. long, 2 to 2'5 in. wide, 

 5- (rarely 7-) nerved; petioles 3 to -4 in. long. Panicles of racemes 

 lax, long peduncled, 4 to 6 in. long, 2 in. across, rusty-puberulous ; 

 pedicels 75 in. long or less. Buds clove-shaped. Calyx tomentose, 

 tube cylindric, •25 in. long, '2 in. across. Petals ovate-oblong 

 bright yellow, claw long, '8 in. across, pubescent outside. Stamens 



