Bauhinia.] xlvii. leguminos^. 631 



3, fertile. Ovary glabrous except at base ; style -15 in. long. Stigma 

 large peltate. Pod narrow oblong woody 3-5 in. long, i in. wide, 

 glabrous. Seeds 4 to 6, orbicular, -4 in. across. Hah. Dense and 

 open forests. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang (Wallich 5779). 



(15) B. Scortechinii Prain, I.e. 188. 



Large climber, glabrous except at tip of branches. Leaves 

 shallow cordate ovate bifid, lobes narrow, sub-triangular, sinus 

 wide, coriaceous, glabrous above, appressed-hairy beneath ; nerves 

 9 (rarely 7) elevate beneath, 3*5 to 4 in. long, 2 to 2'25 in. wide; 

 petioles 1*5 in. long, glabrous. Racemes few-flowered, rusty- 

 pubescent ; pedicels '5 in. long or less. Bud "5 in. long, clove- 

 shaped. Calyx-tube cylindric "25 in. long, lobes ovate nearly as 

 long. Petals ovate tomentose outside. Stamens 3 (or 4) fertile, 

 hirsute. Ovary pubescent ; style glabrous. Stigma peltate. Hah. 

 Perak, Gunong Haram (Arang) Para (Scortechini). 



(16) B. integrifolia Roxb. Hort. Beng. 90. B. holosericea 

 Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 28. 



Big climber. Branches, petioles, inflorescence red-velvety, 

 Leaves coriaceous orbicular cordate, entire or refuse at tip ; nerves 



7 or 9 elevated beneath, glabrous above, red-velvety beneath, 

 densely on nerves and reticulations, 2 to 2*5 in. long, 2*4 to 3 in. 

 wide; petioles i"25 in. long. Panicles of a few stout racemes 

 axillary and terminal, 2'5 to 5 in. long; branches with prominent 

 flower-scars, very numerous. Bracts lanceolate-acuminate, "i in. 

 long; pedicels slender '6 in. long. Buds ovate, sub-acute, the 

 tube shorter. Calyx-tube cylindric, dilate at base, '2 in. long, 

 lobes oblong, '2 in. long, all hairy. Petals oblong, rather short- 

 clawed, very red-hairy outside, "35 in. long, "2 in. wide. Stamens 

 fertile, 3, slender glabrous. Ovary hairy all over; style about 

 as long, slender, glabrous; stigma peltate. Pod woody, firm. 



8 in. long, 2*5 in. wide, oblong, blunt, slightly narrowed at tip, 

 brown, scurfy. Seeds flat orbicular, i-i in. long. Hab. Northern 

 forests. Pahang, Sungei Jelai (Machado). Perak, Temengoh; 

 Kinta (Murton). Province Wellesley (Kunstler). Penang (Rox- 

 burgh, Walhch). Kelantan, Sungei Lebeh (Yapp). 



(17) B. flammifera Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 182. 

 B. integrifolia Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 279; Prain, I.e. 191 

 {in part), not of Roxburgh. 



A lofty climber. Branches and tendrils puberulous. Leaves 

 usually deep cordate, ovate, rounded with short wide sinus at 

 top or quite entire (seedling leaves 8 in. across, thin, sinus broad, 

 points acute). Adult leaves 4 to 6 in. long and about as wide; 

 leaves near the inflorescence small i in. long, coriaceous, glabrous 

 except nerves beneath, sometimes pubescent; nerves 11; petioles 

 glabrous, 175 to 2*25 in. or more long. Flowers in leafy panicles, 

 12 in. long of dense, many-flowered racemes, 3 to 6 in. long; 

 pedicels slender i in. long, puberulous. Calyx-tube -15 in. long, 



