Bauhinia.] XLVii. leguminos^. 633 



ginate), 2 to 3 in. long, i"25 to 175 in. wide, glabrous above, glaucous 

 beneath ; nerves 5 ; petioles slender "5 to "6 in. long. Racemes 

 lengthening as the flowers fall, from i to 4 in. ; rachis with raised 

 scars, glabrous ; buds clove-shaped, "2 in. long ; pedicels very slender, 



1 in. long. Calyx glabrous, tube 'is in. long, lobes spathulate as 

 long. Petals broad oblanceolate, long-clawed, edge wavy, sparsely 

 pubescent outside, greenish yellow to pink. Stamens 3. Ovary 

 glabrous. Stigma small. Pod obovate or oblong, thin, woody, 



2 to 3 in. long, i in. across, glabrous. Seeds i to 2, ovate. Hah. 

 On rocks usually at about 1000 ft. altitude. Johor, Gunong Pulai 

 1000 ft. altitude. Selangor, Ulu Selangor 1000 to 1200 ft. altitude 

 (Kunstler). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 



(21) B. Curtisii Prain, I.e. 195. 



Slender woody climber, nearly glabrous. Leaves ovate-oblong, 

 base round, tip entire or shortly blunt, bilobed, membranous, 

 glabrous; nerves 5 to 7, 2'5 to 4 in. long, 2 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles 

 •5 in. long. Racemes or few-branched panicles, 4 to 6 in. long; 

 pedicels spreading, slender, "6 in. long; buds ovate, very small. 

 Calyx-tube campanulate, very small, lobes ovate, "15 in. long, 

 puberulous. Petals •25 in. long, spathulate, glabrous, white. 

 Stamens 3, longer. Ovary glabrous. Pod linear-oblong, flat, thin, 

 sub-glabrous, 2'5 in. long, 75 in. wide. Seeds 3 to 5. Hub. 

 Lankawi, near the lake and on Terutau (Curtis). 



(22) B. strychnoidea Prain, I.e. 195. 



Creeper about 30 ft. long. Stems i in. through, glabrous. 

 Leaves ovate acute, base cuneate, coriaceous, glabrous ; 3 to 4 

 strong raised nerves, dark shining green, 3 to 3*5 in. long, 1-5 to 

 2 in. wide ; petioles 75 in. long. Racemes panicled or simple, 

 8 to 12 in. long; pedicels spreading 75 in. long. Flowers very 

 numerous, small. Calyx-tube campanulate, limb with 5 short 

 teeth, glabrous. Petals spathulate, slightly puberulous inside. 

 •35 in. long, yellow or light red. Stamens 3. Ovary pubescent. 

 Stigma large, peltate. Pod oblong woody, brown-velvety, 3 to 

 5 in. long, 2 in. wide. Seeds 3 to 5 ovate, 'i in. long. Hab. Hills 

 usually limestone. Pahang, Gunong Senyum (Evans). Selangor, 

 Batu Caves on the top of the hill (Kelsall) ; Negri Sembilan, Tampin 

 Hill (Burkill). Perak, Goping and Chanderiang (Kunstler); Tam- 

 bun, Ipoh (Ridley). 



(23) B. micrantha Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soe. S. Br. 59, p. 98. 

 A long climber over rocks. Leaves (red and silky when young), 



bright green ovate, tip shortly bilobed, base broad entire, glabrous 

 except a little red hair at base; nerves 10; 2 in. long, 2*5 in. wide; 

 petioles '5 to 75 in. long. Peduncles 2 in. long; raceme corymbi- 

 form I in. long, red-hairy; flowers white; pedicels -5 in. long, 

 pubescent. Calyx-tube cylindric, lobes ovate. Petals '5 in. long, 

 oblong rounded, crisped; stem pubescent. Stamens longer, 

 glabrous. Ovary glabrous. Pod oblong, beaked at tip, 3 in. long, 



