10 J. Perjuns: 



I have determined this specimen as Baiihinia ferniyinea 

 Roxb., as it agrees in many of its characters with that phint. 

 King, however, in his description of B. ferruginea Roxb., Ma- 

 terials for Fl. Malay Peninsula no. 9 p. 184 (1897), describes 

 the leaves as being glabrous beneath, while the leaves of this 

 plant are pubescent. 



8. Bauhinia leptopus Perk. n. sp. Shrubby climber, branches 



slender, younger branches thinly rusty -pubescent, later glabres- 

 cent, tendrils compressed, slender, thinly but persistently rusty- 

 pubescent. Leaves ovate, truncate or very shallowly cordate, 

 coriaceous, 3,5 — 5,5 cm long, 3 — 4 cm wide, above glabrous, 

 beneath subglabrous, on the nerves minutely puberulous, 

 5-nerved; petiole 0,6 — 1,5 cm long, glabrous, thickened at both 

 ends. Flowers in dense terminal, pyramidal racemes, pedicels 

 rusty -silky, slender erecto- patent, lower ones 7 — 8 cm long; 

 buds clove -shaped, the cylindrical base about as long as the 

 spherical apiculate portion. Calyx aureo- silky, splitting into 5 

 subequal ovate, shortly acuminate lobes, 7 mm long, 3,5 mm 

 wide, tube shortly and obliquely curved, sulcate, 3 mm long. 

 Petals 5, externally rusty-silky, 1,5 cm long, 9 mm wide, rotun- 

 date, orbicular, shortly clawed. Stamens 13, 3 fertile, 10 stami- 

 nodial; staminodia glabrous, subulate, apex acuminate, with 

 small abortive anthers. Ovary rusty -pubescent, stalked, with 

 the stalk adnate to the calyx -tube, stigma large, peltate, 

 terminal. 



Luzon, Prov. Tayabas, Sampaloc (Warburg no. 12 824 in 

 flower in March). 



This species is related to Bauhinia bide/ikda Jack, our 

 plant, however, has a shorter calyx -tube and larger petals. 



9. Bauhinia Merrilliaiia Perk. n. sp. Shrubby, reaching 8 — 9 m 



in length, with slender, zig-zag, glabrescent branches. Leaves 

 roundish, base shallowly cordate, bifid V2~~V3 down, sinus 

 rather wide, papyraceous, 2,5 — 4,5 long, always about as broad 

 as long, glabrous above, pubescent only on the nerves beneath, 

 9-nerved, lobes rounded, obtuse; petiole 1,5 — 2 cm long, younger 

 tomentose, older pubescent, thickened at both ends. Flowers 

 in terminal, shortly pcduncled, many flowered racemes, 7 — 13 cm 

 long, white, turning yellow, fragrant (ex Merrill), lower flowers 

 usually deciduous; bracts ultimately deciduous, 8 mm lung, 2 mm 



