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the '5 ill. -long limb, tube "2 in. long, distinctly infaudib aliform. Petals 

 obovate-spathulate, 1*75 in. long, '8 in. wide,yello\v, the upper with a purple 

 central blotch. 8tarnens 10, all fertile, subequal, anthers linear, filaments 

 hirsute in lower half. Ovary distinctly stalked, densely tomentose, style 

 •5--7 in. long, straight. Pod 4-5 in. long, -h-'l in. across, compressed, 

 at length dehiscent, when ripe only faintly puberulous, not ribbed alono- 

 upper suture ; stipe '2-25 in. long. Seeds 10-16, oblong, flattened, -25 

 ill. long, '2 in. across, testa dark-brown shining. Roxb. Hort. Beiig. 31 ; 

 DC. Prodr. II, 514; Roxb.Flor.Ind.il, 323; Wall. Cat. 5790 A— E '; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5560; W. & A. Prodr. 295; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. 1, 75; 

 Bedd, Flor. Sylv. 92 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 275. B.speciosa Roxb. 

 in Wall. Cat. 5791 not of Yogel. 



Penang; fide ^a/i-er. AiUDAUk^s; King's CoUecto's ! Distrib, S.-E.- 

 Asia; Trop. Africa. 



There are no Malayan specimens at Oalcutfca ; tlie plant in the Anclamans is, if 

 not cultivated, probably introduced. 



3. Bauhinia acuminata Linn. Sp. Pi. 376. A small erect shrub 

 with obscurely downy zig-zag angular branches. Leaves slightly cordate, 

 flexible, rather longer than broad, 3-6 in. wide, 9-11-nerved, cut one- 

 third down into two triangular subobtuse or acute lobes, shining 

 glabrous above, glaucescent hairy (sometimes at length glabrescent) 

 beneath ; petiole puberulous grooved above, thickened at both ends, 

 1-1-5 in. long. Floivers in leaf-opposed few-fld. corymbs, peduncle '5 in. 

 long, pedicels erect the lowest '4 in. long, 2-bracteolate, bracts linear or 

 subulate '15 in. long ; buds lanceolate acuminate 1*5 in. long, the tip 

 very shortly subulately 5-lobed. Calyx green, glabrous or faintly 

 puberulous, splitting spathaceously to the base of the 1'25 in. -long 

 parallel-veined limb, tube '25 in. long, very slightly infundibuliform. 

 Petals oblong, pure white, glabrous, 1*75 in. long, 1 in. wide. Stamens 

 10, all fertile, subequal, anthers linear, filaments hirsute in lower third. 

 Ovary long-stalked glabrous, style '5 in. long, curved. Pod 4-5 in. 

 long, •6-'7 in. broad, firm, olabrous, compressed, at length dehiscent, 

 strongly ribbed along each side of the upper suture, stipe '5 in. long. 

 Seeds 10-15, ovate, flattened, "3 in. long, 2 in. wide. DC. Prodr. II, 513 ; 

 Roxb. Hort. Beng. 31 ; Flor. Ind. II, 324 ; Wall Cat. 5794; W. & A. 

 Prodr. 295 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 74 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 276. 

 B. caiidida Ait. Hort. Kew. II, 49; DC. Prodr. II, 513 not of Roxb, 

 B. purpurea Wall. Cat. 5797 (D only) not of Linn, 



Andamans ; very common, Kimfs Collectors ! Perak ; Kunstler 413 ! 

 2386 ! 8283 ! ScortecMui 1812 ! Malacca ; Herverj ! etc. Distrib. China, 

 India, Indo-China, Malay Archipelago. 



g 3. Phaneka Lour. Fertile stamens usually 3, sometinios 4-5. 



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