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glabrous within; pedicels '25 in. long, rusfcy-tomentose, 2-bracteolate 

 near the apex; buds narrowly clavate 2-25 in. long, the narrowly 

 fusiform upper part rather shorter than the narrow slightly infundi* 

 buliform base. Calyx densely tawny- to rusty-tomentose limb splitting 

 into reflexed equal linear-lanceolate lobes 1-1-25 in. lono-, tube 1-1-25 in. 

 long. Petals 5, narrowly oblauceolate, the four lower 2 in. long, -3 in. 

 wide, reddish-brown with a central yellow streak, the upper 2-25 in. 

 long, -5 in. wide, bright-red with a central branching yellow line, all 

 narrowed into a long claw and pubescent externally. Stamens 3 fertile, 

 anthers linear-oblong, filaments yellowish, uniform, glabrous. Ovary 

 densely tawny-pubescent, stalk -5 in. long, toraentose as is the style '7 in. 

 long, stigma sniall peltate ; ovules 4-6. Pod pubescent, 4 in. long, 1 in. 

 wide, tapering to both ends, stipe "5 in. long. Seeds 1-2, compressed, 

 orbicular, about '4 in. in diam. B. elongata Korth. N'at. Verb. Gesch. 89 

 t. 24 ( 1839) ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. IT, 281. B purpurea Zoll. & Mor. 

 Syst. Verzeichn. 1 ; Nat. en Geneesk. Arch. Ill, 69, not of Linn. 

 Phanera el 07igata Benth. PI. Jungh. 262; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 61. 

 B. Pottsii G. Don, Gen. Syst. II, 462. 



Perak ; Scorlechini ! Kunstler 1024 ! 2461 ! 5165 ! Kedah ; at Yau, 

 nidley 5206 ! Penang ; Porter (Wall. Cat. 5782) ! Malacca ; Maingay 

 642/2 ! DiSTRiB. Northwards to Tenasserim ; southwards to the Malay 

 Archipelago. 



Tlie name given by Korth:ils being of considerably later date than that employed 

 by Wallich, Dr. Wallich's name is here adopted. Korthals' figure couvevs a rather 

 inaccurate idea of the colour of the flower, the true nature of which is o-iveu from 

 a full field-note made by Mr. Kunstler. 



6. Bauhinta albo-lutea Prain. A slender shrubby climber with 

 slender rusty-pubescent branches, tendrils few circinate glabrous. 

 Leaves roundish, base cordate, apex divided one-third down, sinus 

 narrow apiculate, lobes usually subacute ; rigidly subcoriaceous, 25-4 

 in. long, often rather broader than long, dark-green ; glabrous above, 

 persistently puberulous, rarely closely pubescent, beneath ; nerves 

 11-13; petiole 1-5-2-5 in, sparsely puberulous; stipules oblong-obtuse, 

 •2 in. long persistent. Floivers in few-flowered lax pyramidal terminal 

 racemes, 3-4 in. long, 3 in. across, pedicels rusty-puberulous erecto- 

 patent the lower l'5-l-75 in. long, bracts lanceolate '2 in. long, bracteoles 

 subulate 'IS in., deciduous ; buds club-shaped, '9 in. lq;iig, the obovoid 

 upper part exceeding the ampullaeform base. Calyx rusty-puberulous, 

 limb splitting into reflexed lanceolate segments '5 in. long, '1 in. wide, 

 tube 4 in. long, slightly dilated towards base. Petals cream-coloured, 

 5 subequal, oblauceolate subacute distinctly clawed, 1*25 in. long, -3 in. 

 wide, glabrous within, and glabrous externally except on the claw and 



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