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Ind. Bat. I, 61. Bauhima ferruijinea var. excelsa Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 

 283; not Phanera excelsa 'B\. Phanera sumafrana Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 

 1078. 



Malacca; Grifith 186S ; Mount Ophir, Lohh ! Singapore ; J}o66 / 

 Maingay 542/3 ! Schomburgk 60 ! Htdlett 65 ! 146 ! Kunstler 1251 ! 

 Ridley! DrsTRiB. Sumatra; Borneo. 



This is very near indeed to B. ferruginea, bitt is easily distinguished by the 

 pubescence on the outside of the petals being limited to a line on the centi-e near 

 the ba.se. I'hanera exceUa Bl., from Borneo, reduced by Korthals to Bauhinia ferru- 

 ginea i.s a quite distinct species, recently again reported by Hullett (n. 246). The 

 Malacca specimen collected by Griffith wliich Mr. Baker i-efers to B. ferruginea var. 

 excelsa is not at Calcutta, but IMaingay 542/3 referred at Kew to the same variety is, 

 at Calcutta, exactly the same as typical B. sumatrana Miq. and is therefore only a 

 large form of B. semihijida. Another Maingayan sheet (n. 542/2, referred also to 

 B. ferruginea var. excelsa) is, at Calcutta, the quite different B. mollissima Wall. 

 (jB. elongatd Korth.). 



8. Bauhinia Hullett it Prain. A strong shrubby climber reaching 

 20 feet in length, branchlets stoutish pubescent, tendrils few circinate 

 pubescent. Leaves roundish, base cordate; apex divided one-third down, 

 sinus nari-ow apiculate, lobes round ; rigidly subcoriaceous, 2 '5— 4 in. 

 long, rather longer than broad, dark-^green sparsely pubescent above, 

 paler and closely adpressed-pubescent beneath ; nerves 9-11 ; petiole 

 1-1 -o in., densely pubescent ; stipules orbicular hirsute foliaceous, '5 in. 

 in diam., persistent. Floiuers in lax few-fld. lateral leaf-opposed racemes, 

 3-6 in. long, 3 in. across, pedicels erecto-patent densely rusty-tomentose, 

 1'25-1"5 in. long, bracts lanceolate '25 in. long as are the linear brac- 

 teoles "15 in. long ; buds club-shaped, '7-9 in. long, the obovoid upper 

 part exceeding the ampul laeform base. Calyx pubescent, rose-red as 

 are the pedicels, limb splitting into reflexed lanceolate segments *4— '5 in. 

 long, "1 in. wide, tube slightly dilated towards base, •3-'4 in. long. Petals 

 rose-pink, 5 subequal, oblanceolate-obtnse, long-clawed, 1"25 in. long, 

 •4 in. wide, far exserted, glabrous within, very densely tomentose exter- 

 nally. Stamens 3 fertile, aiithers linear-oblong, filaments uniform pink, 

 2 in. long. Ovary distinctly stalked, densely silky, style thick tomentase 

 stout, J 2 in. long, stigma large oblique peltate. Pod unknowna. 



Penang; Curtis 784 ! /. i:>cott ! Kunstler 1347 ! Pekak ; Wray 177 I 

 Malacca ; Eolmberg 775 ! 



Very near B. Oriffithiana but differs in having the stipules, though similar, very 

 Branch smaller; in having the leaves pubescent instead of glabrous; in having long- 

 pedicelled lax-flowered lateral corymbs instead of short-pedicelled dense-flowered 

 termitial ones, and in having the flowers red or pink. 



9. Bauhinia G-rifkithiana Prain. A very strong shrubby climber 

 reaching 20 feet in length, branchlets stout glabrous, tendrils few cir- 



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