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cinafe, glabrous. Leaves roundisli, base cordate, apex divided one-third 

 down, sinus narrow apiculate, lobes round ; rigidly subcoriaceous, 2'5-4 

 in. long, about as long as broad, dark-green shining above, paler beneath, 

 quite glabrous on both surfaces , nerves 9-11 ; petiole 1-1'5 in. glabrous ; 

 stipules orbicular foliacfeous, '75 in. in diam., persistetit. Flowers in 

 pyramidal terminal racemes 35-6 in. long, 3 in. across, pedicels spread- 

 ing, rusty-pubescent, '4 in. long, bracts ovate "3 in. long, '25 in. wide, 

 subpersistent as are the two similar subeqaal bracteoles ; buds club- 

 shaped 1 in. long, the broadly obovoid upper part exceeding the ampul- 

 Iseform base. Calyx rusty-puberulous, limb splitting into reflexed 

 lanceolate segments "6 in. long, '15 in wide, tube slightly dilated towards 

 base '4 in. long. Petals bright-yellow, 5 subequal, oblanceolate obtuse, 

 shortly clawed, 1 •25-1*5 in. long, '4i-'6 in. wide, glabrous within, densely 

 tomentose externally. Stamens 3 fertile, anthers linear-oblong, fila- 

 ments red, dilated in the middle, 2 in long. Ovary distinctly stalked, 

 densely silky ; ovules 6-8 ; style thick silky, stout, '6 in. long, stigma 

 large oblique peltate. Pod thin, oblong, with black glabrous woody 

 valves, 5 in. long, 1"5 in. wide, stipe '35 in. long. Seeds 4-6, flattened, 

 ovate, *5 in. long, "35 in. across. Bauhinia ferruginea YAB,. Grifflthiana 

 Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 283. Phanera Griffithiana Benth. PI. Jungh. 

 263 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 65. 



Malacca ; Griffith 1867 ! Maingay 542 ! Hervey ! Berry 188 ! Holm- 

 berg 775 ! Perak ; ' S cor t echini 298 ! Pahang ; Ridley 2606 ! 



This agrees in foliage with B. ferruginea with which Mr. Baker has united 

 it, and it has the same pubescence on the outside of the petals. But it differs 

 considerably in flower and very markedly in the nature of its bracts and of its 

 large persistent stipules and Mr. Bentham seems to the writer to have been undoubt- 

 edly justified in treating it as specifically distinct. It is in reality more nearly 

 allied to B. Hnllettii which has however pink flowers and pubescent leaves, and has 

 the long-pedicelled flowers of B. semihijlda and JB. alho-lutea, than it is to the species 

 in which Mr. Baker includes it. 



10. Badhinia ferruginea Roxb. Hort. Beng. 90. A very strong 

 shrubby climber sometimes exceeding 20 feet, branchlets stoutish soon 

 glabrescent, tendrils few circinate glabrous. Leaves roundish, base cor- 

 date, apex divided one-third down, sinus narrow apiculate, lobes round ; 

 rigidly subcoriaceous, 25-4 in. long, always about as broad as long, dark- 

 green, shining and glabrous above, paler and glabrous beneath ; nerves 

 9-11 ; petiole 1-15 in., glabrous ; stipules broadly ovate, falcate, '15 in. 

 long, very deciduous. Flowers in pyramidal terminal racemes 3*5-6 in. 

 long, 3 in. across, pedicels spreading, rusty-pubescent, 4 in. long, bracts 

 •2 in. long, lanceolate, deciduous ; buds club-shaped 1 in. long, the broadly 

 obovoid upper part exceeding the ampullaeform base. Calyx rusty- 

 puberulous, limb splitting into reflexed lanceolate segments '6 in. long, 



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