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•15 in. wide, tube slightly dilafed towards base, 4: in. long. Petals pule 

 greenish-yellow, 5 subequal,oblanceolate-obtuse, shortly clawed, 1-1'25 in. 

 long, '35 in. wide, glabrous within, densely tomentose externally. Stamens 

 3 fertile, anthers linear-oblong, filaments pinlc, unif'jrm, 2 in. long. 

 Oyary distinctly stfilked, densely silk}'; ovules 6-8; style thick, silky, 

 stout, 6 in. lone, stigma large oblique poltate. Pod thin, oblong, with 

 black ghibrous wood}' valves, 8 in. lonor, 2 in. wide, stipe 5 in. long. 

 Seeds 4-6, flattened, broadly ovnte, '5 in. long, '4 in. ncioss. Wall. Cat. 

 5776; Roxb. Flor. Ind. II, 331 ; Bak. in Flor. Biit. Ind. IT, 283 excl. 

 both tlie varieties and the syn. of Korthals and Gr. Don. Plianera ferra- 

 ginea Benth. PL Jungh. 262 ; Miq. Flor. Tnd. Bat. 1, 62. 



Pkrak; Wray 622! 1258! ScortcrJuni 67! Knnstler 250S \ 3492! 

 6173 ! Pknang ; Porter ( Wnll. Cat. 5776) ! Curfis 211 ! 



'Jhis is very near to /?. semihijlda Roxb. bub is at once disfcingnished by ifs petals 

 being externally uniformly pubescent. 



Bauhinia ferrnginea Kortli., referred by Mr. Baker to Roxburgh's plant, is an 

 exceedingly distinct species. Korthal's plant is, in fact, the basis of Phw-era excelsa 

 Miq., which Mr. Baker elsewhere separates (as to citation) as a variety of B. ferni- 

 ginea. The plant described as VAK. excelsa by Mr. Baker is, however, still another 

 sjrecies {B. sumatrana Miq., which is only a form of B. semihifida). B. Potfsii 

 G. Don, also referred here by Mr. Baker, lias a tomentose pod and therefore cannot 

 possibly be the present species. Don's plant is doubtless B. mollissima Wall, which 

 is the only tomentose-fruited species at all nearly related to the present one. 



11. BAuriiNiA RiDLEYi Prain. A very stiong shrubby climber 

 reaching 20 feet in length, branches stoutish, thinly but persistently 

 rusty-silky, tendrils few ciicinate persistently silky. Leaves roundish, 

 base cordate, apex divided one-third down, sinus narrow apiculate, lobes 

 usually subacute ; rigidly subcoriaceous, 2'5-4 in. long, sometimes a 

 little longei- than bioad, dark-green strigose above, densely adpressed- 

 pubesceiit beneath ; nerves 9-11 ; petiole '75-1 in., densely rusty-pubes- 

 ceut; stipules ovate-lanceolate, falcate, '15 in. long, very deciduous. 

 i^Uowers in densely congested terminal corymbs 2 in. long and broad, 

 pedicels densely silky 3 in. long, spreading, bracts and bracteoles equal 

 orbicular, persistent, densely tomentose, '25 in. long ; buds club-shaped 

 •7 in. long, the obovoid upper part exceeding the ampulla3form base. 

 Calyx densely softly rusty-pubescent, limb splitting into reflexed lanceo- 

 late segments '4 in. long, '1 in. wide, tube '3 in. long, slightly dilated 

 towards base. Petds pure-white, 5 subequal, oblong-obtuse, hardly 

 clawed, not exserted, glabious within, densely tomentose externally, 

 •4--5 in. long, -2 in. wide. Stamens 3 fertile, anthers crimson, linear- 

 oblong, filaments '75 in. long, uniform, red. Ocary shortly stalked, 

 densely tomentose, style thick, tomentose, stout, '5 in. long, stigma large 

 oblique peltate. Pod unknown. 



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