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Perak; Scortechini 140! 619! Kunstler 1096! Penang ; Ridley! 

 Curtis 1291 ! Johore; King and Hullett ! 



Very nenrly related to jB. ferruginen, B. Hullettii, B. Oriffithinna, and like these 

 species with petals densely pubescent, outside ; it is, however, easily recognised by 

 its dense corymbs and by its short petals, not at all exserted, 



12. Bauhinia glauca Wall. Cat. 5785. A sprending climber witli 

 glabrous slender bi anclilets ; tendrils numerous circinate rusty-puberu- 

 lous. Leaves cordate afc base, bifid to the middle with obtuse lobes and a 

 narrow sinus; firm, thinly coriaceous, rather broader than long, 2—3 in. 

 across, glabrous above, thinly persistently adpressed rusty-pubescent 

 especiiiU}'' on the nerves beneath ; nerves 9-11 ; petiole ■75-l*25 in. long, 

 stipules linear-subulate 2 in. long. Floivers in copious, dense, peduncled 

 or \'e\\ I arelj subsessile, leaf-opposed and terminal coiymbs, the pednn- 

 cles sparsely rnsty often 1-2 in. long, lower pedicels 'S-'TS in. long 

 sparsely rnstj, bracts and brncteoles linear-subulate, •15-"2 in. long ; 

 buds clove-shaped '65 in. long, the ovoid head one-half shorter than the 

 rido-ed cylindnc base. Calyx glabrous, limb splitting into snbequal ovate- 

 acute lobes "25 in. long, tube 4 in. long, puberulous within. Petals 5 

 snbequal, cream-coloured, oblong very long-claw^ed, wavy at the mai-gin, 

 •75 in. long, sparsely pubescent externally. Stamens 3 fertile, anthers 

 short-oblong, filaments white uniform glabrous, '9 in. long, exceeding 

 the petals, declin.ate. Ovary glabrous with a distinct slender stalk and 

 a stoutish style, "15 in. long, slightly incurved; stigma small ; ovules 

 about 20. Fo-i thin glabrous, flat, 6-8 in. long, 1 •5-2-5 in. across, sti{;e 

 •25-'3 in. long. Seeds 15-20 in a line down the centre of the pod, much 

 compressed, oval, 'Sin. long, 3 in. wide. Bak. in Flor. l>rit. Ind. 11, l8J. 

 Fhanera glauca Benth. PI. Jungh. 265 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 68, t. 2 A. 



PiiRAK ; Scorteclilni 219 1 Wray 3332 I Penang ; fide Baker. Dis- 

 TRIB. Indo-China ; China; Malayan Archipelago. 



The pods are like those of JB. diphylla bat smaller and with shorter stipe. Ifcs 

 nearest allies are the Chinese JB. coripuhosa with similar but smaller leaves and with 

 similar flowers bat with narrow pods, and the Ass:im B. temiijlora with similar pods 

 but with less deeply bifid leaves and with a much longer calyx-tube. Mr. Baker has- 

 seen a variety from Singapore with smaller leaves (VAR parvifolio) ; this has not 

 yet been sent to Calcutta. 



13. Badhinia coiiNiFOLiA Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. IT, 278. A very 

 large slender creeper 100-150 feet long, stems 2-3 in. in diam., branches 

 slender, thinly rusty-downy, tendrils few circinate downy. Jjeaves very 

 slightly cordate at base, narrowed gradually to an obtuse or subacute 

 enti:e or i-arely bifid point, half as long again as broad, 2-5-3'5 in. long^ 

 1 5-2^5 in. across, i-ather rigidly subcoriaceoiis, dark-green and glabrous 

 above,, thinly adpressed brown-silky beneath; 7- (rnrely5-) nerved; 

 petiole 1 in. long, puberulous, slightly thickened at both ends. Floivers 



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