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very sliallowly cordate or truncate at bnse, from which tliej' taper gradu- 

 ally to the junction of upper and middle third thence more abruptly 

 to a bifid tip ; 3 5-4 in.' long, 2-2-5 in. wide, rigidly coriaceous, dark- 

 green and shining above, uniformly densely rusty-tomentose beneath ; 

 nerves 9, rarely 7 ; sinus '75 in. deep, very narrow ; petiole 1-5 in. lono- 

 glabrous, thickened at both ends. Flowers in lax, few-fld., terminal short 

 racemes under 2 in. long; pedicels and rachis rusty -pubescent, the 

 former erecto patent, subequal throughout, the lowest not exceeding -5 

 in. ; bracts lanceolate subpersistent '15 in. long, bracteoles 2 subper- 

 sistent snbopposife subulate, -15 in. long; bud '5 in. long, clove-shaped, 

 the cylindric base as Vm^^ as the spherical upper portion- Calyx closely 

 rusty-tomentose, limb splitting into subequal ovate lobes ; tube cylindric 

 •25 in. long. Petals subequal ovate, externally densely rusty-tomentose 

 (fully opened flowers not seen). Stamens 3 sometimes 4 fertile, anthei-s 

 short oblong, filaments hirsute. Ocary rusty-pubescent, stalk and style 

 distinct, the latter glabrous; stigma large peltate Pod not seen. 

 Perak ; Scortechini 698 ! 



This species is evidently very closely related to B. lucida with which it ngreea 

 altogether in inflorescence and largely in shape of leaf. Jt differs however in h.-xving 

 the leaves densely tomentose beneath and in having them all deeply bifid at the tip. 

 The colonr of the flower has not been noted by Father Scortechini, but the petals, in 

 the dried state, are exactly like those of the numerous species that are noted as 

 having orange-yellow flowers which redden with age, and are unlike those potals tliat 

 arc noted as white. Owing to the absence of fully opened flowers the dimensions 

 of petals and the lengths of stipe and style cannot be given. 



17. Bauhinia Kingii Prain. A small climber with slender zig-zag 

 glabrous bvanches, tendrils circinale glabrous, often much thickened. 

 Leaves deeply cordate often slightly snbpeltate at base, narrowed gra- 

 dually from the rounded basal lobes to an ultimately shortly acu- 

 minate emai-ginate or often deeply bitid rarely entire apex, rather 

 longer than broid, 35-4 in. long, 25-3 in. wide, rigidly coriaceous, 

 medium-green, glabrous and shining above, pale and puberulous along 

 the nerves, very sparsely adpressed-pubescent elsewhere beneath ; very 

 uniformly 5-nerved, the nerves much branched outwards ; petiole 1 in. 

 ^*^"c? glabrous. Floiuors in lax, lateral axillary and terminal corymbs, 

 3 in. long, 25 in. broad, sometimes forming large loo>!0 leafless or leafy 

 zig-zag panicles 6 in. across and at times l-lo ft. long ; pedicels very 

 sparsely puberulous, spreading, the lowest 1-25 in. long; bracts at base 

 •2 in. long, lanceolate ; bracteoles near apex *! in. long subulate, both 

 deciduous; bud clove-shaped, '5 in. long, the narrowly-infundibulifia-m 

 base as long as the subglobo.se apiculate upper part. Calyx closely 

 rusty-pubescent, limb splitting into subequal ovate, very shortly acu- 

 minate lobes '25 in. long, '2 in. across ; tube uarrow-inf undibuliforru, 



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