190* MateriaU for a Flora of the Malayan Veninsala. 



•25 in. long, '15 in. in diam. at. apex. Petals silhequal, briglit-red ( Wvan), 

 oblunceolate-obtuse, long-clawed, -8 in. long, '25 in. wide, externally 

 rusty-pubescent. Stamens 3 fertile, anthers shortly oblong, filaments 

 hirsute. Ovary rusty-pubescent along sutures, long-stalked ; style long, 

 curved, pubeiulous, '25 in. long, stigma large peltate. Pod small, quite 

 glabrous ; woody, narrowly ovate, tapering to botli ends, 2 in. long, 

 •8 in. across ; stipe '2 in. long, pubescent. Seeds 1 or 2, ovate, com- 

 pressed, "3 in. long, '2 in. across. 



Pkrak; Scortechini 320 ! on Griinong Batu Patch, at 4500 feet, Wray 

 392! Selangor ; Bukit Etam, Kellsall 2001 ! Distrib. Borneo? 



This is an exceedingly distinct species, more nearly anpronching B. Finlay- 

 soniana than any of the other Peninsular species, but amply distinct in the sha-pe 

 and colonr of its flowers, the smaller size of its pods, the pubescence on its leaves 

 beneath ; also in the shape of the leaves and the type of nervation. Beccari n. 

 835. from Borneo, of which however there are only 2 leaves and one flower at 

 Calcutta, appears to be the same. 



18. Badhinia FiNLAYSONiANA Grab, in Wnll. Cat. 5801. A large 

 climber, over 100 feet long, branches slender glabrous, tendrils few 

 cii-cinate glabrous. Leaves slightly cordate at base, oblong, narrowed 

 rather suddcnlj^ from above the middle to an obtuse or emarginate or 

 acute pc'int ; about twice as long as bioad, 3-5 in. long, 1'5— 2'5 in. 

 across, rigidly coriaceous, medium-green, gLibrous on both surfaces, 5- 

 (rarely 3-) nerved ; petiole •3-'4 in. long, glabrous. Flowers in rather 

 lax, terminal corymbs 3-4 in. long, 2-3 in. across ; pedicels closely rusty- 

 pubescent, erecto-patent, the lowest 1 in. long; bracts lanceolate, '15 in. 

 long, deciduous; buds clove-shaped, the subcj'lindric base rather shoi'ter 

 than the ovoid-acute upper portion. Calyx densely rusty-tomentose, 

 limb splitting into subequal ovate-acnte lobes '25 in. long, '2 in. across; 

 tube subcylindiic, '2 in long. Petals subequal, creamy-white or pale 

 yellow, orbicular, distinctly clawed, '6 in. long, '5 in. across, externally 

 rusty-pubescent. Stamens 3 fertile, anthers shortly oblong. Ovary 

 densely pubescent along sutures and on the distinct static, style short 

 (•15 in.), glabrous, stigma large peltate. Pod (not quite ripe) linear- 

 oblong, woody, 2 in. long, "6 in. wide. Seeds 4-6. Bak. in Flor. Brit. 

 Ind IT, 278. Phanera Finlaysoniana Benth. PI. Jungh. 262. 



PenanG; foot of Government hill, Onr^/s 295 ! Perak; Scortechini 

 247! 1463! JiT^ms/Zer 3589 ! Wray 2300! Disthib Siam (Finlayson). 



Mr. Bentham describes this as having almost glabrous petals ; this is not the 

 ease in the Peninsular specimens. Both Mr. Bentham and Dr. Miquel doubt 

 whether it be more than a form of B. lucida ; it is, however, extremely distinct from 

 that species and is much more ne.nrly i*elated to B. Koclciuna Korth. (Vevh. Nat. 

 Ge>ichied. 87, t. 10), which differs mainly in usually having 3 nerved leaves and in 

 always having rather longer pedicels and a mucli longer calyx-tube. Dr. Finlayson's 



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