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Java VAR. Horsfieldiiy and not the typical, larger fruited Indian variety, that is 

 characteristic of the region. 



23. Bauhinia Curtisii Prain. A woody climber with slender very 

 faintly puberulous branchlets. Leaves ovate-oblong, base rounded, npox 

 divided at the tip into two short diverging deltoid lobes, sinus wide 

 rectangular, a few of tbe smallest uppermost leaves entire at apex ; 

 - membranous, 2'5-4 in. long, 2-2'5 in. wide, bright-green glabrous on 

 both surfaces ; nerves 5-7 ; petiole 1'25 in. long, glabrous. Flowers 

 very small in terminal, simple, many-fld. racemes or panicles that extend 

 into axils of upper leaves, 4 in. long and as much across, individual 

 racemes 3 in. long, 1 in. across, pedicels spreading, equal, '5 in. long, 

 very slender, faintly puberulous as is the main rachis, bracts minute 

 linear ; buds small ovate-acute, '15 in. long. Calyx puberulous externally, 

 tube campanulate Yerj short, lobes ovate-lanceolate spreading, "15 in. 

 long. Pe^aZs spathulate, glabrous, -25 in. long, clawed, white. Stamens 

 3 fertile, filaments '35 in. long. Ovary shortly stalked, glabrous, style 

 slender, '15 in. long, stigma minute. Pod thin flat, black, somewhat 

 flexible, sligbtly recurved, quite glabrous, 2*5 in. long, "75 in. wide, stipe 

 "07 in. long. Seeds 3-5, not seen quite ripe. 



Kedah ; Langkawi, Trutow, Curtis 1682 ! near the lake, Curtis 

 26J9! 



Yery nearly related to B. Cham'pionii Benth., from S. China and the Eastern 

 Himalaya, which has similar but rather larger pods. The present species, however, 

 has longer pedicels, smaller buds, shorter calyx-lobes, a shorter stipe to the ovary 

 and pod. The ovary here is also quite glabrous as ore the leaves beneath ; in B. 

 Championii the ova^y is somewhat silky, the leaves adpressed pubescent beneath. 

 It is easily distinguished from B. anguina by the longer pods and pedicels. Mr. Curtis' 

 specimens have no tendrils. 



24. Bauhinia strtchnotdea Prain, A slender climber 60-80 feet 

 long with stems only 1 in. in diam., branches slender glabrous, lendrils 

 few very small circinate glabrous. Leaves ovate-acute, base en neate or 

 rarely rounded, apex entire; rigidly snbcoriaceous, 3-35 in. long, 1-5-2 

 in. wide, bright-green glabrous, polished above, dull beneath ; nerves 5, 

 the outer pair very slender the inner almost as strong as the laterally 

 branching midrib with whose base they are usually more or less con- 

 fluent ; petiole '75 in., glabrous. Floiuers small, in many-fld. racemes 

 arranged in terminal panicles extending into axils of upper leaves, 8-12 

 in. long, 4-6 in. across, individual racemes 6-10 in. long, 2 in, wide, 

 pedicels spreading, equal, '75 in. long, very slender, glabrous as is the main 

 rachis, bracts minute linear; buds small, obovoid, 2 in. long, Calyx 

 glabrous, tube campanulate very short, limb wide-campanulate '2 in. long 

 and as much across, the entiie margin truncate with 5 minute projec- 

 iioMs representing calyx tips. Petals spathulate, quite glabrous extomally, 



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