Plate 245G. 



BAPHIA BORNEEWSIS, Oliv. 



Legujiinos^. Tribe Sopuore.e. 



B. borneensis, OHv. (sp. nov.) ; ramis teretibus, novelHs fulvo- v. 

 ferrugineo-tomentellis, foliis ten niter coriaceis oblongo-ellipticis obtuse 

 apiculatis apice costa saepius breviter mucronatim productis supra 

 glabns subtus pr^cipue in costa nervisque pubescentibus, floribus 

 4-8 aggregatis fasciculato-racemosis raeemis brevibus axillaribus vel 

 supremis aphyllis racemoso-paniculatis, bracteolis parvis oblongis ala- 

 bastro multo brevioribus, filamentis hirtis, ovario oblongo tomentoso 

 ovulis 7-10, stylo decurvo. 



Hab. Korth Borneo : Limbang Eiver, Ilaviland (Iso. 57), Sandakan, 

 treagh. \ / j 



Folia tenuiter coriacea, minute reticulata, 3-4^ poll, longa, li-2 poll. 



P 5-' 7?-^^^*^1a ^~^ ^^"* ^^^S^' stipulse parvV lanceolatie, caducse. 

 J eaicelh 6-10 lin. longi, pubescentes- Bracteolw patentes v. recurva?, 



1-1 p hn. longse. Calyx spathaceo-fissus, per anthesin reflexus, apice 

 s^pius 2-3 dentatus. Vexillum orbiculatam, vix unguiculatum. AIcb 

 oblique oblanceolatse, brevissime unguiculatne. Carince petala oblanceo- 

 lata, obtusa, alis a;quiIonga, medio quasicohwrentia. Antherm liueari- 

 oblonga>, basifixse. Legumen nou vidi. 



Hitherto, so far as I am aware, this genus, of which there are now 

 at least ten described species, has been known solely from Tropical 

 Africa and Madagascar : its extension eastward to Borneo is of 

 considerable interest. The young legumes are usually deflected at 

 about right angles to the pedicel.— D. Oliver, 



Fig. 1. .Calyx and genitalia. 2. Standard. 8. Wing-petaL 4. KeeT-petal. 

 S. bection of pistil. All enlarged. 



