276 L. LEGUMLNOS^E. (J. G. Baker.) [Bauhinia. 



NORTH WEST Provinces to CEYLON and PENANG. DISTRIB. Malay isles, Chipa, 

 Trop. Africa. 



An erect shrub, with downy branches. Leaf broader than long, not cordate, 

 coriaceous, 1-2 in. deep, cleft less than halfway down into two obtuse lobes, pubes- 

 cent below,. 7-nerved. Fltfwers usually in short-peduncled pairs from the axils of the 

 leaves, rarely 1 or 3 ; pedicels with a pair of large persistent linear bracteoles. 

 Calyx-limb broad-ovate, finely downy, i in. Petals l|-2 in. long, obovate-spathulate, 

 yellow, the upper with a red blotch on the face. Style -f in. Pod distinctly stalked, 

 4-5 in. by |-f in., 6-10-seeded, glabrous. 



2. B. brachycarpa, Wall. Cat. 5786; flowers racemose, pod small ses- 

 sile not ribbed near the upper suture. Benth. PL Jungh. 261. 



AVA ; Taong-dong mountains, Wallich. 



A doubtful plant, known only in fruit. Branches slender, glabrous. Leaf cor- 

 date, roundish, thin, glabrous, 9-ribbed, cleft a third down into two obtuse lobes. Ra- 

 cemes short-peduncled, many-flowered, about as long as the leaves ; pedicels ascend- 

 ing, ^-3 in. Pod lj- 1^ in. by f in., narrowed to both ends, 2-3-seeded, dehiscent. 



3. B. poly carp a, Wall. Cat. 5787 ; flowers in long racemes, calyx-limb 

 entire, pod nearly sessile not ribbed near the upper suture. Benth. PL Jungh. 

 261. 



MARTABAN ; banks of the Attran river, Wallich. 



Another doubtful species, known only in bud and pod. Leaves suborbicular, slightly 

 cordate, 3-4 in. long, glabrous, flexible, obtusely lobed ^-\ down. Flowers in narrow 

 close short-peduncled axillary regular racemes 3-5 in. long. Pedicels shorter than 

 the bud, which is glabrous, ovoid-lanceolate, ^ in. long. Pod 3-4 in. long, f in. 

 broad, glabrous, dehiscent, nearly straight, 6-10-seeded. 



4. 3, acuminata, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 513 ; flowers in close axillary 

 racemes, petals as long 1 as the calyx-limb which is cleft into 5 subulate teeth at 

 the tip, pod with a rib on each side of the upper suture. Roxb. Hort. Beng. 31 ; 

 Fl. 2nd. ii. 324; Wall. Cat. 5794: W. $ A. Prodr. 295. B. purpurea, Wall. 

 Cat. 5797, D. B. Candida, Ait. ; DC. Prodr. loc. cit., non Roxb. 



NORTH WEST Provinces to CEYLON and MALACCA. DISTRIB. China, Malay 

 isles. 



An erect shrub, with obscurely downy angular branches. Leaves slightly cordate, 

 flexible, 3-6 in. long, 9-11 -nerved, the lobes acute or subobtuse, not reaching half 

 way down, at first finely pubescent beneath. Racemes axillary, short-peduncled, co- 

 rymbose ; pedicels erecto -patent, ^ | in. long, with linear-subulate bracts and brac- 

 teoles. Calyx \-l\ in., narrowed into a long point, cleft at the tip. Petals oblong, 

 whitish. Style ^ in. Pod 4-5 in. long, |-| in. broad, firm, glabrous, 8-12-seeded ; stalk 

 1 in. long. 



SECT. 2. Pileostig-ma, Hochst. Fertile stamens 10. Calyx with a 

 short tube and spathaceous or 5-cleft limb. Pod narrow, indehiscent. Erect 

 shrubs, or climbers with small flowers and connate leaflets. 



5. B. racemes a, Lam. Diet. i. 390 ; erect, leaves small deeply cleft 7-9- 

 nerved, flowers in 1 lax simple racemes, calyx-limb entire, stigma sessile. W. fy 

 A. Prodr. 295 ; Hook. Ic. 1. 141 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. FL 82 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. 

 t. 182, non Vahl. B. parviflora, Vahl\ DC. Prodr. ii. 514; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 

 31 ; FL Ind. ii. 323. B. spicata, Koenig ; Wall. Cat. 5789. B. timoriensis,. 

 Decaime in Nov. Ann. Mus. iii. 466. Pileostigma racemosa, Benth. PL 

 Jungh. 262. 



. PUNJAB and GARWHAL to CEYLON and PEGU. DISTRIB. China, Malay isles, 

 Timor. 



