Baithinia.] L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) 279 



3-5 in. long, 5-7-nerved, distinctly cordate. Flowers in copious peduncled terminal 

 racemes 3-4 in. long ; pedicels erecto-patent, lower 1 in. or more long, like the calyx 

 densely brown -downy. Calyx-tube between cylindrical and turbinate, - in. ; bud 

 obovoid. Petals twice the length of the calyx, densely silky on the outside. Ovary 

 downy, with a short distinct style. 



'* leaves round-cordate, cleft only at the very tip. 



^ 14. B. retusa, Ham. ; Roxb. Hort. Seng. 31 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 322 ; erect, 

 ecirrhose, pubescence grey, calyx-tube turbinate very short. B. emarginata, 

 Wall. Cat. 5792, non Jack. Phanera retusa, Benth. PL Jungh. 263. 



Western Himalayas ; SIMLA, G-URWHAL, KUMAON, ascending to 4000 ft. 



Leaves rigidly coriaceous, rather broader than long, 4-6 in. long, 9-nerved, gla- 

 brous beneath, usually deeply cordate. Flowers in ample terminal panicles, some- 

 times a foot long and broad, with corymbose branches clothed with fine grey silky 

 pubescence, the lower springing from the axils of reduced leaves ; lower pedicels 

 ascending, | f in. long ; bracts and bracteoles minute, caducous. Calyx-tube scarcely 

 any; limb in. long, irregularly cleft; bud ovoid. Petals oblong, clawed, twice 

 the sepals, yellow. Style produced, stigma large. Pod hard, flat, 5-6 in. by l-lin., 

 glabrous, late in dehiscing, short-stalked, 6-8-seeded. 



15. B. integrifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 331 ; scandent, cirrhose, pubes- 

 cence ferruginous, calyx-tube cylindrical not exceeding the limb, ovary densely 

 silky short-stalked. Wall. Cat. 5780. Phanera integrifolia, Benth. PI. Jungh. 

 263. 



PENANG and MALACCA. 



Leaves rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous, 9-nerved, deeply cordate, 3-6 in. long, with 

 a deltoid apical sinus. Inflorescence as in the last, a long panicle with very dense 

 many-flowered ascending racemose branches, clothed like the calyx with bright rusty 

 silky pubescence ; bracts small, lanceolate, subpersistent ; pedicels ascending, lower 

 | f in. Calyx-tube - in. ; sepals deltoid ; bud globose. Petals obovate, clawed, 

 twice the sepals, densely rusty-silky. Style long ; stigma small. Pod oblong, hard, 

 flat, short-stalked, 5-6 in. by 2 in., late in dehiscing. 



16. B. bidentata, Jack in Mai. Misc. i. 76 ; Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag 

 i. 223 ; scandent, cirrhose, pubescence ferruginous, calyx-tube cylindrical exceed- 

 ing the limb, ovary usually subglabrous long-stalked. Watt. Cat. 5778. Phanera 

 Hdentata, Benth. PL Jungh. 263. 



PENANG and MALACCA. DISTBIB. Philippines. 



Very near B. integrifolia, with which it agrees in leaf, vestiture and inflorescence. 

 Lower pedicels 1-2 in. long ; bracts caducous. Calyx-tube cylindrical, %-% in. Bud 

 broad -ovoid or subglobose. Calyx-limb under | in., slit down to the base. Petals 2-3 

 times the length of the sepals, obovate, clawed, more or less silky. Style long ; stigma 

 large, peltate. Pod unknown. 



*** Leaves deeply cleft, persistently pubescent beneath. 



17. B. Vahlii, W. fy A. Pi-odr. 297 ; cirrhose, pubescence dense grey or 

 ferruginous, leaf-lobes ^obtuse, pedicels long, calyx-tube cylindrical, petals much, 

 exserted densely pilose. Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 83. B. racemosa, Vahl, Symb. 

 t. 62 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 515 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 325 ; Wall Cat. 5775, non Lam. 

 Phanera Tahiti, Benth. PL Jungh. 263. 



Foot of the CENTRAL and EAST HIMALAYAS, ascending to 2500 feet in Kumaon. 

 BEHAR, Dr. Hooker. CONCAN, Stocks. CIRCARS, Roxburgh. 



An enormous climber, with densely pubescent branchlets and abundant circinate 

 tendrils. Leaves rigidly subcoriaceous, rather broader than long (-l ft.), deeply 



