282 L. LEGUMINOS.E. (J. Gr. Baker.) [Bauhitna. 



sepals deltoid, petals much exserted. B. scandens, Roxb. H&rt. Beng. 31 ; Fl. 

 2nd. ii. 326 ; Wight Ic. t. 264, nan Linn. Phanera inacrostachya, Benth. PL 

 Jungh. 262. 



SILHET, Roxburgh, Wallich. ASSAM, Hamilton. 



Branches glabrous, with copious stalked geminate tendrils. Leaves round-cordate, 

 rigidly subcoriaceous, subglabrous, 3-4 in. long, with an open deltoid sinus reaching 

 -| down and deltoid subacute lobes. Flowers in forked or simple peduncled narrow 

 sublax racemes \^ ft. long ; bracts minute, deltoid ; pedicels \-^ in., clothed like 

 the calyx with fine grey silky pubescence. Calyx-tnbe in. ; limb campanulate, in., 

 regularly 5-cleft half-way down. Petals ^ in., obovate, clawed, densely silky. Ovary 

 densely ferrugineo-tomentose ; stalk and style short. Pod ligulate, 4-6 in. by 2 in., 

 flat, indehiscent, persistently tomentose, 2-4-seeded. 



27. B. diverg-ens, Baker-, cirrhose, leaves 7-nerved, pubescence thin 

 grey, pedicels very short, calyx-tube cylindrical, limb spathaceous entire as long- 

 as the tube, petals much exserted. 



BIRMA, Griffith. 



Stems slender, scandent, glabrescent. Leaves rigidly subcoriaceous, slightly cor- 

 date, glabrous, broader than long, 3-4 in. long, with a broadly rounded sinus reaching 

 half way down and divergent deltoid acuminate lobes. Racemes copious, few-flowered, 

 congested, sessile, axillary ; pedicels scarcely any ; bracts minute, deltoid. Calyx-tube 

 -f in. long; limb tough, entire, | in. broad. Stamens 5. Petals oblanceolate, three 

 times as long as the limb, glabrous, not clawed. Immature pod narrow, ^ ft. long, 

 glabrous, with & long stalk. 



28. B. bracteata, Grah. in Watt. Cat. 5802 ; cirrhose, leaves 9-11- 

 nerved, pubescence grey, pedicels very long, bracteoles linear, calyx-tube short 

 turbinate, limb exceeding the tube, petals much exserted. Phanera bracteata, 

 Benth. PL Jungh. 264. 



TENASSERIM, Griffith, Heifer. SIAMESE gulf, Finlayson. 



Branchlets finely grey-downy, with copious stout circinate tendrils. Leaves rigidly 

 coriaceous, slightly cordate, rather longer than broad, 4-6 in. long, glabrous, with a 

 sinus reaching half way down, so narrow that the dimidiate deltoid subacute lobes 

 touch each other. Corymbs many-flowered, short-peduncled, axillary, \-% ft long ; 

 bracts large, lanceolate, persistent ; pedicels ascending, slender, clothed like the calyx: 

 with fine grey pubescence, furnished with a pair of opposite linear bracteoles above 

 the middle, the lower ones 2-3 in. long. Calyx-tube -- in. ; sepals f-^ in., lanceo- 

 late, subconnate. Petals above 1 in. long, with a tomentose claw, exceeding the cor- 

 date crisped limb. Ovary grey-downy, with a long style and stalk, stigma small. 



29. B. involucellata, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlii. 2, 72 ; 

 leaves 9-11-nerved, pubescence thin, pedicels very long, bracteoles large oblong, 

 flowers large, calyx-limb as long as the tube, petals much exserted. 



MARTABAN, Dr. Brandis. 



A climbing shrub, with thinly puberulous young branches. Leaves thinly char- 

 taceous, cordate-ovate, 3-4 in. long, glabrous, with a sinus reaching half-way down or 

 more, the lobes narrowed to a subobtuse point. Racemes lax, terminal, glabrescent ; 

 pedicels 2-2|- in. ; bracteoles oblong, subobtuse, | in. long, velvety within. Calyx 

 velvety ; tube in. or more long ; teeth lanceolate acuminate, finally free andreflexed. 

 Petals pale rose, 1 in. long, with an ovate-oblong obtuse blade as long as the claw. 

 Ovary glabrous ; style thick, moderately long. Pod unknown. Ex Kurz loc. cit. 



***** Leaves deeply cleft, with obtuse or rarely subacute lobes, nearly or quite, 

 glabrous beneath when mature. 



30. B. glauca, Wall. Cat. 5785 ; cirrhose, pubescence thin ferruginous, 

 leaves 7-9-nerved cleft below the middle, pedicels moderately long, calyx-limb 



