1897.] Gr. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 179 



the '5 in. -long limb, tube *2 in. long, distinctly inf iiudibuliform. Petals 

 obovate-spathulate, 1*75 in. long, "8 in. wide,yellow, the upper with a purple 

 central blotch. Stamens 10, all fertile, subequal, anthers linear, filaments 

 hirsute in lower half. Ovary distinctly stalked, densely tomentose, style 

 *5-*7 in. Jong, straight. Pod 4-5 in. long, '5— *7 in. across, compressed, 

 at length dehiscent, when ripe only faintly pubernlous, not ribbed along 

 upper suture ; stipe "2-25 in. long. Seeds 10-16, oblong, flattened, 25 

 in. long, *2 in. across, testa dark-brown shining. Roxb. Hort. Beng. 31 ; 

 DC. Prodr. II, 514; Roxb. Flor. Ind. II, 323; Wall. Cat. 5790 A— E ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5560; W. & A. Prodr. 295; Miq. Flor.. Ind. Bat, I, 75; 

 Bedd. Flor. Sylv. 92 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 275. B.speciosa Roxb. 

 in Wall. Cat. 5791 not of Vogel. 



Penang ; fide Balcer. And amans ; King's Collectors ! Distrib. S. -B.- 

 Asia; Trop. Africa. 



There are no Malayan specimens at Calcutta ; the plant in the Andamans is, if 

 not cultivated, probably introduced. 



3. Bauhinia acominata Linn. Sp. PI. 376. A small erect shrub 

 with obscurely downy zig-zag angular branches. Leaves slightly cordate, 

 flexible, rather longer than broad, 3-6 in. wide, 9-11-nerved, cut one- 

 third down into two triangular subobiuse or acute lobes, shining 

 glabrous above, glaucescent hairy (sometimes at length glabrescent) 

 beneath ; petiole puberulous grooved above, thickened at both ends, 

 1-1 5 in. long. Floivers in leaf-opposed few-fid. corymbs, peduncle '5 in. 

 long, pedicels erect the lowest *4 in. long, 2-bracteolate, bracts linear or 

 subulate *15 in. long; buds lanceolate acuminate 1*5 in. long, the tip 

 very shortly subulately 5-lobed Calyx green, glabrous or faintly 

 puberulous, splitting spathaceously to the base of the 1"25 in. -long 

 parallel-veined limb, tube *25 in. long, very slightly inf undibuli form. 

 Petals oblong, pure white, glabrous, 1'75 in. long. 1 in. wide. Stamens 

 10, all fertile, subequal, anthers linear, filaments hirsute in lower third. 

 Ovary long-stalked glabrous, style '5 in. long, curved. Pod 4-5 in. 

 long, '6-7 in. broad, firm, glabrous, compressed, at length dehiscent, 

 strongly ribbed along each side of the upper suture, stipe '5 in. long. 

 Seeds 10-15, ovate, flattened, *3 in. long, 2 in. wide. DC. Prodr. IT, 513 ; 

 Roxb. Hort. Beng. 31 ; Flor. Ind. II, 324 ; Wall Cat. 5794 ; W. & A. 

 Prodr. 295 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 74 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 276. 

 B. Candida Ait. Hort. Kew. II, 49 ; DC. Prodr. II, 513 not of Roxb. 

 B. purpurea Wall. Cat. 5797 (D only) not of Linn. 



Andamans; very common, King's Collectors! Perak ; Kunstler 413 ! 

 2386 ! 8283 ! Scortechini 1812 ! Malacca ; Hervey ! etc. Distrib. China, 

 ludia, Indo-China, Malay Archipelago. 



§ 3. Phaneka Lour. Fertile stamens usually 3, sometimes 4-5. 



