1897.] G\ King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 181 



glabrous within ; pedicels *25 in. long, rusty-tomentose, 2-bracteolate 

 near the apex; buds narrowly clavate '2-2 6 in. long, the narrowly 

 fusiform upper part rather shorter than the narrow slightly infundi- 

 buliform base. Calyx densely tawny- to rusty-tomentose limb splitting 

 into reflexed equal linear-lanceolate lobes 1—1*25 in. long, tube 1-1 25 in. 

 long. Petals 5, narrowly oblanceolate, the four lower 2 in. long, *3 in. 

 wide, reddish-brown with a central yellow streak, the upper 225 in. 

 long, *5 in. wide, bright-red with a central branching yellow line, all 

 narrowed into a long claw and pubescent externally. Stamens 3 fertile, 

 anthers linear-oblong, filaments yellowish, uniform, glabrous. Ovary 

 densely tawuy-pubescent, stalk 5 in. long, tomentose as is the style *7 in. 

 long, stigma small peltate ; ovules 4-6. Pod pubescent, 4 in. long, 1 in. 

 wide, tapering to both ends, stipe "5 in. long. Seeds 1-2, compressed, 

 orbicular, about '4 in. in diam. B. elongata Korth. Nat. Verb. Gesch. 89 

 t. 24 (1839) ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 281. B purpurea- Zoll. &Mor. 

 Syst. Verzeichn. 1 ; Nat. en Geneesk. Arch. Ill, 69, not of Linn. 

 Phanera elongata Benth. PI. Jnngh 262 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 61. 

 B. Pottsii G. Don, Gen. Syst. II, 462. 



Perak ; Scortechini ! Kunstler 1024 ! 2461 ! 5165 ! Kedah j at Yau, 

 Ridley 5206! Penang ; Porter (Wall. Cat. 5782)! Malacca; Maingay 

 542/2 ! Distrib. Northwards to Tenasserim ; southwards to the Malay 

 Archipelago. 



The name given by Korthals being of considerably later date than that employed 

 by Wallich, Dr. Wallich's name is here adopted. Korthals' figure conveys a rather 

 inaccurate idea of the colour of the flower, the true nature of which is given from 

 a full field-note made by Mr. Kunstler. 



6. Bauhinta albo-lutba Prain. A slender shrubby climber with 

 slender rusty-pubescent branches, tendrils few circinate glabrous. 

 Leaves roundish, base cordate, apex divided one-third down, sinus 

 narrow apiculate, lobes usually subacute ; rigidly subcoriaceous, 2*5-4 

 in. long, often rather broader than long, dark-green; glabrous above, 

 persistently puberulous, rarely closely pubescent, beneath ; nerves 

 11-13; petiole 1' 5-2- 5 in, sparsely puberulous; stipules oblong-obtuse, 

 *2 in. long persistent. Flowers in few-flowered lax pyramidal terminal 

 racemes, 3-4 in. long, 3 in. across, pedicels rusty-puberulous erecto- 

 patent the lower 1*5-1"75 in. long, bracts lanceolate 2 in. long, bracteoles 

 subulate *15 in., deciduous ; buds club-shaped, "9 in. long, the obovoid 

 upper part exceeding the ampulla?form base. Calyx rusty-puberulous, 

 limb splitting into reflexed lanceolate segments 5 in. long, "1 in. wide, 

 tube '4 in. long, slightly dilated towards bnse. Petals cream-coloured, 

 5 subequal, oblanceolate subacute distinctly clawed, 1*25 in. long, "3 in. 

 wide, glabrous within, and glabrous externally except on the claw and 



