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along the lower third of the midrib. Stamens 3 fertile, anthers linear- 

 oblong, filaments uniform 1*5 in. long. Ovary distinctly stalked, rusty - 

 pubescent, style slender glabrous, *8 in. long, stigma oblique peltate. 

 Pod thin oblong with black glabrous woody valves. Seeds 2 (fide 

 Miquel). Bauhinia ferruginea Kurz Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLV. 2. 128 

 (Enura. PL Nicobars) ; loc. cit. 289 (Burm. Flora) not of Roxb. Phanera 

 albo-lutea Miq. Flor. Ind Bat. I, 1079. 



Nicobars ; Great Nicobar, Jelineh 241 ! Distrib. Indo-Cliiua ; 

 Sumatra. 



It is rather strange that this species should occur in Burma, the Nicobars 

 and Sumatra and not have as yet been gathered in the Malay Peninsula. It is 

 nearer to B. semibijida than to B. ferruginea, with which Mr. Kurz has placed it, both 

 on account of its long pedicels and because of its almost glabrous petals, but it 

 differs very markedly as regards bracts and stipules as well as in its ovary which 

 has a glabrous style. Its nearest allies are, however, the Indian B. nervosa which 

 differs in having pubescent petals, and the Sumatran B. stipularis Korth., which 

 differs in having petals with cordate instead of cuneate biises. 



7. Bauhinia. semibipida Roxb. Hort. Beng. 31. A very strong 

 climber often exceeding 30 feet in length, with stems 4-6 in. thick ; 

 branchlets stoutish brightly rusty-silky, tendrils glabrous few, thick, 

 woody, circinate. Leaves roundish, base cordate, apex divided one-third 

 to one-half down, sinus narrow apiculate, lobes round or subacute; 

 rigidly subcoriaceous, 2-3 in. long, sometimes a little narrower than 

 broad, light-green and glabrous above, beneath with reddish rather 

 densely rusty nerves, elsewhere sparsely adpressed-rusty silky; nerves 

 9-11 ; petiole 1-1*5 in., sparsely rusty-silky, stipules broadly ovate, 

 falcate, '15 in. long, very deciduons. Flowers in pyramidal terminal 

 racemes 4-10 in. long, 3 in. across, pedicels erecto- patent, rusty-pubes- 

 cent, 1-1*5 in. long, bracts '2 in. long, lanceolate, deciduons ; buds 

 club-shaped -9-l'2 in. long, the obovoid upper part exceeding the 

 ampullae form base. Calyx densely rusty-pubescent, limb splitting into 

 reflexed lanceolate segments 5-'7 in. long, '15 in. wide, tube dilated 

 slightly towards base, '4--5 in. long. Petals 5 subequal, oblanceolate 

 obtuse, shortly clawed, -8-1 in. long, *35 in. wide, dull, white, glabrous 

 except on the claw and along the base of the midrib externally where 

 there is a faint rusty pubescence. Stamens 3 fertile, anthers linear- 

 oblong, filaments white, uniform, shorter than the petals. Ovary dis- 

 tinctly stalked densely rusty-silky, ovules 6-8, style thick silky stout, 

 •4 in. long; stigma large oblique peltate. Pod thin oblong, with black 

 glabrous woody valves, 4 in. long, 1*25 in. wide, stipe *35 in. long. 

 Seeds 4-6, flattened, orbicular, "5 in. in diatn. Wall. PI. As. Rar. t. 253 ; 

 Cat. 5783; Roxb. Flor. Ind. IT, 330 ; Wight Ic. t. 263 ; Bak. in Flor. Brifc. 

 Ind. II, 280. Phanera semibijida Benth. PI. Jungh. 263; Miq. Flor. 



