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'15 in. wide, tube slightly dilated towards base, 4 in. long-. Petals pale 

 greenish-yellow, 5 subequal,oblanceolate-obtuse, shortly clawed, 1-1 '25 in. 

 long, *35 in. wide, glabrous within, densely tomentose externally. Stamens 

 3 fertile, anthers linear-oblong, filaments pink, uniform, 2 in. long. 

 Ovary distinctly stalked, densely silky ; ovules 6-8 ; style thick, silky, 

 stout, 6 in. long, stigma large oblique peltate. Pod thin, oblong, with 

 black glabrous woody valves, 8 in. lone:, 2 in. wide, stipe 5 in. long. 

 Seeds 4-6, flattened, broadly ovate, "5 in. long, *4 in. across. Wall. Cat. 

 5776 ; Roxb. Flor. Ind. II, 331 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 283 excl. 

 both the varieties and the syn. of Korthals and Gr. Don. Phanera ferru- 

 ginea Benth. PL Jungh. 262 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. 1, 62. 



Perak; Wray 622! 1258! Scortechini 67! Kunstler 2508 ! 3492! 

 6173 ! Penang ; Porter (Wall. Cat, 5776) ! Curtis 211 ! 



This is very near to B. semibifida Roxb. but is at once distinguished by its petals 

 being externally uniformly pubescent. 



Bauhinia ferruginea Korth., referred by Mr. Baker to Roxburgh's plant, is an 

 exceedingly distinct species. Korthal's plant is, in fact, the basis of Phcwera excelsa 

 Miq., which Mr. Baker elsewhere separates (as to citation) as a variety of B. ferru- 

 ginea. The plant described as VAR. excelsa by Mr. Baker is, however, still another 

 species (B. sumatrana Miq., which is only a form of B. semibifida). B. Pottsii 

 G. Don, also referred here by Mr. Baker, has a tomentose pod and therefore cannot 

 possibly be the present species. Don's plant is doubtless B. mollissima Wall, which 

 is the only tomentose-fruited species at all nearly related to the present one. 



11. Baueiinia. Ridleyi Prain. A very strong shrubby climber 

 reaching 20 feet in length, branches stoutish, thinly but persistently 

 rusty-silky, tendrils few circinate persistently silky. Leaves roundish, 

 base cordate, apex divided one-third down, sinus narrow apiculate, lobes 

 usually subacute ; rigidly subcoriaceous, 2*5—4 in. long, sometimes a 

 little longer than broad, dark-green strigose above, densely adpressed- 

 pubescent beneath ; nerves 9-11; petiole *75-l in., densely rusty-pubes- 

 cent ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, falcate, *15 in. long, very deciduous. 

 Flowers in densely congested terminal corymbs 2 in. long and broad, 

 pedicels densely silky "3 in. long, spreading, bracts and bracteoles equal 

 orbicular, persistent, densely tomentose, "25 in. long; buds club-shaped 

 •7 in. long, the obovoid upper part 'exceeding the ampullgeform base. 

 Calyx densely softly rusty-pubescent, limb splitting into reflexed lanceo- 

 late segments *4 in. long, "1 in. wide, tube "3 in. long, slightly dilated 

 towards base. Petals pure-white, 5 subequal, oblong-obtuse, hardly 

 clawed, not exserted, glabrous within, densely tomentose externally, 

 "4-5 in. long, -2 in. wide. Stamens 3 fertile, anthers crimson, linear- 

 oblong, filaments "75 in. long, uniform, red. Ovary shortly stalked, 

 densely tomentose, style thick, tomentose, stout, '5 in. long, stigma large 

 oblique peltate. Pod unknown. 

 J. ii. 24 



