1897,] G. King — Materials fur a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 1£7 



in dense terminal corymbs, 4 in. long and broad ; pedicels rusty, erecto- 

 patent, the lower 175 in. long, bracts very small deciduous ; buds clove- 

 shaped, the cylindric base much longer than the spherical apiculate 

 upper portion. Calyx rusty-downy, limb splitting into 5 subequal ovate 

 shortly acuminate lobes "25 in. long, 2 in. across ; tube cylindric '6-7 

 in. long. Petals 5 subequal, deep orange-yellow at length becoming 

 brick-red, oblanceolate-oblong very shortly clawed, *8 in. long, 5 in. wide, 

 externally sparsely rusty-pubescent. Stamens 3 fertile, anthers shortly 

 oblong, filaments much shorter thau petals. Ovary densely rusty-downy, 

 shortly stalked, style *2 in. long; stigma large peltate. Pod oblong 

 woody, 4 in. long, 2 in. wide, externally finely adpressed rusty-pubescent ; 

 stipe *15-"2 in. long. Seeds about 4, much compressed, dark-brown, 1 

 in. long, '7 in. across. 



Penang; Griffith; Kurz ! Hullett 123! Curtis 488! Malacca; 

 Maingay 5±5 ! Perak ; Kunstler 6261 ! 



Very closely related to B. hidentata but differing in having larger flowers, pubes- 

 cent pods, and leaves slightly downy beneath. The character derived from the 

 leaf-apex, which appeared reliable when Mr. Baker's account of the Indian Bauhinias 

 was published 20 years ago, is now proved, by the large suites of specimens sent to 

 Herb. Calcutta during recent years, to fail within the limits of both of these species. 



14. Bauhinia bidentata Jack, Malay. Misc. II, 7, 76. A xevy 

 large strong creeper over 150 feet long, or sometimes, when growing 

 apart, shrubby or even tree-like (Kunstler, Hullett), branches slender 

 gbibvescent, tendrils few circinate quite glabrous. Leaves very slightly 

 cordate at base, sometimes truncate, narrowed gradually to an obtuse or 

 sub-acute bifid or entire point, half as long again as broad, 25-5 in. long, 

 1*5-3*5 in. across, rather rigidly subcoriaceous, dark-green shining above, 

 pale beneath, glabrous on both surfaces ; 7-9-nerved ; petiole 1 in. long, 

 glabrous, slightly thickened at both ends. Flowers in dense terminal 

 corymbs 3 in. long and broad ; pedicels finely pubescent, erecto-patent, 

 the lower 1*5 in. long, bracts ultimately deciduous, ovate-acute, *15 in. 

 long ; buds clove-shaped, the cylindric base much longer than the 

 spherical acute but not apiculate upper portion. Calyx puberulous, limb 

 splitting into subequal ovate-acute lobes "3 in. long, 2 in. across; tube 

 cylindric striate 1 in. long. Petals subequal, deep orange-yellow at 

 length becoming scarlet, oblong, spreading, shortly clawed, 6 in. long, 

 *35 in. wide, externally sparsely rusty-pubescent. Stamens 3 fertile, 

 anthers shortly oblong, filaments short hirsute. Ovary sparsely pubes- 

 cent, distinctly stalked, style '2 in. long, stigma large peltate. Pod 

 oblong woody, 4*5 in. long, 1*5 in. wide, externally quite glabrous, stipe 

 •25 in long. Seeds 4-5, much compressed, 'b in. long, '35 in. wide. 

 Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. I, 223 ; Wall. Cat. 5778 ; Bak. in Plor. Brit. 



