1897.] D. Pram — Some additional Leguminosae. 495 



114. BAUHINIA Linn. 



1. Bauhinia tomentosa Linn. 



Also in the Andamans, but possibly introduced. 



2. Bauhinia brachycarpa Wall, 



This still remains a doubtful plant. There is no example of Wall. Cat. 5786 at 

 Calcutta, and the sheets here named B. brachycarpa by Dr. Wallich himself have been 

 reduced by Mr. Kurz to B. acuminata ; in making this reduction Mr. Kurz is cer- 

 tainly right. 



3. Bauhinia polycarpa Wall. 



Add to description of F. B. I. : — Petals white, *35 in. long. 



All dubiety has now been removed from this plant which is a very distinct 

 species and has been recently reported from Makana in Tenasserim, at 2000 feet 

 elev., and from many localities in the Shan Hills. 



Its nearest ally is evidently B. timorana Decaisne (Nouv. Ann. Mus. iii. 446) 

 which, apparently by a lapsus calami, has been written B. timoriensis and reduced to 

 B. racemosa in the F. B. I. and again in the Index Kewensis. A perusal of Decaisne's 

 description shows that his plant has little in common with B. racemosa beyond that 

 both are Bauhinias. Decaisne gives no collector's name and no exact locality in 

 Timor. There are, however, examples in Herb. Calcutta of a species collected at 

 Coepang in Timor by E. Brown in 1803 which agree exactly with Decaisne's 

 description. Brown's plant is extremely closely related to B. polycarpa, its 

 somewhat different bracts and denser racemes alone satisfactorily distinguishing 

 it from Dr. Wallich's plant ; it does not, supposing it to be B. timorana, in any 

 way recall or resemble B. racemosa. 



Var. Kurzii Pram ; leaves larger, 6 in. long, 8 in. across ; pods 

 rather longer (3'5 in.) and broader ('5 in.) ; seeds about 10. 

 Pegu ; Yomah, in high teak forest, Kurz 1783 bis ! 



This Mr. Kurz at first attributed to B. acuminata ; its leaves much resemble 

 those of that species but its pods are extremely unlike and resemble, on a larger 

 scale, those of B. polycarpa to which Mr. Kurz has finally referred it. It appears to 

 the writer highly probable that it will turn out, when more fully represented, to be a 

 distinct species. 



6. Bauhinia malabarica Boxb. 



The leaves of this species are not deeply bifid in any Calcutta specimen. 

 Bauhinia acida Reinw. (Flora xxxi. 578) does not differ even as a variety. This 

 species extends as far south as Tenasserim in the Eastern Peninsula, but has not as 

 yet been reported from the Andamans or from the Malay Peninsula ; it recurs, 

 however, in Java and in Timor. 



7/1. Bauhinia tortuosa Coll. fy Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 

 52, t. 8 ; erect or semi-scandent, leaves 7-9-nerved, slightly cordate, 

 shallowly bifid, flowers in small dense lateral racemes, bracts smalL 

 linear, pedicels a little longer than calyx, calyx-limb with broadly ovate 

 lobes ; style very short or 0. 



Upper Burma ; Koni, Collett 561! Prazer ! Shan Hills; King's 

 Collectors ! 



