1897.] D. .Prain — Some additional Leguminosse. 501 



Kurz as B. macrostachya Wall ! The present species is extremely closely related 

 to B. piper if olia but can be at once distinguished by its shorter pedicels, its much 

 larger bracts, and its pubescent ovaries. 



The name here adopted calls for explanation. This is evidently the same plant 

 as the species somewhat rashly described by Miquel (from leaf specimens only) as 

 Phanera diptera, which Miquel says had received from Blume the tentative MSS. 

 name Bauhinia diptera Bl. But these dipterous leaves occur only on seedlings and 

 root-shoots, and the name, being singularly inappropriate for the species as a whole, 

 is better neglected. The species described in the F. B. I. as B. glabrifolia is really 

 B. piperifolia Roxb. but as Mr. Baker has cited along with B. piperifolia specimens 

 of the present one under his B. glabrifolia, the latter name has been retained for 

 this plant ; it must, however, be recollected that this is done to the complete exclu- 

 sion of the plant described and the synonyms cited by Baker. 



An incidental advantage of neglecting the name Bauhinia diptera Bl. is that it 

 becomes thus unnecessary to alter the name of a very distinct species from Upper 

 Burma described by Sir H. Collett and Mr. Hemsley as B. diptera, these authoi-s 

 having for the moment overlooked the fact that their name was preoccupied. 



80/1. Bauhinia tenutflora Watt ex Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xxv. 18 ; cirrhose, pubescence thin ferrugineous, leaves 9-nerved not cleft 

 to the middle, pedicels moderately long, calyx-limb very much shorter 

 than the much elongated cylindric tube, petals sparsely pubescent 

 externally. 



Khasia Hills ; Hooker and Thomson. Naga Hills ; Watt 6915 ! 

 Manipur ; Clarke ! 



Leaves shortly bilobed, lobes obtuse, about 3 in. wide. Corymbs many-fld., rusty 

 tomentose, peduncles 1-2 in. long, pedicels rusty-pubescent the lowest 1*5 in. long. 

 Calyx-tube linear 1 in. long, lobes lanceolate '25 in. Petals white, margin wavy, 

 back sparsely pubescent ; '6 in. long, oblong, long-clawed. Fertile stamens 3, filaments 

 longer than petals, glabrous. Ovary glabrous. Pod 8-9 in. long, 1*75 in. wide, much 

 compressed, thin, glabrous. Seeds 15-20, oval, '5 in. long, "3 in. across. 



Very near B. corymbosa but with longer, less divided leaves and broader pods ; 

 also near B. glauca but with leaves less divided and calyx-tube very much longer. 



30/2. Bauhinia diptera Coll. 8f Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 

 53 ; cirrhose, glabrous, leaflets distinct, small, 3-4-nerved, pedicels long, 

 calyx-limb 2-3-lobed, longer than the cylindric tube, petals glabrous 

 exserted. 



Borma ; Shan hills, at Koni, Collett ! Prazer ! Ywangyen, Collett ! 



Branchlets slender glabrous ; tendrils small few. Leaves very small and quite 

 2-lobed (as in § Lysiphyllum), leaflets sessile submembranous oval-elliptic '75-1 in. 

 long, rounded at both ends, rather pale beneath ; stipules minute early deciduous. 

 Flowers in lax subcorymbose 5-11-fld. racemes, lower pedicels "75 in. long, Calyx- 

 lobes '35 in. long, apiculate, tube '25 in. long. Petals unequal narrowly spathulate, 

 margins wavy, longest '75 in. long. Stamens 3 fertile, filaments far exceeding the 

 corolla-lobes, 1'5 in. long. Ovary long-stalked, about 12-ovuled, glabrous, style '5 in. 

 long, stigma small. Pod 2'5 in. long, linear-oblong, '5 in. wide, glabrous, slightly 

 transversely impressed between the seeds, narrowed to an acute beak; stipe '3 in. 



