280 L. LEGUMiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) {^Bauhinia. 



cordate, 11-13-nerved, slit J-J down with an open sinus, persistently downy all over 

 1}eneath. Bacemes long-pednnded, terminal, dense, subcorymbose ; lower pedicels 1-2 

 in., with persistent linear bracteoles. CWyx-tube slender, ^-y in. ; limb under ^ in., 

 splitting into two lobes. Petals 1 in. long, obovate, with a short daw. Ovary ferrn- 

 gineo-tomentose, with a short stalk, long style and minute stigma. Pod sublignose, 

 rusty-downy, |-1 ft. by 2 in., 8-12-seeded, finally splitting open. 



18. B. rosea, Kurz in Jonm, Asiat. Soc. Beng. zlii. 2, 72 ; pubescence 

 fulvous, leaf-lobes obtuse, pedicels long, calyx-tube short, petals much exserted 

 slightly pilose. 



Mabtaban, Srandif. 



A dimber, with pubescent branchlets. leaves round-cordate, 3-5 in. each way, 

 chartaceous, slit ^down, glabrescent above, clothed with persistent fulvous pubescence 

 beneath. Eacemes terminal, corymbose : pedicels 1^2 in. ; bracts linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, ^ in. CaZ^:i;-teeth linear-lanceolate, ^ in., free and reflexed when mature. 

 Petals § in., with a long claw and linear-obovate undulated blade. Ovary fulvo-vil- 

 lose ; style thick, shorter than the ovary. Pod unknown. Ex Kurz, loc. cit. 



19. B. rufa, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5798 ; cirrhose, pubescence ihin dark 

 fenuginous, leaf-lobes acute, pedicels long, tube slender cylindrical, petals much 

 exserted densely silky. Phanera rufa, Bemth. PI. Jungh. 263. 



SiLEET, WaUich. 



Branches, petioles, leaf-ribs beneath, pedicels and calyx densely fermgineo-tomen- 

 tose. Leaves rigidly subcoriaceous, 4-^ in. long, deeply cordate, 11— 13-nerved, witha 

 deltoid sinus reaching J down and deltoid lobes. Ccrymb dense, terminal, subsessile ; 

 pedicels lJ-2 in., more slender than in B; VaMii. CtJyx-tabe J-|^ in. ; limb equal- 

 ling the tube, membranous, irregularly slit. Petals oblong-spathulate, twice the 

 length of the calyx-limb, densely silky on the back. Ovary densdy silky, with a 

 short stalk and long style, stigma small. Pod unknown. 



20. B. velutlna, WdU. Cat. 6781 ; eciirhose, pubescence thin grey pu- 

 berulent, leaf-lobes obtuse, pedicels very short, tube cylindrical, petals little 

 exserted obovate with a very long pilose claw. Phanera velutina, Bemth. PI. 

 Jungh. 262. 



Tenassbeim, Wallieh, Griffith, Heifer. 



Habit and inflorescence of B. purpurea and variegaia. Leaves broader than long, 

 rigidly coriaceous, pale green, deeply cordate, 9- 11 -nerved, with an open sinus reach- 

 ^°S Jt^ down. Sacemes few-flowered, short-peduncled, axillary, corymbose ; pedicels 

 |-J in. ; bracts deltoid, veiy minute. Calyx thinly grey-pubescent ; tube f-1 in. ; 

 Bepals distinct, lanceolate, as long as the tube. Claw of the petals three times as 

 long as the limb. Ovary grey-tomentose, narrowed gradually into a long stalk and 

 style, stigma small. Pod unknown. 



21. B. semibifida, Boxb. Sort. Beng. 31; Fl. Ind. ii. 330; ecirrhose, 

 pubescence thin dark ferruginous, leaf-lobes obtuse, pedicels elongated, calyx- 

 tube stout ampullseform, petals oblanceolate glabrous little exserted. Wall. PI. 

 As. Bar. t. 253 ; Cat. 5783 ; WiglU. Ic. t. 263. Phanera semibifida, Bmth. PI. 

 Jungh. 263. ' 



Malacca, Griffith. Tenasseeut, Bdfer. 



Branchlets, leaf-ribs beneath, pedicels and calyx clothed with bright ferruginons 

 silky pubescence. Leaves rigidly subcoriaceous, 2-3 in. long, deeply corfate, 11- 

 nerved. Eacemes terminal, subsessile, 3-4 in. long ; pedicels 1-1 J in. Calyx-bahe 

 ^ in., narrowed from the base towards the neck ; sepals lanceolate, distinct, coriace- 

 ous, reflexed, as long as the tabe. Ovary densely silky, distinctly stalked, with a 

 short thick style and large peltate stigma.— Closely allied to B.ferruginea. 



