282 L. LEGUMINOS^. (J. G. Baker.) IBauhinia. 



sepals deltoid, petals much, exserted. B. scandens, Hoxb. Sort. Beng. 31 ; M. 

 Ind. ii. 326; Wight le. t. 264:, ncm Linn. Phanera macrostachya, Senf A. Pi, 

 Jungh. 262. 



SiLiiET, Eoxburgh, Wallich. Assam, HamUton. 



Branches glabrous, with copious stalked geminate tendrils. Leaves round-cordate, 

 ligidly subooriaceouB, subglabrous, 3-4 in. long, with an open deltoid sinus reaching 

 J-^ down and deltoid subacute lobes. Flowers in forked or simple peduncled narrow 

 sublax racemes J-J ft. long ; bracts minute, deltoid ; pedicels \-^ in., clothed like 

 the calyx with fine grey sUky pubescence. CW^'^-tube \ in. ; limb campanulate, ^ in., 

 legularly 5-cleft half-way down. Petals ^ in., obovate, clawed, densely silky. Ovary 

 densely ferrugineo-tomentose ; stalk and style short. Pod ligulate, 4-6 in. by 2 in., 

 flat, indehiscent, persistently tomentose, 2-4-seeded. 



27. B. diverg-ens, JBaker; cirrhose, leaves 7-nerved, pubespence thin 

 grey, pedicels very short, calyx-tube cylindrical, limb spathaceous entire as long 

 as the tube, petals much exserted. • ■ ' 



. BmMA, Griffith. . . _ 



SteTns slender, scand'ent, glahrescent. Leaves rigidly subeoriaceous, slightly cor- 

 date, glabrous, broader than long, 3-4 in. long, with a broadly rounded sinus reaching 

 halfway down and divergent ddtoid acuminate lobes, if acemes copious, few-flowered, 

 congested, sessile, axillary ; pedicels scarcely any ; bracts minute, deltoid. Ojs^j;-tube 

 ^1 in. long ; limb tough, entire, | in. broad. Stamens 5. Petals oblanceolate, three 

 times as long as the limb, glabrous; not clawed. Immature pod narrow, | ft. lon§, 

 glabrous, with a long stalk. 



28. B. bracteata, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5802 ; cirrhose, leaves 9-11- 

 nerved, pubescence grey, pedicels very long, bracteoles linear, calyx^tube short 

 turbinate, limb exceeding the tube, petals much exserted. Phanera bracteata, 

 Bmth. PI. Jungh. 264. 



Tenasseeim, Griffith, Selfer. Sumese gulf, MiUayson. 



Bra7ichlets finely grey-downy, with copious stout eircinate tendrils. Leaves rigidly 

 coriaceous, slightly cordate, rather longer than broad, 4-6 in. long, glabrous, with a 

 sinus reaching half way down, so narrow that the dimidiate deltoid subacute lobes 

 touch each other. Corymbs many-fiowered, short-peduneled, axillary, J-J ft long ; 

 bracts large, lanceolate, persistent; pedicels ascending, slender, clothed like the calyx 

 with fine grey pubescence, furnished with a pair of opposite linear bracteoles above 

 the middle, the lower ones 2-3 in. long. Catyx-tnhe §-^ in. ; sepals f-| in., lanceo- 

 late, subconnate. Petals above 1 in. long, with a tomentose claw, exceeding the cor- 

 date crisped limb. Ovary grey-downy, with a long style and stalk, stigma small. 



29. B. involucellata, Kurs in Joum. Asiat. Soc. JBeng. xlii. 2, 72 ; 

 leaves 9-11-nerved, pubescence thin, pedicels very long, bracteoles large oblong, 

 flowers large, calyx-limb as long as the tube, petals much exserted. 



Martaban, Lr, Brandis. 



A climbing shrub, with thinly puberulous young branches. leaves thinly char- 

 taceous, cordate-ovate, 3-4 in. long, glabrous, with a sinus reaching half-way down or 

 more, the lobes narrowed to a subobtuse point. Eacemes lax, terminal, glahrescent ; 

 pedicels 2-2J in. ; bracteoles oblong, subobtuse, | in. long, velvety within. Cahfx 

 velvety ; tube ^ in. or more long ; teeth lanceolate acuminate, finally free andreflexed. 

 Petals pale rose, 1^ in. long, with an ovate-oblong obtuse blade as long as the claw. 

 Ovary glabrous; style thick, moderately long. Poa! unknown. Ex Kurz loo. pit. 



***** Leaves deeply cleft, viith obtuse or rarely sid/acute lobe?, nearly or gutter 

 glabrous beneath when mature. 



30. B. g'lauca, Wall. Cat. 5785 ; cirrhose, pubescence thin ferrug^ous, 

 ^leaves 7T-9-nerved cleft below the middle, pedifcels moderately long, calyx-limb 



