THE 



CALCUTTA JOURNAL 



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NATURAL HISTORY. 



[Reprint of Dr. William Jack's writings, continued from No, 13, page 62. j 



XVIII. LEGUMINOS^. 



BAUHINIA EMARGINATA. f^-JJ 



Foliis cordatis subrotundo-ovalibus glaberrimis acumine 

 brevi obtuso emarginato, floribus octandris, staminibus tribus 

 superioribus fertilibus. 



Dadaub, Malay. 



Native of Sumatra. 



A strong woody climber. Leaves alternate, petiolate, cor- 

 date, subrotund-oval, terminating in a short blunt emarginate 

 acumen, very entire, 4 inches long, 7 — 9 nerved with reticu- 

 late veins, very smooth. Petioles rather short. Cirrhi long, 

 simple, revolute. Racemes terminal or sometimes lateral, 

 corymbose, many flowered ; pedicels long, tomentose. Calyx 

 five parted, tomentose, bursting into two or three segments. 

 Corolla large, five petalled, spreading, petals nearly equal, 

 unguiculate. Stamina eight ; three superior fertile, longer, 

 with large two-lobed anthers ; four inferior short, with small 



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