178 G. King — MHttriah for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1, 
Pod longer, S-S-seeded ... ... 23, Cwtwii, 
Calyx-liiDb pntii e | petals red i pods large tloiisely ptibcB- 
cent (3-o-Beoded) ; loaves iigtd, cntJine .„ ... 24. B. ^ryrhnoi'den. 
§ 1. LTSipjivr.LUM Benth. Fertile slnmem 10. Calyx yvMh a 
loB^ tube and 5-c1eft limb. Pod In-oftd indeliiscent. Lenflebs diKtiiict- 
1. BAUifiNtA DJpnyiJ.A Hfttii. in Synie, EmbaBHy 476 c. Ic, ( ISOO). 
A very extensive glabrous twining species witli cirriuate teinlrilw, 
sometimes Bpreadin*^ 200-300 feet or furtlier. Lea'&es cordate nt biiso ; 
leaflets alwnys r|iiif(3 free, each 5— 6-nei'ved, flexible, romitVcd rrt botli ends, 
wider below, 3 in. long-, 2 m across, pule-green glabions on botb snrfnee.'* : 
petiole glabrous '75-l'25 in. long, ftligbtly tliickened at both cuds. 
Flmvet'S very large, in lax fGrminal racemcH S-12 in. long, pedicel."? glab- 
rons nscending l"o-2 In, lonji, bi'acts small ovato RquamoiiB; bnds 2 in, 
long fusiform. Calyx thickly coriirceous. gi'een, glabrous, limb eut to 
base into 5 lance<date equal reflesced sognmentB 1*2 in. long, tube '6 in. 
long very ftligbtly iiifundibnliforro. Ptfah lanceolate erect, clawed, 
eqnal, as long as calyx-lobes?, '4 in. wide, '*\'liite, faintly vfined. Sfameus 
10, alt fertile, equal, autliers linear, filaments as long as petals, glabrous. 
Ovary glabrous very long-stalked, style "5 in. long, somewliat incurved. 
Pod very large, thin and flaf, 10-16 in. long, 3 in. wide, stipe 2 in. long, 
rather finelj' tranavei-sely veined. Seeds 30-40 in a tow along the 
middle of the pod, oval, some what compressed, *5 in. long, -3 in. acrosa, 
•2 in. tliick, testa pale-brown shining. Wall. Cat. 5784; Bak, in Flor. 
Brit. Tnd. IT, "278. BanJiiniit BncJta7iani Desv. Ann. Sc. Nat.^ aer. 1, 
IX, 430, Phanera diphulla Benth. PI. Jwngh. 264. 
Malacca; Qriffith (Qde Bfifcer). Distrib. Bftrma; S. India. 
Tliie eppcios Is oxtroniely plentifid in Burma bnfc hnn never beon sptit to Calcntta 
fi-am Wiilaya. It is iiiRertod c^n tho antliority of Mr. Baker iti tli© Flora of BrUifh 
India H, 27S. 
§ 2. Paulftia Cav. Fertile stamens 10. Calyx with very short 
tube ai^d spathnceous limb. Pod narrow dehiscent. Erect shrubs with 
largt^ sliowy flower.'! and connate Jeitflets. 
2. Bauhinia tomrntosa Linn. Sp. Fh 375. An erect shi ab with 
downy zig-^ag round eii branches. Leaves truncate at base, flexible, 
rather broader than long, 2-2 5 in. wide, 7-y-uerved, cut tliree-aevcntlis 
down into two rounded obtuse or faintly acute lobes, shining glabrous 
above, closely pnbcBtienl; beneath ; petiole pnbesccnt, sligiitly grooved 
above, thickened at both ends, '*> in. long. Fltncers in sliort-pednnclecl 
leaf -opposed 2- fid, (rarely 1- or 3-fld.) peduncles '4-1*2 in. long, pt^dicels 
erect '2 in, long, 2-bracteolaf43, bi-acts linear "25 in. long; buds nacrowly 
ovate- acute, '7 in, long, tlie tip very shortly sabulately 5-lobed. Calyx 
green, iinely closely pubescent, splitting spathaceously to the base of 
