182 G. King^ Maiefiah for a Flo^a vf ihe MalatjatiFtinimidu. [No. 1, 
along the lower third of the midrib. Stamens 3 fertile, anbberti linear- 
oblong-, (ilaments uniform ]"5 in. long. Ovary distinctly atalked, riisLy- 
pabesceiifc, style aleiider glabroua, "8 in, long, stigma oblique peltate. 
PotJ tbiii oblong with black glabi'oaa woody valvea. Seeds 2 {Jide 
Miquel). Bauhinia fenngmea Kara Journ, As Soc. Ueng. XLV. 2. 128 
(Knum, PL Nicobars) ; loc. cit, 269 (TJui-m, Flora) not of Boxb. Pimnera 
albo-Iutea Miq. Flor. Iiid Bat. I, 1079. 
NiCOJi.t«B ; Great Nicobar, Jdinek 2il ! Distrik. Indo-Cliiua j 
Sumatra. 
It )s rather strange llifit tbis Bpeoies abouVd necoi' in Otirma, the Nicob&fs 
aocl Sumatra and not liavo ae yet been gafcliered iu tlie filnlny Peuineala. Jt Ib 
ntjarer ta B, ssm.ih\j\da thuu to B. f<2rru^jineti^ with ivlikli Mr. Kurz luis plilwd it, both 
on acoount, of its long pedicels and beenuti^o of its tiljiiost glabrotia petals, but it 
diiEyra veiy uiarkfidly as regards bitidta and stipules as well as in its ovwry wliieh 
bus a glabroua a t?lo. Its aeareat allioa aro^ however, t]io Indian B. nervosa whiok 
diffora iti Uaviiig [nibescent potftla, and the Snmatrjin B. etipularis Koi-tluj whicli 
dfffera in liaviag petals with cordnto instead of cnneate bsisea. 
7, Bauh[kia SKMiBiyjDA Roxb. Hort. Beng. 31, A very atfotig 
climber often exceeilitig 30 feet in lengtli, witlt stems 4-6 in, tliiuk ; 
brancbleU stontisli brightly rusty-silky, tendrils glabroos fuw, ibick, 
wootiy, cii'ciaate. Leaves rountlisli, base uoi date, apex tlivided orie-tliird 
to one-half down, sinus narrow apicuiate, lobes roui^d or subacute; 
rigidly subcoriaccoua, 2-3 in, long, sometimes a litllo narrower tlmri 
broad, ligbt-gi*eeu and glabroas above, beneath with z-cddiah ratlier 
densely rasty nerveB, elaewbero sparsely ndprossed-rusl.y silky; nerves 
9-11 ; petiole in., sparsely rvisty-silky, stijiules broadly ovale» 
falcate, '15 in. long^ very deciduoua, Fhwei-s hi pyramidal terminal 
racemes 4-10 iu. long, 3 in. across, pedicels erecto- patent, rnafcy-pubes- 
cenfc, 1-1"5 ill. long, bracts 2 in. lon^^, lanceolate, decidaoiis ; buds 
club-febaped "S-l ^ in. long, tho obovoid upper part exceediug the 
ampullreform base. Calyx densely ruBty-pubescent, limb splitting into 
reflexed lanceolate segmenfca "S-"? in. Jong, '15 in. wide, tube dilated 
slightly towards base, '^t-'b iu. long. Petals 5 subeqnal, oblanceolate 
obtuse, shortly clawed, 8-1 in. long, *35 in. wide, dull, wliite, glabrous 
except on the claw and along tlie base of the midrib externally where 
there is a faint rusty pubeaceiice. Siamem 3 fertile, anthers lincnr- 
obloiig, filament?! white, uniforni, shorter than the petals. Omry dis- 
tinctly stalked densely rusty-silky, ovules 6-8, stylo thick silky stout, 
•4 ill. long; stigma large oblique peltate. Pod thin oblong, with black 
glabrous woody valves, 4 iu. lony-, 1'25 in. wide, stipe *H5 in. long. 
Seeds 4-6, flattened ^ orbicular, "ii in. in diaui. WaiL PI. As. Rar. t. '253 ; 
Cat. 5783 ; Roxb. Flor. Ind. II. 330 ; Wight Ic. t, 203 j Bak. in Flor. Brit. 
Ind. II, 280. Phamra semibijida Benth. PL ,lungh. 263; Miq. tlor. 
