1897.] G. King— Materiahfor a Flora of the Mulaijan Penr'nsula. 185 
15 in* wide, tube elighUy dilaied towaitls base, 4 in. long', Petnh pa!o 
green ish-yeltow, 5 siibequa!,oblanceolafce-obtiise,sltoi tly clawed, 1-1'25 in. 
longy "35 in. wide, jjlabrous within, densely tomentoae externally. jS/afue^? 
3 fertile, anthers linear-oblong, tiiamsnta pink, uniform, 2 in. lonjff. 
Oyari/ distinctly stnlkoil, tletiselj silky; ovnlng 6-8; style thick, wilky, 
stout, "6 in. lono-, eiigtna largo obliquo pnUate. Pad thin, oblong, witli 
blaek gbtbrons woody valvepi, 8 in. long, 2 in* wide, stipe 5 in. loT!f>. 
Sfeils 4-6, flaltened, broadly ovnte, '5 in. long, "4 in. acrass. Wall. Cat, 
577tJ; R.idi. Flor. Ind. IT, 331 ; Bnk. \u Flor, Bi-ifc. Tnd. IT, 283 exd. 
both the varieties and the s^^ii. of Korthals and Don. Fhanera fernt- 
gin^a Benth. PL Jungli, 262 ; Wiq. Fbr, Tnd. Bat 1, 62. 
Vh:nkKi0Wray 622 ! 12581 Scorterhfni 67! Kttnstler 2rm \ 3492 f 
6173 ! Pknanq ; Pm-ter (Wall. Cat 5776) ! Curtis 211 ! 
This ia very na^r io It. semihijidtt Eoxb. but is at once distingnjalmd bj Us iKitnla 
being ci torn ally nnSformly pubescoafc. 
Bauhinia ferru^inea Kortli., rofcrrotl by Mr. Bnkcr to Roxbargh'a plant, is nn 
e:iceeding!y dietiuot Bpecies. Kortlial'a ulant ia, in fact, tbo lifiBis of Phai'era eacelss. 
Miq., which Mr. Bnker elgewliero separatea (na ti> citation) na a variety of B. ferrn- 
ffinea. The plant described na var. ejsceha by Mr. Baker ia, hotvov^or, stilt .'laotber 
a|,TO«ioB (B. sumairana Mic|., wbit li ia only a form of B. trtmhifdn). B. PottsU 
G, Don, alao referred here by Mr. Baker, lias a tomentoae pod aad thf-reforo c miiot 
possibly be tlio present Bpecinst, Dnn's pl.int is doalitlpaa B. moUisaima WnU. wliicb 
tii the only tomeiitoao-fruited species at all nearly related to the prcBtiat oae. 
11. Bauhinia Ridlky"! Train. A very Bttong shrubby climber 
reaching 20 fet-t in length, branches stoutish, thiuly bnt perf^istently 
riisty-.'(ilky, tendrils fow circinabo pcrsiatenfcly silky. Ledvrs ronndLsh, 
baae cordate, apex diviiied one-third dawn, sinus narrovv apiculafe, lobes 
nRually aubacuto ; rigidly subcoriat'enus, 2 5-4 iu. long, sonietinies a 
little longer than broad, dark-green strigoBe above, densely adpi'ossed- 
pubeflceut beneath ; nerves 9-11; peti de "75-1 in.^ densely ruRty-pubeB- 
cent; atipelos ovate- lanceolate, falcate, 45 in. long, very deeidnonR. 
Fiowei's in densely congested terminal cotymbs 2 in. long nnd broad, 
pedieols densely silky *3 in, long, spreading, bracta and bracteoles equal 
orbicular, persistent, densely tonientose, '25 in. long; buds cbib-Hlinped 
■? ia. long, the obovoid upper pait exceeding the anTpulliBforni base, 
Cahjx densely softly rn sty-pubescent, limb splitting into rcflexed lanceo- 
late segments "41 in. long, 1 in. wiile, tube -3 in. long, slightly dilated 
towards base. Fet'ds pure-white, 5 subequal, oblong-obtase, htmlly 
clawed, not eacsert«d, glabrous within, densely tomentoso externally, 
'4'-"5 hi. long, '2 in, wide. Stamens 3 fertile, anthers crimaon, linear- 
oblong, filaments '75 in. long, unifoi*m, red. Oia^'y Bliorily atalkei), 
densely tomentose, style tidck, tomentose, stont, *5 in. long, stigma largo 
oblique peltate. Pod uokuown, 
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