I8fi O. King — Mnierinli far a Tlora of the Malayan Pfinnmhi. [ifo* 1, 
Pkuak ; ScoriecMni 140 ! 519 I Knmtkr 109G ! Penang ; Ridley I 
Our its \29l ! Johoke; King rt»rf Rulhit! 
Yery rienrlj- related to B. fcrruriiineft^ B. Hidleftii^ B. Grt'^lhinva, and like fcliesi© 
apocifs with petBia deiisolf pul:>e8ceiit oxitside ; it is, however, enBily recogniaeil by 
its detie© corymbs iind by its short pptals, not Ht all exsexted. 
12. Bauhinia glauca Wh\L Cut. 5785. A FprencHn^ climber vnih 
gljihi-ous Blender br anclilcts ; tendrils numerons circinate maty pnbern- 
loas. Leai'es eoviittie tii base, bifid to the middle with ohtiise lobes and a 
nariovv sinns; firm, thinly noriaceous, rnthcr broader tliati lon^, 2-3 frr, 
across, i^labroas above, tbinly persistenHj adpi-essed rnsty-puheaeent 
eaperially on tl*e nerves beneath ; nerves 9-11 ; petiole 75-1 '2-1 in, Ioti;^, 
Hti[mles liuear-snbulate *2 m» long. Ffoimn in copious, dense, peri uncled 
or very i art*iy subsessile, leaf-opposed and terminal corymbs, llie pednn- 
ctes spnrsely rusty often 1-2 in. long, lower pedicels "5-75 in. long- 
Rparaely rtisty, bracta and brncteoles liueftr-subulate, *15-*2 in. long; 
biuls clove-sbaped "05 in. long, tlie ovtnd liead one-lialf sliorfcer tlian tlie 
rklged cylindric ba«e. Calyx fflabrous, limb splitting into snbeqnftl ovate- 
anuie lobea '25 in, long, tube *4 in, long, piibeinilous witlun. Petuh 5 
snbequnl, cream-CEdour*>(l, oblong rery long-clstwed, ivavy at the margin, 
■7,"> ill. long, spar.^ply pube.'Jcent extornany. Sfamein S fertile, antlicra 
etiort-oblorjg, fihments wltite uniform glabrouft, '9 in. long, exceed fug 
tin* pfflals, (leolinate, Oeai-i/ jjlabrous with a tliefctofit slender stalk and 
a Htoniinli i>tvle, *15 iir, long, sHgbily incurved; stigma smalt ; ovules 
ftbniifc 20. ?\>? thin glabi-ous, flat^ 6-8 in. long,. l'5-2'5 in: aeix)«B, slip© 
■25-''! in. Imig. Seeth 15-20 in a line down the centre of the pontl, mnch 
com pressed, oval, 'Sin. long, *3in. wide. Bnk, in Flor. Brit. Ind. IT, *'82, 
Phnuera ginuca Beiith, PI. Jnngh. 265 ; Miq, FJor. Ind. Bjit. I, 68, t. 2 A. 
Pkrak ; Smierhhii 219 ! Wroy 3332 ! Pekakg ; Jide Baker. Drs- 
Tmi). Iiido-CbinH ; Cbina; Malayan Ai"cliipelaga 
Tlio porta Hre liko tTioee- of R ti{;jAy^/« hut snirHler and with slmrter fitijje. Its 
meiireHt .illieB me the Chinese B. cnttpnhom with airnilar but flmnllm- lenves nud with 
Bitnilftr flnwerfl but with narrow [lode, and the Aaanm B. te^imjlora with aimiliir potie 
but with less deeply bifid loaves aud with a miid» longer calyx- tulje. Mr. Baker ha» 
Hemi a TtirtPl'y fn>m Sin^ajjore- with smaller k»T*B (vAit. farHf«tta} tfciB has not 
yet been sent tt> CVlcatta. 
13. Baduima cokki folia Bafc. in Flor. Brit. Tnd. 11^ 278. A verj 
large slender creeper 100-150 feet long, stems 2*-^ in. in diam., bi-anches 
slender* thinly rusty-downy » tendinis few circinate downy. Ijeaves very 
ali^ditly eoi'date at base^ narmwed gradually to an (>l:)tuse or Bubacni& 
enfcii© or rarely bifid point, half as loivg again* as bix>ad, 2"5-3\5 in. long,. 
l'5-2"5in. across, rather rigiiUy siibcoriaceoiis, dark-green and glabrouB. 
fil><>ve, thinly a d pressed brown -si Iky beneath ; 7- ( i-arely 5- ) nerved; 
p^iole 1 in, long, puberiilous, slightly thickened at both ends. Flouiei.& 
