1807.] G. King — Matenah for a Flora'oJ the Malayan Pemusida, 187 
in denao terminal coi ymba, 4 in. long and broart ; petlrcela vna^.y, erecto- 
pjitunfc, the lower r?;') in. long, bracts very small ilecidnons; binds olove- 
Rlmped, tlio cyliudrio base mnoh longer tlian the spbei-ieal apicnlate 
upper portion. Cah/x ni«ty-downy, limb splitting" into 5 suheqnal ovfito 
eliortly acuminate bibes 25 in, loug, -2 in, act-oas ; tmbe cyUiidric '6- 7 
in. long. Petals 5 siiberpial, deep oi-ange-yellow at length bcconn'njcf 
brick-red, oblaticeolate-oblong very shortly clawed, "8 in. long, "5 in. wide, 
externally spar.sely rusty-pube.«?oent. Stamens 3 fertile, antlioja shortly 
oblong, iilanients mncb shorter than petals. Omi*!/ densely rnsty-downy, 
aboi tly stalked, style *2 in. long ; Bt%ina large peltate. Pod oblong 
woody, 4 in. long, 2 in. wide^ exlernally finely ad pre.qfied i nnty-[rnbt;Kcent ; 
stipe *15-*2 in. long. Seeds about 4, mueh compressed, dark-brown, 1 
in. long, "7 in. aciws. 
Pkxasg; Or!Jith; Knrz ! irnlleit 123! Cnrth 468! MALACCA; 
Maiugatf 5i5 1 PtaAK ; Kunnflar 0261 ! 
Vory oloaoly rolatuJ to B, bidetituta hnt difforinpf in llmvinR: larger flowers, piil>ee- 
cetit pods, iiritj leaves aligliUy downy boiieath. Tli© clinracLai' cUn'ivi'd ft-i>iii the 
tejif-ap^x, which ripjiciirefl foliabki wiion Mr, Baker's aCiCoanfc of thu Indian /Jaii/iiaifw 
■wait piniliabfid 20 jQars agu, is now provoil, by tho iarga snite^i of Bpoctinena sent to 
Uerb. Calontta diiring reoeitt^ years, to fi»t] withiii Iho Utalbs of botli of thuBe 9pemes. 
14. Bauhinia lUDiiXTATA Jacic, Malay. Atise. II, 7, 7CS. A vciy 
large strong eieeper over 150 feet long, or sonietimes, when growing 
apart, shrubby or 6ven tree-like (Kmiistler, Hnllett)^ branches slender 
ghibrescent, tendrils few cirotnnte quite glabrous. Leaver very Rtightlv 
cordate at base, sometimes truncate, narrowed gradually to an obtu.se or 
snb-acute bifid or entire point, half as long again as broad, 2 ,5-5 in. long, 
1*5— 3'5 in. across, ratlier rigidly subcoriaceons, dnrk-gr een whining above, 
pale beneath, glabrous on both Rui-f.ices ; 7-9-ijerved ; petiole 1 in. h>«ig, 
glabrous, slightly thickened at both ends. Flowers in dense terminnl 
corymbs H in. long and broad ; pedicels finely pubescent, f^recto-patent, 
the lower 1'5 in, long, bracts nltimately decidnous, ovate-acnte, '15 in, 
long; bud.s clove-shaped, the cylsndric base mneh longer than tlie 
spherical acute but not apicnlate npper poj-tion. Calyj^: puberutous, limb 
splitting into snbcqnal ovate-aento lobes *3 in. long, "2 in, across; tubo 
cylindrie striate 1 in. long. JVfai* subeqnal, deep orange-yellow at 
length becoming scarlet, obhnig, ppreiiding, shorlly claued, '6 in, long, 
-.35 in, wide, externally sparsely rusty-pnbescent. Stamem 3 fertile, 
anthers shortly oblong, filaments short hirsute, Omivfj sparsely pnbes- 
C'p'nt, distinctly stalked, style '2 in. long, stij^'ma large ptdtate. I'od' 
oblong woody, 4 5 in. long, 1'5 in. wide, externally qniLe f^labrous, stipe 
•2S in long. Seeds 4-5, maf!h com pressed, "5 in, long, '.^5 in, wide* 
Hook. Com p. Bo t. Mag. I, 223; Wi.ll. Cat. 5778; Bak. in Flor. 13rit. 
