1897,] G. king — Matenahfor a Flora of the Alaluyan Penimula, 1^5 
Java VAR, Horejwtdiif and not tli© typical, larger fiait(?<3 Intlian voiiety, that \a 
oharactorifitio of the region. 
23. Bauhinu Cl'RTiSH Praiiu A woody climber with slender very 
faintly puberulous brancliletg. Leaveg ovate-obloiig', base rounded, npex 
divided at the tip into two slioi-fc diverging deltoid lobes, sinus wide 
reetaugulur, a fe^ of the smallest uppernio.st leavBs entire at apex ; • 
membranous, 2*5-4 in. long, 2-2*5 in. wide, bright-greeii glabi ous on 
both surfaces J nerves 5-7; petiole 1'25 in. long» glabrous, Floicers 
very small in terminal, siraple, many-fld, racemes or panicles t!iat extend 
into axils of nppor leaves, 4 in. long and as mucb across, individual 
racemes 3 in. longj 1 in. across, pedicels spreading, equal, *5 in. long, 
very slender, faiutly pnberuloiis as is tlie main racliis, bracts minute 
linear ; bads small ovate-acute, *15 in. long. Calyx pubernlons externally, 
tube campatmlate very short, lobes ovate-lauceolato spreading, "15 in. 
long. Petals spathulate^ glabrous, '25 in. long, clawed, white. Stameuf: 
3 fertile, filaments '35 in. long, Oinytj sboitly stalked, glabrous, stylo 
slender, '15 in, long, stigma minute. Pod thin Hat, black, somewbafc 
flexible, sliglitly recurved, quite glabrous, 2"5 in, long, '75 in. wide, slipo 
"07 in. long. See<h 3-5, not seen quite ripe. 
Kedah j LangkEiwi, Ti utovv, Curtis 1682 ! near the luke, Ctniis 
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Voty nearly rtilnte^ to B. Championii Bonth., from S. China nncl the Eaatera 
Himalaya, which has similar bat ratHor luriger poda. Tho profiont species, hovvo^er, 
liae longer pcdicela, smaller buds, Hliortcr oiilyx*loboB, a eliorter stlpo to the ovary 
and pod. The ovury liore id also quite glabrotia &a are tbo leaves beneatb ; in B. 
Championii the Qva'7 is Bomewhat silky, tlio leaves adpressed pubescent beneatJi. 
It is eaaily diatinguiahed from B. anguina. by tiie longer poda and pedicels. Mr. Gni tis' 
BpcoimenB have no tendrila. 
24. BAuniNU STKYCiiNOTDKA Pmin. A slender climber 60-80 feet 
long with stems only 1 in. in diam., branches slender glabrous, Unidrils 
few very small circiuate glabrous. Leaves ovate-acute, base cuneate or 
rarely rounded, apex entire; rigidly enbcoriaceou.=!, 3-3"5 in. long, l'5-2 
in. wide, bright-green glabrous^ polished above, dull beuenth ; nerves 5, 
the outer paii- very slender tlie iuner almost as strong as the htterally 
branching midi ib with whose base f hey are nsnally more or less con- 
fluent ; petiole "75 in., glabrena, Floieers sunalU in many-fld. racemes 
ai-ranged in terminal panicles extending into axil.s oF upper leaves, 8-12 
in. long, 4-6 in. across, individual racemes 6-10 in. long, 2 in. wide, 
pedicels spreading, equal, '75 in. long, very slender, glabrous as is the main 
rachis, bracts niinule linear; buds small, obovoid, "2 in. long, Cahj.T) 
glabrous, tube campanulate vei-y short, limb wide-campanulate "2 in. loug 
and as much across, tho cnhii e margin truncate with 5 minute projec- 
tions representing cal jx Lips. Petals spathulate, quite glabrous externally, 
