78 The Philippine Journal of Science 1916 
Baker ex deser. is probably a synonym), B. diptera Blume, B. elongata 
Korth., B. excelsa Blume (B. ferruginea Korth., non Roxb.), B. excurrens 
Stapf, B. finlaysoniana Grah., B. foraminifer Gagnep., B. kingii Prain, B. 
macropoda Blume, B. menispermacea Gagnep., B. semibifida Roxb., and B. 
stenostachya Baker. More than one-half of these are known only from 
Borneo. The species proposed below are apparently distinct from the 
above-listed species, and from all other described Malayan forms. Several 
of the above species, notably Bauhinia burbidgei Stapf, B. foraminifer 
Gagnep., and B. menispermacea Gagnep., are represented in our recently 
collected material by fine series of specimens. 
BAUHINIA BORNEENSIS sp. nov. § Phanera. 
Frutex scandens, ramulis inflorescentiisque dense subferrugi- 
neo-pubescentibus ; foliis late ellipticis, coriaceis usque ad 8 cm 
longis, basi cordatis, 11- ad 15-nerviis, subtus minute pubescent- 
ibus, apice usque ad £ vel £ divisis, lobis late rotundatis ; racemis 
terminalibus, floribus longe pedicellatis, saltern 2.5 cm longis, 
petalis extus parcissime longe pilosis glabrescentibus. 
A scandent shrub, the younger parts and the inflorescence 
densely pubescent with brown or ferruginous short hairs. 
Branches terete, brown, glabrous, lenticellate. Leaves coriace- 
ous, broadly elliptic, 5 to 8 cm long, 4 to 8 cm wide, the upper 
surface dark-brown, glabrous, the lower minutely appressed 
ferruginous-pubescent, base cordate, 11- to 15-nerved, apex 
divided from one-fourth to one-third to the base, the sinus 
narrow, lobes equilateral, broadly rounded; petioles 2 to 3.5 cm 
long, ultimately glabrous. Racemes terminal, simple, densely 
pubescent, up to at least 20 cm in length, the pedicels densely 
pubescent, 3 to 4 cm long. Buds broadly clavate, the tube cylin- 
dric, somewhat gibbous at the base, 1 cm long, the limb oblong- 
cylindric, rounded or apiculate, just before anthesis about 2 cm 
long, striate. Sepals narrowly oblong, about 2.5 cm long, 6.5 
mm wide, somewhat acuminate, coriaceous. Petals as long as 
the sepals, glabrous or with a very few, long, scattered hairs on 
the median portion of the back, the limb oblong to oblong-elliptic, 
rounded, up to 11 mm wide, base acute, claw 2 to 3 mm long. 
Fertile stamens 3 ; anthers oblong, 12 mm long. Ovary and stout 
style densely appressed ferruginous-pubescent. 
Sarawak, Native collector 1906 (type), 1010, 1787, 1871 (Bur. Sci.) ; 
possibly referable here is Hose 575 from Baram District, but in my specimen, 
which presents rather young buds, the petals are densely pubescent on the 
median part of the back. 
A species in the g'roup with Bauhinia ferruginea Roxb., from which 
it is distinguished by its petals being quite glabrous, or at most with very 
few, long, soft hairs on the median portions of the back, not densely 
tomentose. 
