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cm long, 1.5 to 1.8 cm wide, narrowly oblong to narrowly oblong- 
obovate, rounded at the apex, base acute, densely pubescent 
outside, glabrous within, the claw stout, 4 to 5 mm long. Fertile 
stamens 3; filaments glabrous; anthers narrowly oblong, 2.2 cm 
long. Ovary rather long-stipitate, all parts, including the stipe 
and the stout style, densely ferruginous-pubescent. 
Sarawak, Baram District, Entoyut River, Hose 168, November 10, 1894. 
A species well characterized by its large flowers, belonging in the group 
with Bauhinia exelsa Blume ( B . ferrugmea Korth., non Roxb.), from 
which it is easily distinguished by its slender, much longer petioles. 
BAUHINIA MOULTONII sp. nov. § Phanera. 
Frutex scandens, ramulis subtus foliis inflorescentiisque fer- 
rugineo-pubescentibus ; foliis coriaceis, suborbicularis, usque ad 
9 cm diametro, prominente 7- vel 9-nerviis, basi cordatis, apice 
breviter lobatis, lobis rotundatis; floribus racemosis, racemis 
paucifloris; petalis oblongis ad anguste oblongis, circiter 12 mm 
longis, extus parce pilosis ; staminibus fertilibus 3, antheris latis ; 
ovario glabro. 
A scandent shrub, the branchlets, petioles, lower surface of 
the leaves, and the inflorescence more or less ferruginous-pube- 
scent, the branches and branchlets terete, brown in color, the 
former ultimately glabrous. Leaves suborbicular, rather thickly 
coriaceous, 5 to 9 cm long, base prominently cordate, divided 
one-fourth to the base or less, the sinus narrow, lobes broadly 
rounded, prominently 7- or 9-nerved, the primary reticulations 
lax, prominent, the secondary ones obsolete or nearly so, the 
upper surface brown when dry, glabrous, the lower somewhat 
paler, rather uniformly pubescent with scattered, short, brown 
hairs; petioles 2 to 5 cm long. Racemes ferruginous-pubescent, 
short, rather few-flowered, the lower pedicels longer than the 
upper ones, deciduous, slender, up to 2 cm in length. Buds 
clove-shaped, the tube slender, cylindric, 2 to 4 mm long, rather 
densely pubescent, the limb ovoid, slightly pubescent or nearly 
glabrous. Sepals oblong-ovate, acute or slightly acuminate, 5 
to 6 mm long, in anthesis spreading or somewhat reflexed. 
Petals oblong to narrowly oblong, about 11 mm long, 4 to 5 mm 
wide, sparingly pilose on the back with long scattered hairs, the 
base acute, the claw 1 mm long or less. Disk ferruginous-villous. 
Ovary oblong, compressed, glabrous, about as long as the style. 
Fertile stamens 3, the anthers wider than long. 
Sarawak, Native collector 201, 202 (type) (Bur. Sci.). 
Apparently quite distinct from the other described Bornean and Malayan 
forms, characterized by its shortly lobed, pubescent, cordate, rather thickly 
