XLVII. LEGUMINOS^. 
Bauhinia.] 
627 
long. Raceme stout, mealy; pedicels i - 5 in. long. Calyx-tube 
*25 to *5 in. long, campanulate, lobes 5 linear-acuminate, acute, 
red-woolly, i'25 in. long. Petals little longer, glabrous, white. 
Stamens 3 angled, 75 in. long; filaments very short. Style 
short, pubescent. Pod oblong cuspidate, 7 in. long, 2 in. wide. 
Seeds 4, elliptic. Hab. Lowland woods in the south. Johor, 
Gunong Pulai. Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur; 
Petaling. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga (Napier); Bukit Kupa- 
yiang (Cantley); Seremban. Native name : Akar Kurutok Hitam. 
Use : Roots boiled, a drug for dropsy. 
Baker identified two specimens of this in Griffith's collections as B. diphylla 
and B. ferrujinea var. excelsa respectively. 
(4) B. semibifida Roxb. Hort. Beng. 31; Wall. PL As. Rar. 
t. 253; Baker, lx. ii. 280; Prain, l.c. 182. 
A medium or gigantic climber, often slender, but sometimes 
with a stem 4 to 6 in. thick. Leaves rounded, oblong, base cordate; 
lobes ovate, blunt *5 in. long; nerves 11, elevate, pubescent beneath, 
3 in. long and wide; petioles 1 in. long pubescent. Stipules ovate, 
falcate ’15 in. long. Raceme lengthening to 6 in. or more, red- 
tomentose; buds club-shaped; pedicels i f 25 in. long, tomentose. 
Calyx densely pubescent, tube *4 to "5 in. long, dilate towards 
base, lobes narrowly lanceolate acute '5 to *7 in. long, *15 in. wide, 
green. Petals oblanceolate obtuse, short clawed, '8 to 1 in. long, 
chalky white turning yellow green, glabrous except claw and on 
base of midrib. Stamens 3 fertile, white. Ovary stalked brown 
rusty-silky; style thick, silky. Stigma large, peltate. Pod oblong, 
thin; valves black, 4 in. long, i’25 in. wide; stalk -35 in. long. Seeds 
4 to 6 orbicular. Hab. Thick forest and edges of forest. Singapore, 
Garden Jungle; Bukit Timah. Malacca (Griffith). Tringganu, 
Bundi (Rostado). Distrib. Sumatra. 
Roxburgh's B. semibifida was based on a Sumatran plant cultivated in 
Calcutta Gardens. The pictures, Roxburgh’s own and Wallich's, differ in 
the smaller flowers and distinctly hairy branches and leaves. The Singapore 
plant identified with this by Prain and the Malaccan plant identified by 
Baker are not hairy. I have seen no specimens from Sumatra. It was 
formerly at least common in Singapore, and our only wild Bauhinia there. 
I never met with it anywhere else. Baker’s description appears to be based 
on the Malacca plant, and agrees with the Singapore plant. 
(5) B. Hullettii Prain, l.c. 183. 
Large climber 20 ft. or more tall, pubescent. Tendrils pubescent. 
Leaves rounded cordate, lobes rounded oblong, one-third length of 
leaf, sub-coriaceous, 2-5 to 4 in. long, 2-5 in. wide, sparsely pubescent 
above, appressed pubescent beneath or glabrous; petioles 1 in. 
long, pubescent. Stipules orbicular hairy. Raceme lax about 
12-flowered, puberulous; pedicel 1*25 to i‘5 in. long. Buds club- 
shaped. Calyx rose pink, as are pedicels, tube dilate towards 
base, lobes lanceolate -4 to -5 in. long, ‘i in. wide. Petals oblanceo¬ 
late obtuse, long-clawed, densely tomentose outside, 1*25 in. long, 
