628 XLVII. LEGUMINOS.E. [Bauhinia. 
•4 in. wide, “ rose pink " (Prain), white at base, greenish yellow 
towards tip (Curtis). Stamens 3; filaments pink. Ovary stalked, 
silky; style tomentose, stout. Stigma oblique, peltate. Bab. 
Malacca (Holmberg). Perak (Wray), Penang, Waterfall (Curtis). 
Native name : Akar Tapah Kudah Antan. 
(6) B. Griffithiana Prain, l.c. 183. B. suffruticosa Ridl. 
Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 295. Phanera Griffithiana Benth. PI. Jungh. 
263. 
A strong climber or big scandent shrub, glabrous. Tendrils 
glabrous. Leaves ovate-cordate or round, lobes ovate blunt 1 in. 
long, glabrous, coriaceous, 3 to 3-25 in. long, 3 in. across; petioles 
pubescent 1 in. long. Stipules long-persistent, orbicular, papery 
75 in. across. Racemes 33 to 6 in. long, pubescent; pedicels 
•4 in. long. Bracts persistent ovate, 3 in. wide. Calyx puberulous, 
lobes lanceolate *6 in. long, *15 in. wide, tube *4 in. long. Petals 
white, silky oblanceolate obtuse, short-clawed, 1-25 to 1*5 in. long, 
*4 to 3 in. wide, densely tomentose outside. Stamens 6; filaments 
red. Ovary stalked, silky; style stout, silky. Stigma peltate. 
Pod oblong black *5 in. long, 1*5 in. wide. Seeds 4 to 6 ovate, 
•5 in. long. Hab. Thickets, not very common. Pahang, Kwala 
Tembeling. Malacca, Gading (Hervey); Ayer Panas; Alor Gajah; 
Chabau (Hullett). Perak (Scortechini). Penang (Kunstler). 
The name given by me really antedates Prain's name, but the genus 
Phanera was reduced to Bauhinia by Bentham in the “ Genera Plantarum.” 
(7) B. ferruginea Roxb. Hort. Beng. 90; Baker, l.c. 283; 
Prain, l.c. 183. 
Big climber. Tendrils glabrous. Leaves rounded cordate, 
lobes oblong rounded, sinus narrow, 175 in. long, glabrous; nerves 
elevate 11; whole leaf 2*5 to 3 in. long, 3-25 in. wide; petioles 
75 in. long, hairy. Stipules ovate, falcate, *15 in. long, deciduous. 
Racemes pubescent, 33 to 6 in. long; pedicels club-shaped, 1 in. 
long. Calyx-tube *4 in. long slightly dilate towards base, lobes lanceo¬ 
late, *6 in. long, ’15 in. wide. Petals greenish yellow, oblanceolate, 
blunt, short-clawed, 1 to 1-25 in. long, 35 in. wide, densely tomen¬ 
tose outside. Stamens 3; filaments pink. Ovary stalked, silky; 
style thick silky. Stigma oblique, peltate. Pod thin, oblong, 
black, glabrous, 8 in. long, 2 in. wide. Seeds 4 to 6, ovate, 3 in. 
long. Hab. Forests. Selangor, Petaling. Perak, Larut and Gop- 
ing (Kunstler); Kamunting (Wray). Penang (Wallich 5776); 
Hill (Curtis). Native name : Lapang. 
(8) B. Ridleyi Prain, l.c. 185. 
Strong climber. Branches angled and tendrils long, silky. 
Leaves ovate blunt cordate; lobes 1 to 13 in. long, above glabrous, 
beneath silky, 23 to 3 in. long, 2 to 23 in. wide; petioles 3 in. 
long, red-tomentose. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, caducous ‘15 in. 
long. Flowers densely corymbose; pedicels ‘2 in. long, tomentose. 
Calyx densely red-tomentose-hairy, tube 3 in. long dilate at base. 
