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XLVII. LEGUMINOSjE. 
[. Bauhinia. 
x in. wide, brown glabrous. Seeds 3, orbicular, *3 in. wide. Hab. 
Limestone rocks and bushes in open country. Perlis, on Bukit 
Lagi and Chupeng (Ridley). Pahang, Kwala Teku (Seimund). 
A form with larger petals. _ „ „ T .. 0 _ . 
(24) B. glabrifolia Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. 11. 281; Brain, 
l.c . 103. . 
Slender climber 50 to 80 ft. long. Stem 1 to 5 in. through, 
branchlets and tendrils silky. Leaves membranous, glabrous, 
ovate-acuminate, base truncate, entire or bifid, with narrow acute, 
overlapping lobes; nerves 9 elevate, 4 to 6 in. long, 3 to 4*5 m. 
wide; petioles 1*25 to 2 in. long. Panicles 8 in. long, 4 m. wide, ot 
dense small corymbs of small white flowers, grey-silky; buds clove¬ 
shaped. Calyx-tube *15 in. long, lobes ovate -25 in long, grey- 
silky. Petals obovate, clawed *3 in. long, grey-silky outside. 
Stamens 3 glabrous. Ovary silky; style glabrous. Stigma small. 
Hob . Forests to 1000 ft. altitude. Perak, Gopmg (Kunslier); 
Blanda Mabok (Wray). Penang, Ayer Hitam and West Hill 
(Curtis). Distrib. Burma, Borneo. 
The young leaves are split into two large ovate acuminate lobes down to 
the petiole. 
(25) B. bracteata Grab. Wall . Cat. 5802; Baker, in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. ii. 282. T 
Climber. Branches tomentose, reddish. Leaves coriaceous, 
glabrous, sub-cordate, lobes 2\5 in. long; nerves 10, 3'5 m - lon £ 
and as wide; petioles 2 in. long. Panicle 9 in. long, 7 m. across, 
much-branched, tomentose; pedicels 1-5 to 2 in. long, pubescent. 
Calyx-tube very short, silky, lobes 2 ovate-oblong, pubescent, 
•3 in. long. Petals claw slender, pubescent, *6 in. long; blade 
cordate, rounded, crisped, greenish white, veins conspicuous, 
silky-hairy on both surfaces, ‘4 in. long and as wide. Stamens 3, 
hairy; staminodes 6 glabrous. Ovary hairy at base. Hob. Kedah, 
Gerun, base of Kedah Peak (Robinson, Haniff). Distrib. Siam and 
Tenasserim. 
Excluded Species. 
B purpurea Linn. Sp. PL 375- A shrub or tree with large purple 
(or white) flowers 3 in. across. Planted in gardens and 
occasionally as an escape into hedges at Tanglin, Singapore. 
B. diphylla Ham, Syme, Embassy, p. 47 6 - An Indian P 1 ^' 
The plants referred to it by Baker belonged to two other 
B. tomentosa Linn. Sp. PL 375- Gardens only. Shrub, flowers 
yellow with purple centre. , 
B. anguina Roxb. Hort. Beng. Erroneously given as Malayan by 
Baker; an Indian plant. 
