SUPPLEMENT 305 
Pod long, flattened, narrowed to the base, dilate towards apex, 
2-seeded, tip beaked. Species i. Perak. 
(i) B. alba Ridl 
Shrub 2 to 3 ft. tall, branches velvety-pubescent. Leaves 
unifoliate sub-herbaceous, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, caudate 
acuminate, base narrowed to the petiole, above glabrous, except 
on the sunk midrib and nerves, beneath nerves ii pairs, inarching, 
and midrib shortly appressed hairy, reticulations small, elevate 
on both surfaces; 7 to 10 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wade, petioles slender 
hairy, -5 to 1*5 in. long. Stipules linear acuminate, -i in. long. 
Racemes i or 2 in the axils, hairy, i in. long, many-flowered. Bracts 
lanceolate acuminate, hairy, longer than the short pedicels. Calyx 
campanulate, 5-toothed, teeth setaceous, upper three short, two 
lower long. Corolla -2 in. long, w'hite. Standard obovate rounded, 
clawed, -15 in. wide. Keel spathulate lobed, rather broad. Wings 
narrower oblong spathulate. Stamens 10, glabrous; filaments 
filiform, diadelphous, five lower ones longer than the upper ones; 
anthers small oblong. Ovary cylindric hairy; ovules 2, style 
longer than stamens, hairy. Stigma very small. Pod 3 in, long, 
•5 in. wide, brown, smooth glabrous, flattened, upper margin 
straight, lower edge curved, base narrowed, upper portion dilate 
and upeurved at the tip to a sharp point. Seeds 2. Hah. Perak, 
Durian pipit, common (Burkili 12,498). 
This plant, allied to Fordia, differs in the calyx not being trun¬ 
cate, but unequally lobed, with 3 setaceous lobes and 2 lower, 
longer ones; also in having imifoliolate leaves, which, however, 
occurs also in some species of Millettia to which this shrub is 
also allied. 
I am indebted to Mr. S. T. Dunn for assistance in working out 
this plant. 
VoL i. p. 627, after sp. 3, Bauhinia calycina RidL, insert :— 
(3A) B. praesignis Ridl. 
Climber, stems stout, nearly *4 in. through, densely dark red- 
velvety. Leaves coriaceous ovate cordate, bilobed at the tip, 
lobes rounded above, glabrous; beneath with 10 very prominent 
nerves (slightly sunk above) densely ferruginous velvety, transverse 
nervules undulate inarching on outer edges, and reticulations all 
ferruginous velvety; 9 in. long, 6 in. wide; petioles red-velvety, 
2 in. long, stout. Raceme 15 in. long, red ferruginous velvety. 
Bracts deciduous, broad oblong, tip rounded velvety, i in. long, 
•5 in. wide. Bracteoles oblong, -5 in. long, two to a flower. Pedicel 
1 in. long. Calyx-tube i in. long, lobes coriaceous linear-lanceo¬ 
late, nearly 2 in. long, -25 in. wide, red-velvety. Petals white, 
linear-lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed, silky outside, 1-4 in. 
long, -25 in. wide. Stamens 3, pink; filaments long; anthers 
linear-oblong. Pistil 1-5 in. long, stalked, densely red hairy. 
Stigma rounded. Pod 3 in. long, 2 in. wide, red-velvety. Seeds 4, 
FI.M.P., 5 X 
