160 46. LEGTTMINOS^! : PAPILIONACE2E. 



A very distinct plant, having axillary racemes of flowers about 

 as long as the small multifoliolate leaves ; perhaps not this genus. 



In addition to the foregoing, there are imperfect specimens in 

 the Kew Herbarium of three other doubtful species of Millettia, 

 namely :— Canton, ParJces, 117 ; Amoy interior, Sioinhoe ; and 

 Ningpo, Forbes. See Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 207. 



Foedia, Hemsl. 

 (Genus novum inter Millettiam et Wistariam.) 



Calyx subregularis, truncatus vel obsolete 5-dentatus. Petala 

 graciliter unguiculata, vexillo amplo inappendiculato ; alae ob- 

 longse, fere recta? ; carina obtusa leviter incurva. Stamen vexil- 

 lare liberum ; filamenta non dilatata j antherse conformes. 

 Ovarium sessile, 2-ovulatum ; stylus inflexus, teres, glaber, stig- 

 mate parvo terminali. Legumen clavatum, compressum, coria- 

 ceum, dehiscens. Semina discoidea, parvistrophiolata. 



1. Fordia cauliflora, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate IV.) 

 Frutex erectus vel vagans, ramulis crassiusculis cavis f errugineo- 

 pubescentibus simul crebre lenticellatis. Gemma supraxillares, ca- 

 taphyllisnumerosisinsignibussubulatis,6-91ineas longis, patenti- 

 bus munitse. Folia imparipinnata, sesquipedalia et forsan ultra, 

 petiolata ; foliola usque ad 25, breviter petiolulata, papyracea vel 

 fere membranacea, oblonga, ovato-oblonga vel inferiora minora 

 ovata, minima sesquipollicaria, maxima 5-pollicaria et 1-1$ poll. 

 lata,longe acuteque acuminata, basi sa3pius rotundata, integerrima, 

 supra glabra vel glabrescentia, costa venisque impressis, subtus 

 pallidiora, obscure puberula, costa venisque elevatis ; petiolus 

 basi incrassatus fere teres (ut rhachis), striatus, supra anguste 

 canaliculars ; stipulse subulata?, persistentes, 9-12 lineas longse ; 

 stipella? filiformes, persistentes, 4-5 lineas longae. Flores rosei, 

 circiter semipollicares, racemosi, racemis semipedalibus rigidis 

 ad ramos (vel in trunco) paullo supra terratn ; calyx brevis, ut 

 videtur coloratus, pubescens ; petala graciliter unguiculata, erecta, 

 subsequalia, extus praecipue superius sericea; vexillum amplurn, 

 rotundatum ; ovarium sessile, pubescens, 2-ovulatum, stylo glabro 

 filiformi leviter inflexo. Legumen sessile, compressum, glabrum 

 vel glabrescens, obscure rugulosum, coriaceum, 3-4 poll, longum 

 et 9-12 lineas latum, ssepius 2-spermum ; semina rotundata, valde 

 compressa, fere plana, la? via, brunnea, nitida. 



