196 46. LEGUMES-OS^ : PAPILTONACE^. 



1. Rhynchosia ? Henryi, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Fratex supra arbores scandens, ramulis floriferis gracillimis 

 foliisque ferrugineo-pubescentibus. Folia graciliter petiolata, 

 pinnatim trifoliolata, cum petiolo usque ad 5 poll, longa; foliola 

 breviter petiolulata, tenuia, plus minusve insequalia, ovali-ob- 

 longa vel interdum ovata, maxima 2 poll, longa, utrinque rotun- 

 data, apice simul minute mucronata, supra glabra vel glabre- 

 scentia, subtus appresse sericeo-pubescentia, albida vel f erruginea. 

 Flores lutei, 8-9 lineas longi, densiuscule racemosi, brevissime 

 pedicellati, racemis gracillimis folia aequantibus, bracteis miuutis 

 persistentibus ; calyx appresse birsutus, tubulosus, oblique trun- 

 catus, postice plus minusve fissus ; petala fere sequilonga, glabra, 

 longe unguiculata (unguibus carinas et alarum gracillimis), vexillo 

 lato biauriculato, alis 1-vesiculosis ; stamina diadelphia, glabra, 

 antherse conformes ; ovarium glabrum, distiucte stipitatum, bi- 

 ovulatum, stylo elongato gracillimo superne incrassato. Legu- 

 men non vidi. 



Hupeh : Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. Henry !). 

 Herb. Kew. 



This is somewhat anomalous in bavin g a tubular truncate 

 calyx, more or less fissured on the vexillary side ; but otherwise 

 it does not differ materially from Bhynchosia, unless the ripe pod 

 should afford a more distinctive character. 



2. Rhynchosia minima, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 385; Baker in Hook, 

 f. FL. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 223 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xii. p. 447. 



Lucnu Archipelago {Tanaka ex Maximowicz). 

 All over the tropics, and extending to temperate regions as in 

 South Africa and the United States. 



3. Rhynchosia volubilis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 460; DC. 

 Prodr. ii. p. 385 ; Bcnth. Fl. Hongk. p. 90 ; Maxim, in Mel. 

 Biol. ix. p. 70. 



China : without locality {Millett) ; Kiangsu : Shanghai 

 {Maingay !) ; Kiangsi : Kiukiang {Shearer !) ; Formosa {Old- 

 ham, 168 !) ; Hupeh : Ichang {A. Henry !) ; Kwangtung : Macao 

 {Vachelll), Pakhoi {Playfair !), Canton {Parkes !) ; Hongkong 

 {Wright ! Champion !) ; Corean Archipelago (ex Maximowicz). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Japan. 



