204 46. LEGUMINOS^! : PAPILIONACE.E. 



Htjpeh : Ichang (A. Henry !) ; Shensi (David ex Franchet). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



This is so easy to distinguish from the Indian 8. Moorcrqftiana, 

 that we follow Hance in giving it specific rank. 



1. Ormosia emarginata, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 

 p. 77, et Fl. RongJc. p. 96. 



Layia emarginata, Hook, et Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 183, t. 38. 



Macrotropis emarginata, Walp. Rep. ii. p. 903. 



China : without locality (Millett ! Beechey !) ; Hongkong 

 (Urquhart ! Champion ! Wright ! Lamont ! Forbes !). Mus. Brit. ; 

 Herb. Kew. 



2. Ormosia pachycarpa, Champ, in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 

 p. 76; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 96. 



China : without locality (Beeves !) ; Hongkong (Lamont ! 

 Champion !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



3. Ormosia semicastrata, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 78. 

 Hongkong (Fordl). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 



[Anagyrisfoetida, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 20), not of Linnaeus, 

 syn. Macrotropis fcetida, DC (Prodr. ii. p. 98), and Anagyris sinen- 

 sis, Steud. (Nomencl. Bot.), is an obscure plant of this affinity.] 



46. LEGITMINOS.E : C^salpine^:. 



1. Peltophornm ferrugineum, Benth. Fl. Austral, ii. p. 279; 

 Baker in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 257. 



Hainan (B. C. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 



Generally dispersed in tropical Asia, and extending to North 

 Australia. 



1. Mezoneurum sinense, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Frutex scandens, ramis rhachidibusque aculeis brevibus recurvis 

 armatis, novellis ferrugineo-pubescentibus. Folia bipinnata, 

 usque ad 18 poll, longa et 12 poll, lata, pinnis saepius 3- vel 4- 

 jugis ; foliola seepius trijuga, breviter petiolulata, subcoriacea, 

 cito glabrescentia, supra nitida, subtus pallidiora, ovato-oblonga, 

 usque ad 4 poll, longa, basi rotundata, apice acutiuscula simul 

 apiculata, crebre venosa. Flores lutei, 8-10 lineas diametro, 

 racemoso-paniculati, breviter pedicellati, pmiculis axillaribus 

 terminalibusque foliis brevioribus vel interdum longioribus tota 



