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f errugineo-pubesceutibus ; bracteae parvae, cito deciduse ; calycis 

 ferrugineo-pubescentis segmenta inaequalia, infimum majus, cucul- 

 latum, caetera obovato-oblonga ; petala subaequalia, apice rotun- 

 data, breviter unguiculata, sepalis parum longiora ; stamina decli- 

 nata, petalis longiora, filamentis infra medium dense barbatis; 

 ovarium dense ferrugineo-pubescens. Legumen coriaceum vel sub- 

 lignosum,venosum, subsessile, leviter obliquum, oblongum vel sub- 

 orbiculatum, 1|-1| poll, longum, anguste alatum, stylo indurato 

 3-4 lineas longo coronatum, monospermum ; semen oblongum, 

 valde eompressum, ad 9 lineaa longum, fere nigrum, opacum, 

 hilo minuto. 



Hupeh: Iohang (A. Henry \). Herb. Kew. 



Yar. parvifoliom, Hemsl., foliolis minoribus 1-lf poll, longa. 



Hupeh: Ichang (A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 



In foliage this species approaches Mezoneurum cucullatum, 

 Wight et Arn. ; but the pod is very unlike that of all others 

 except the Australian M. bracJiycarpum, Benth., which it closely 

 resembles. With the exception of the very narrow wing on the 

 upper suture of the pods, there is no character by which M. si- 

 nense can be distinguished from the genus Gcesalpinia. 



1. Caesalpinia Bonducella, Fleming in Asiat. Res. xi. p. 159; 

 Baker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 254 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. 

 xii. p. 448 ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 265. 



Guilandina Bonducella, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, p. 545 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 

 p. 96. 



Guilandina Bonduc, Linn., /3. minus, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 480. 



Formosa (Maries !) ; Kwangtung : opposite Hongkong 

 (Lamont !), Pakhoi (Playfair !) ; Hongkong (Hance !) ; Ltrcnu 

 Archipelago (Tanaka ex Maximowicz). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 



Throughout the tropics, especially in littoral districts. 



2. CaBsalpinia Millettii, Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beech. Toy. p. 182 ; 

 Walp. Rep. i. p. 810 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 333. 



China: without locality (Millet ex Hooker et Arnott); 

 Kwangtung : Macao (Hance ). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



3. CaBsalpinia minax, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 365. 

 Kwangtung: near Shiuhing on the North river (Graves I 



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



