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1-3 mm. longi; stipellæ 2-3 mm. long, setaceæ. Panicula terminalis, 
sgepissime extra-axillaris, ad 15 em. longa, rachi ut ramis superne pubescente ; 
rami floriferi patentes, 6-8 em. longi, pedunculos 4—5-plo excedentes. Flores 
approximati sed singuli, 12 mm. longi ; pedicelli 3—4 longi, ut calyces glabri 
vel rarius laxe puberuli ; bracteie 1-2 mm. longæ, anguste lanceolate, tarde 
deeiduz. Calyv expansus late campanulatus, 2 mm. longus, 4 mm. latus, 
margine anguste tomentosus, dentibus tubo 4—5-plo brevioribus late ovatis; 
bracteole persistentes, ovatee, calyce bis breviores. Petala viridula, glabra ; 
vexilli lumina ovata, basi ecallosa, in unguem 3-plo breviorem subito 
angustata; alie basi cuneate ; carine petala in unguem abrupte angustata, 
sepius paullo semicordata. Stamina diadelpha, vexillare solutum. Discus 
1-2 mm. longus, tubulosus. Ovarium basi in stipitem gradatim angustatum, 
multiovulatum, glabrum. Legumen lineare, basi cuneatum, 6-12 em. 
longum, 1-1:5 em, latum, valvis tenuiter lignosis elasticis inter semina 
cohzrentibus fuscis. Semina 2-3 lenticularia. 
Flowers in summer, fruits in autumn and winter. 
Caixa: Hongkong, Champion, 263 (type), Forbes, 589, C. Wright, 136, 
Hongkong Herb. 1253 (Sukunpo and Mt. Gough) ; Hongkong New Territory, 
Hongkong Herb. 9393 (Ma-on-shan) ; Island near Hongkong, Tate. 
Nearest to .M. reticulata, but readily distinguished from that species when 
growing by its slenderer habit and smaller pale green flowers. 
13. M. sapontca, A. Gray in Мет. Amer. Acad, n. s. vi. (1859) 386; 
Franch, et Savat. Enum, Pl, Jap. i. 98.—Wistaria japonica, Sieb. et Zuce. 
Fl. Jap. 1. 88; Mig. Prol. Fl. Jap. 232. 
Frutev in arboribus volubilis, fere omnino glaber, cortice cinereo-fuscescente, 
ramulis virentibus. Folia 4-6-juga, 12-18 cm. longa, petiolo 7—8-plo 
longiora ; stipulee minute, setaceæ, persistentes; foliola superiora lateralia 
ovato-lanceolata, obtuse acuminata, basi cuneata vel obtusa, 2:5—5 em. longa, 
papyracea, infra reticulata, venis marginem propinquantibus 5—6-paribus, 
infra prominentibus ; petioluli 1 mm. longi; stipelle 1 mm. longa, setace:e, 
persistentes, Panicule magne, terminales, lax:e, nutantes, basi foliatæ, vel 
sepe racemi longi, axillares, penduli, ad 20 em. longi. Flores solitarii, 
1°4—1°6 ст. longi, albi; pedicelli 4 mm. longi; bractez lineares, 2 mm. 
longze ; bracteole lineares, 1:5 mm. longe, decidua. Calyx campanulatus, 
35-4 mm. longus, tenuissime pubescens, dentibus late triangularibus. Petala 
glabra; vexilli lamina rotundata, in unguem brevem acuminata, ecallosa ; 
alee carinæque petala. subfalcata. Stamina monadelpha, vexillare solutum. 
Discus obliquus, brevis. Ovarium lineare, longe stipitatum, glabrum, multi- 
ovulatum. Legumen stipitatum, lineari, subtorulosum, glabrum, 8 em. longum, 
6-8 mm. latum, 6-8-spermum. Semina compressa, lentiformia, hilo elliptico 
prominente notata ; testa chartacea, brunnea ; radicula conica, supra cotyle- 
donum commissuram prona. 
