44 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS 
In habit this genus more nearly resembles some of the slender 
Phaseoleæ than any of the Hedysaree, though in floral characters 
it is near Phylacium. 
Neocollettia gracilis, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate VI.) 
Herba pereunis ? caulibus repentibus elongatis fere filiformibus 
plus minusve retrorsum strigillosis. Folia trifoliolata, cum pe- 
tiolo gracili circiter 2-23 poll. longa ; foliola petiolulata (terminale 
longiuscule), papyracea, vel fere membranacea, pallida, obeor- 
data, 8-10 lineas longa, supra glabra, subtus albo-strigillosa ; 
stipule parve, rigide, striate, persistentes; stipelle minute, 
subulatæ. Flores 2-3 lineas longi, pedunculis quam folia brevi- 
oribus densissime retrorsum albo-strigillosis, bractea bracteolisque 
subtus strigillosis; calyx extus strigillosus ; petala longiuscule 
unguiculata; vexillum retusum; ale oblong, calcarate simul 
margine inferiore 1-dentate ; ovarium glabrum. 
Posobio in the plains. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE VI. 
A portion of a plant of Neocolletia gracilis, Hemsl., natural size. 
Fig. 1, portion of a leaflet; 2, a stipule; 3, a flower; 4, bract spread open; 
5, calyx laid open; 6, standard ; 7, one of the wings; 8, one of the 
keel-petals; 9, stamens; 10, pistil, the ovary in section showing the 
solitary ovule. All enlarged. 
Phylacium majus, Coll. et Hemsl.,n.sp. (Plate VII.) 
-Herba volubilis, novellis appresse hirsutis, ramis floriferis 
teretibus graciliuseulis lignescentibus. ^ Folia pinnatim tri- 
foliolata, longe petiolata (cum petiolo usque ad 6 poll. longa); 
foliola distinete petiolulata, papyracea, ovali-oblonga, 2-34 poll. 
longa (lateralia minora), obtusissima, interdum obscure retusa, 
basi brevissime cordata, supra glabra, reticulato-venosa, subtus 
dense aureo-strigillosa, stipulis stipellisque parvis fere linearibus 
acutissimis persistentibus. Flores 6-7 lineas longi in racemos 
axillares 4-6 poll. longos fasciculatim dispositi (racemis interdum 
ramulis 1-2 lateralibus instructis), breviter pedicellati (pedicellis 
retrorsum strigillosis), florum fasciculis bractea ampla cucullato- 
complicata subtendis ; bracteæ auctæ, 1-12 poll. long®, 
extus glabra, intus strigillosæ, demum scariose ; calyx ex 
tus strigillosus, subbilabiatus, labio superiore subintegro del- 
toideo-rotundato, labio inferiore trilobato, lobis ovato-rotundatis 
acutis late imbricatis; petala glabra, subæquilonga; vexillum 
