AND OTHER CHINESE PLANTS. 65 
Mocuna Cuampiont, Benth. 
The bracts of this species have not been noticed before, so far 
as I am aware. They are four in number at each node of the 
raceme, dark purple, broadly ovate and hairy on both surfaces. 
The outermost bract is the largest, 1} in. long, and covers the 
three others, which are somewhat smaller. The bracteoles are 
two to each flower, the same colour as the bracts, and hairy on 
both sides, narrow ovate or lanceolate in shape and about à inch 
long. Both the bracts and bracteoles are very deciduous. The 
racemes are produced on the previous year’s growths, and not on 
the very old wood as is the case with some other species of the 
genus. The leaflets are stipellate. 
Mvcvxa Brrpwoonprana, Tutcher, n. sp. 
Frutex sempervirens, alte scandens, ramulis ultimis ferrugineo- 
pubescentibus. Folia trifoliata, subcoriacea; petioli 3-4 poll. 
longi. Foliola petiolulata, exstipellata, ovato-oblonga (lateralia 
obliqua), breviter acuminata, 4-6 poll. longa et 2-23 poll. lata, 
supra glabra, subtus leviter pubescentia. Bractex 1 lin. longi, 
ovate, citissimo decidus; bracteole 3 lineas longs, ovate, cito 
deciduz, ferrugineo-pubescentes. Flores eburnei, 3-34 poll. 
longi, carnosi, racemosi, racemis 1-1} ped. longis, 20-30-floris, 
in ramis vetustioribus fasciculatis interdum in ramis junioribus 
productis, pedicellis 4 poll. longis, crassis, ferrugineo-pubescenti- 
bus. Calycis tubus fere 3 poll. longus, extus et intus ferrugineo- 
pubescens, limbo bilabiato, labio superiore } poll. longo integro 
vel interdum  bidentato, labio inferiore trilobato, lobis tri- 
angularibus infimo 4 poll. longo, lateralibus infimo brevioribus. 
Vexillum 17 poll. longum ; al: 2? poll. long; carina 3-31 poll. 
longa, unguiculata ; margines vexilli et alarum ciliolatæ. 
Legumen lignosum, pubescens, 9-10 poll. longum, 1j poll. 
latum, inter semina leviter constrictum suturis ambobus bi- 
canaliculatis ; semina 5-6. (Herb. Hongkong Bot. Gard. n. 980.) 
This species differs from Mucuna macrocarpa, Wall., in the 
colour of the flowers and in the shorter, hairy pod. It has 
been confused with Mucuna macrobotrys, Hance, from which it 
differs in the colour of the flowers and in the entirely different 
pod. 
The plant was found many years ago by Mr. Ford on 
Mt. Parker, and last year (1903) I found it at the same place, 
