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deciduae; pinnae 4-jugae, ad 7 cm, longae, petiolulo ad 15 mm. longo 

 suffultae, petiolulo rhachillaque interdum infra spinis minoribus sparse 

 instructis; foliola opposita, 4-5-juga, ex oblonga ad ovato-Ianceolata 

 V. terminalia oblanceolata, apice rotimdata v. obtusa, basi cuneata 

 V. latere altero cxmeata, altero rotimdata, 2-2.8 cm. longa, 9-11 mm. 

 lata, supra nitida, glabra, subtus pallidiora, sparse puberula, rigida, 

 nervis lateralibus utrinque 7-8 intra marginem anastomosantibus, 

 pagina utraque cum nervulis pulchre reticulatis prominulis; petioluli 

 2 mm. longi, puberuli. Panicula terminalis, e racemis alternis ad 9 

 cm. longis racemosim dispositis constituta, ad 15 cm. longa; pedicelli 

 graciles, 7 mm. longi; calycis tubus 2 mm. longus; segmenta oblonga, 

 5.5-7 mm. longa; petala oblonga, 5.5 mm. longa, aurea, ungui 0.5 

 mm. longo; filamenta inferne piloso-barbata; ovarium 1.75 mm. 

 altum, breviter stipitatum, parce pilosum, stylo glabro. Legumen 

 ambitu subrotxmdatum, 2 cm. longum, circiter 1 cm. crassum, valvis 

 reticulatis brimneis. 



Western Szech'uan: Kiating Fu, thickets, alt. 300-500 m.. 

 May 1908 (No. 3255). 



The nearest 'ally of this plant is, in my opinion, undoubtedly Mezoneuron 

 sinense, Hemsley, to which, in habit, it has a striking similarity. Mezoneuron 

 sinensBj although the fruit has a slight wing, is not a typical Mezoneuron and yet 

 the only tangible difference between the two genera is apparently the winged and 

 unwinged fruits. 



MEZONEURUM Desf. 



Mezoneunim sinense Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc, XXIII. 204 

 (1887). — Oliver in Hooker's Icon. XX. t. 1960 (1891). 



Western Hupeh: Ichang, glens, alt. 30-300 m., May 9, 1907 

 (No. 3256; scandent bush, 1.5-2 m. tall, flowers golden); Nanto, glens, 

 May 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 248; climber) . Szech'uan: Yangtsze 

 River cliffs, April 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 3450; subscandent shrub, 

 flowers bright yellow). 



The colloquial name for this rather rare shrub is " Ch'ien-hsuch-fei." 



E. H. W. 



ORMOSIA Jack. 



Ormosia Henryi Prain in Jour, As. Soc. Beng. LXIX, 180 

 (1900). —Hemsley & Wilson in Kew Bull Misc. Inform. 1906, 166. 



Western Hupeh: Changlo Hsien, thickets, alt. 600 m., June, 

 July and September 1907 (No. 2373; small tree 5-8 m. tall, flowers 

 yellowish white); Patung (Veitch Exped. No. 2587). 



