LEGUMINOSAE. — CLADRASTIS 97 



CLADRASTIS Raf. 



Determined by H. Takeda. 



Sect. EUCLADRASTIS Takeda.^ 



Cladrastis sinensis Hemsley in Jour. Linn, Soc, XXIX. 304 (1892). 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, woods and clearings, alt. 1300- 

 2500 m., June, July and October 1908 (No. 1102^; tree 5-20 m. tall, 

 girth 0.6-3 m., flowers white); same locality, October 1901 (No. 4388; 

 tree 10-25 m, tall, girth 0.6-i m., flowers white and pink); Mt. Omei, 

 July 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4832); without precise locality, alt. 

 1800 m., July 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 3392^), alt. 2300 m., July 

 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 3392; flowers blush). Western Hupeh: 

 without precise locality, June 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 2398). 

 Yunnan: Mengtze, A, Henry (No. 10784). 



This handsome flowering tree is common in the moist woods of western Sze- 

 ch*uan between 1300 and 2500 m. altitude. Usually it is a tree of medium size 

 but specimens of large size are not infrequent. The bark is quite smooth and 

 greenish-grey, and the branches are wide-spreading and form an oval or rounded 

 head. ^ The much branched panicles are erect and are often 30 cm, high and 20 

 cm. wide or occasionally 40 cm. high, and stand well above the foliage. The 

 flowers are very freely produced and vary in color from white to rosy-pink. 



Pictures of this tree will be found under Nos. 269, 360, in the collection of my 

 photographs and also in my Vegetation of Western China, No. 168. E. H. W. 



Cladrastis Wilsonii Takeda, n. sp. 



Arbor 4-16-inetraIis, trunco 0.3-1.3 eircuitu, cortice cinereo v. 

 flavo-cinereo levi lenticellato. Folia breviter petiolata, petiolo basi 

 gemmam albo-sericeam includente, 9-11-foliolata, rhachi petiolulis- 

 que primo albo-lanatis mox glabris, foliolis basalibus minoribus 

 ovatis, apicalibus sensim majoribus ovato-ellipticis v. ellipticis sub- 

 cuspidatis obtusis papjo-aceis in sicco opacis subtus subglaucis, 

 juvenilibus secus costam mediam pubescentibus, mox glabris. Pan- 

 icula laxa, multiflora, pedunculis pedicellisque brunneo-pubescenti- 

 bus; flores ad 25 mm. longi, albi; calyx cylindrico-campanulatus, basi 

 stipitifonniter attenuatus, pedicello pauIo longior, 5-lobatus lobis 

 triangularibus obtusis; petala subaequilonga; vexillum rotundatum, 

 unguiculatum, cum ungui 18 mm. longum, 12 mm. latum, vix emar- 

 ginatum; alae oblique hastatae; carinae petala semisagittata; stamina 

 libera, antheris atropurpureis; ovarium lineare, utrinque attenuatum, 



^ See Takeda in Not. Bat. Gard. Edinburgh, XXXVII. (ined.). 



