URARIA CRINITA, var. MACROSTACHYA. “Tab. 110. 
Racemis maximis, folio duplò longioribus ; pinnis 3—4-jugis, concoloribus. i : | 
Habitat in China, Dom. Reeves ; prope Sillet in Bengalia, F. De Silva. Ipse observavi ad Amherst in Martabania. 
Ad Tavoy, Gomes. In Horto Botanico Calcuttæ floret et fructus profert mensibus Octobris dt Novembris. 
Frurex 2-pedalis, parcè ramosus ; spicifer 4-pedalis. Rami crassi, eylindrici, ferè simplices, subflexuosi, petinlique obsiti pube molli, 
canescente, patente, hamulosá. Fou patentia, alterna, pedalia vel longiora, pinnata, 3—4-juga. PiNna exacte opposite, oblongæ, acute 
basi hine rotundiore obtuse, subsessiles, 5-pollicares, coriacee, suprà uniformiter saturate virides, secüs vasorum tractus leviter puberulæ, 
ceterúm glabre, nitidæ, subtùs copiose pubescentes, incanæ, costa nervisque obliquis gracillimis, venis transverse reticulatis, prominen- 
tibus; exteriores parüm minores, terminalis proximis major. PerioLus communis 4—6-pollicaris, eylindricus, suprà planiusculus, basi 
intumescens, desinens in rachin rectam, pubescentem, noduloso-articulatam ; partiales brevissimi, cylindrici, crassiusculi. STIPULA 
magnæ, ferè pollicares, triangulari-lanceolatze, erectze, aridæ, striato-nervosæ, pilosæ et ciliatæ, deciduæ, e basi lata et obliqua attenuatæ 
in acumen longissimum, setaceum ; stipelle majusculæ, lineari-lanceolatæ, persistentes, acuminate. Racemus maximus, terminalis, 
sessilis, cylindraceo-subclavatus, obtusus, densiflorus, pedalis, 2-pedalis, quin longior, pollicem et dimidium ad duos crassus; íructifer 
gracilior; pilis longis, mollissimis abundé barbatus, solitarius, vel uno duobusve brevioribus lateralitèr stipatus ; ante florum expansionem 
densissimè et adpresse bracteatus, strobiliformis. Frores magni, purpurei, densissimi, geminati, patentes. Bracrex magne, lanceolate, 
membranaceæ, caudato-acuminatæ, pilis longis ciliatze, dilutè roseæ, caducæ; ad apicem racemi seriùs decidue, sæpt floribus vacuæ. 
Racuts cylindrica, subcarnosa. Prprcruur filiformes, barbati, patentissimi, apice articulatà incurvi. Catyx urceolatus, bilabiatus, 
profundè divisus in lacinias 5, setaceo-acuminatissimas, barbatas. CoroLLE vexillum rectè adscendens, ovatum, acutum, planum, atro- 
purpureum, basi notatum maculis binis, oblongis, parallelis, e viridi flavis ; carina aleque pallida, obtuse, longitudine subaquales. 
Sramina 10, diadelpha; apices filamentorum alternatim paullo crassiores et breviores. LEGUMEN spiralitèr contortum, atrum, calyce 
parùm longius, pedicello valde incurvo suffultum ; articuli lenticulares, 5 vel 6, puberuli. 
When I first received this stately plant from China, whence it was introduced into the Botanic Garden at Calcutta 
by Mr. John Reeves, I thought it was specifically distinct from Uraria erinita of Desvau. On comparing it, however, 
with the plants brought from other parts of India, I have come to the conclusion that it is only a variety of that 
species. In general stature it is a shorter plant; but the leaves are much larger, and the spike far longer and thicker. 
The leaflets are generally clouded in the centre in U. erinita, in our plant they are uniformly green. The variety 
grows also at Sillet, and I have found it at Amherst in Martaban. “W. Gomez brought me specimens from Tavoy. 
It is requested that the name on the plate may be altered to U. crinita, var. macrostachya. 
Plate CX. Fig. 1 & 2. Flower. — 3. The same dissected. ^ 4. Part of a fruit-bearing raceme. 5. A ripe pod. 
LEUCOMERIS SPECTABILIS. Tab. 111. 
Leucomeris spectabilis, Don. Prodr. Nepal. p. 169. 
Eupatorium candicans, Wall. in Herb. Coet. Ampl. Merc. Angl. Ind. Or. 1824. 
Nomen Newarrense, Bhoea ; Parbutteum, Phusrae. 
Crescit in monte Sheopore Napaliæ. Ad Srinaghur legit Kamrup. Floret mense Aprilis. 
Annon 12—20-pedalis, erecta, ramosa, cortice griseo, glabro. Ramuur crassi, obtuse angulati, sulcati, superné, uti omnes partes 
recentes, tomento niveo, molli densissimè vestiti. Forra approximata, sparsa, patentia, breve petiolata, elliptica, utrinque acuta, deorsúm 
attenuata, integerrima, coriacea, palmaria, pedalia usque ad 15-pollicaria, suprà saturatè viridia, rugosula, nitida, subtüs niveo-candicantia, 
costa nervisque alternantibus elevatis. —PeioLi crassi, semicylindrici, pollicares, tomentosi, ætate nudi, basi intumescentes et sub- 
articulati. SriPuLE nulle. CorymBus terminalis, magnus, ovatus, subfastigiatus, ramosissimus, niveo-tomentosus, foliis floralibus lineari- 
lanceolatis, parvis, frequentibus munitus. PEDuNCULI communes elongati, inferiores axillares foliorum supremorum ; partiales ramosi, 
squamis parvis, vagis, subalternantibus, lanceolatis. Frores albi, admodüm odorati, cylindrici, copiosissimi, fasciculati, brevè pedicellati, 
pollicares. INvouvcrum cylindrico-oblongum, constans foliolis lanceolatis, imbricantibus, acutis, pallidè viridibus, vix ciliatis, inferioribus 
sensim minoribus, in squamulas pedicelli vagas demüm conversis. RECEPTACULUM parvum, nudum. CoRroLLULA seepiús 5, tubulosæ, alb, 
glabre, involucro duplò longiores, subfastigiatee ; tubus gracilis; laciniæ lineares, tubum ferè æquantes, revolute. FILAMENTA capillaria ; 
antheræ lineares, albæ, basi in aristas duas capillares, parallelas, puberulas desinentes, connatæ in tubum rectum, exsertum, limbum sub- 
æquantem. Ovarrum oblongum, sericeo-villosum, coronatum pappo copioso, pallidissimé ferrugineo, simplici, scabriusculo, corollå parüm 
breviore. SrvLus filiformis, glaber. Srrama bilobum, lobis obtusis, parallelis, vix exsertis. 
This beautiful tree grows to my knowledge only on one spot near Thoka, on Mount Sheopore in Nipal, where I saw 
it in great perfection and in full flower in April 1821. I have also received it from Srinaghur in Gurwal, where it 
was found by Kamrup. 
Plate CXI. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Receptacle. 3. Floret. 4. The same opened. 5. Tube of anthers opened. 
