15205 27. Millettia Championi, Benth., sp. n. ; scandens, preeter inflorescen- 
: * natis reticulato-venosis, panicula brevi densiflora, pedicellis calycem 
. glabriuseulum subæquantibus, vexillo ecalloso ovarioque glabris.— 
74 FLORULA HONGKONGENSIS. 
demum glabratis, racemis densifloris, calycibus breviter pedicellatis 
sericeo-tomentosis dentibus latis rotundatis, vexillo amplo glabro v. 
vix glauco-pulveraceo.—Fruter scandens.  Tomentum breve, den- 
sum, demum deciduum. Stipule subulatæ, basi dilatatæ, vix 2 lin. 
longe ; stipelle parve, setaceæ. — Foliola 2-3-pollicaria, obtusa v. 
vix acuminata, basi rotundata, siccitate complicata, supra pallentia, 
subtus fuscescentia, tenuiter venosa, preter costam tomentellam pilis 
paucis conspersa. Racemi semipedales, longe infra medium floridi. 
Bracteæ lanceolatæ, acutæ, sericeo-tomentosæ, racemum juniorem 
subcomantes, per anthesin deciduæ. Pedicelli floridi 3—4 lin. longi, 
recurvi. Bracteolæ late ovate, calycis dimidio breviores.  Culyz 
late campanulatus, 5 lin. longus, labio superiore latissimo emarginato, 
laciniis seu dentibus lateralibus lineam longis rotundatis, infima paulo 
longiore pariter obtusissimo. Vewillum carnosulum, pollicem latum 
et vix brevius, leviter emarginatum, exauriculatum, supra unguem 
brevem leviter callosum, Ale oblongæ, obtusæ, leviter falcatæ. 
Carina alas superans, vexillum subæquans, apice arcuata obtusa. 
Slamen vexillare liberum. Discus cupularis brevis. Ovarium bre- 
viter stipitatum, dense tomentosum, ovulis circa 12. Stylus glaber. 
On Victoria Peak, equally common with JM. nitida, but not found — 
elsewhere in Hong-Kong. It is also in the Hookerian Herbarium 
from Millett’s collection, but without the precise station. It is chiefly - 
distinguished, when growing, from M. nitida, by its larger flowers, - 
white intermixed with a primrose-yellow. : 
26. Millettia nitida, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot, vol. i. p. 484. ; 
A trailing shrub, with purple flowers, very common in Hong-Kong, 
from the level of the sea to the summit of Victoria Peak. 
tiam puberulam glabra, foliolis 5-7 ovatis oblongisve obtuse acumi- 
Frutex scandens, lætevirens. Stipule stipellæque setaceæ. Foliola 
l-2-pollicaria v. interdum longiora, tenuiter chartacea, utrinque vi- 
ridia et lucidula. Racemi in axilli summis simplices et ad apices - 
ramorum in paniculam brevem dispositi, 1-2-pollicares, fere a basi - 
florentes. Bractee minute, deciduze, bracteolæ parvæ, ovate, diu- 
tius persistentes. Pedicelli 13 lin. longi. Calyx late campanulatus, 
dentibus brevissimis latis obtusis. Corolla 5 lin. longa, alba, vexillo 
