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the central leaflet obovate, broadest above the middle, truncate or slightly 

 rounded at base, the lateral ones obliquely ovate; inflorescence dense, 

 about 20-flowered, the peduncle pubescent with dense erect hairs; calyx 

 similarly pubescent and with numerous stinging hairs, the lobes acutish, 

 about as long as the tube; corolla purple, 2.5 cm. long, the keel much 

 exceeding the wings; extra-floral nectaries at base of pedicels oblong. 



Taung-gyi, South Shan States, Burma, 5500 ft. alt., April 17, 1910, 

 Capt. R. W. MacGregor, No. 1144, in Herb. Calcutta Bot. Garden 

 (Type). 



Szemao Mts., Yunnan, China, No. 12.749A, Dr. Henry in 1899. The 

 last has young pods 5 cm. long, densely covered with seal-brown stinging 

 hairs. 



The form of the extra-floral nectaries as well as the long keel suggests 

 that this species is a close ally of Stizolobium bracteatum (Roxb. ) Kuntze, 

 but it apparently lacks the broad bracts of that species. The species 

 probably belongs to § Brachyule as does S. bracteatum. 



Stizolobium forbesii n. sp. (§ Brachyule). 



Stems herbaceous, terete, longitudinally striate-angled, appressed- 

 puberulent; leaflets broadly ovate, rather obtuse, cuspidate, thin, mem- 

 branous, sparsely appressed, puberulent on each side, especially beneath, 

 about 15 cm. long; petioles puberulent as long as the leaflets; petiolules 

 very pubescent, 5 mm. long; peduncles terete, densely puberulent; 

 racemes dense, 15 to 40 flowered ; calyx campanulate, densely sericeous 

 without and within, 15 mm. long, and bearing a few red stinging hairs; 

 calyx-lobes triangular, acute, longer than the tube, the ventral longest; 

 corolla " albi-virescenti " ; wings 6-7 cm. long, pubescent on the lower 

 margin near the base ; keel a little exceeding the wings, abruptly curved 

 at tip ; standard much shorter than the wings; pods 16 cm. long, 3 cm. 

 broad, linear, compressed, nearly straight, the subacute tip slightly 

 curved, the thickish valves bearing 3 or 4 coarse longitudinal ribs, 2 sub- 

 marginal and 2 intermediate, the dorsal one wholly or partly obsolete, 

 the other three complete, the whole pod densely covered with chestnut- 

 red short erect hairs much like velvet; constrictions between the 6 or 7 

 seeds very slight; seeds smooth, chestnut-colored, shiny, much flattened, 

 12 to 17 mm. long, 8 to 9 mm. broad, the hilum black, linear, 7 mm. 

 long and surrounded by a low black caruncle. 



Timor Laut, Forbes, No. 3320B, November, 1883 (type in Herb. Kew). 



Malay Archipelago, Reidel, coram, by Dr. A. B. Meyer, 1883. (Herb. 

 Kew). 



Larat Island, Dr. M. Treub, in 1893 (Herb. Buitenzorg). 



Java, Kediri, S. H. Koorders, No. 23.040B, June 16, 1896 (Herb. 

 Buitenzorg). 



Kei Island, Dr. M. Treub, cultivated at Buitenzorg ( Herb. Buitenzorg). 



An interesting species w r hose nearest relative is Stizolobium poggei 

 (Taubert) Hiern from Africa. 



