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Pueraria siamica, Craib, ab affini P. CoUettii, Prain, foliolis 

 acuminatis aciitis, stipellis diiplo longioribus, raceinis gracilioribus 

 longioribus baud tam densis, pedicellis sub anthesin gracilibus calyce 

 longioribus distincta. 



Herba scandeDS ; ramuli 3 mm. diametro, molliter albo-tomentelli. 

 Folia pinnatim trifoliolata ; petioli 4-7 cm. longi, supra canali- 

 culati, indumento ut ramulis ; foliola ovata, apice acuminata, acuta, 

 basi terminalia cuneata, lateralia obliqua, rotundata, 9-14 cm. 

 longa, 4-6'5 cm. lata, margine integro, cbartacea, supra hispidula, 

 subtiis molliter pubescentia, nervis lateralibus utrinque 5-6 cum 

 nervulis supra conspicuis subtus promineutibus ; petioluli ad 4 mm. 

 longi ; foliola terminalia a lateralibus 2-3*2 cm. distantia ; stipellae 

 ad 6 mm. longae. Racemi solitarii axillares vel ad apices ramulorum 

 paniculati, graciles, ad 32 cm. longi, nodis basalibus 2*5-3'5 cm., 

 intermediis ad \'6 cm. distantibus ; bracteae lanceolatae, acutae, 

 2 mm. longae ; pedicelli graciles, ad 3"5 mm. longi. Calycis lobi 

 1 mm. longi, duo supremi in unum connati, tubus 2 mm. longus. 

 Corolla purpurea, louge exserta ; vexillum amplum, reflexum, emar- 

 ginatum, basi auricxdatum, 4"5 mm. longum, 6 mm. latum, ungui 

 circiter 2 mm. longo ; alae oblongo-obovatae, basi appendiculatae, 

 5'c> mm. longae, 2*5 mm. latae, imgui 2'5 mm. longo ; carina obtusa, 

 4 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, ungui 2*5 mm. longo. Stamen vexillare 

 ima basi liberum, medio cum ceteris connatum ; antherae uniformes. 

 Ovarium 3 mm. altum, 9- ovulatum, stjlo glabro. — Craih,\s.QVf Bull. 

 1911, p. 40. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 831. 



Since the publication of this species additional material has been 

 received at Kew from Upper Burma and also from Siam of 

 P. CoUettii. After a careful examination of this materkil the 

 writer has come to the conclusion that P. siamica is probably only 

 a low level form of P. CoUettii. 



Pueraria Wallichii, Z)(7.— F.B.I., ii. p. 198; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 47 ; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 

 Ixvi. p. 419 ; Hosseus, i p. 493 et ii. p. 399. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 540-1700 m., Kerr, 878, 1556, 1556b, 

 Hosseus, 207. 



Distr. E. Himalayas, Burma, Yunnan. 



Cruddasia insignis, Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvii. p. 287. 

 Chiengmai, in open jungle on top of Doi Sootep, 1500-1650 m., 

 Kerr, 727. 



Distr. Upper Burma. 



Canavalia ensiformis, DC. — F.B.I., ii. p. 195 ; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 48 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. 

 (1905) p. 21. 



Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 1532b ; Bangkok, Zimmermann. 



Distr. Tropics — often cultivated. 



Canavalia lineata, DC. — Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. 

 p. 418. C. obtusifoUa, Baker, F.B.I., ii. p. 196, non DC. 

 Sriracha, trailing over the beach, Kerr, 2130. 

 Distr. Coasts of Tropical Asia and Australia. - 

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