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dense, terminal and axillary in the upper leaves, thvrsoid : 
peduncles pilose. Flowers 3-5 mm. across, creamy-white, pedi- 
cellate, bracteate ; pedicels L-2 mm. long, hairy ; bracts minute, 
scale-like. Sepals ovate, rounded, pubescent outside in basal 
half. Petals oblong, rather more than twice the length of sepals, 
rounded, base narrowed slightly : upp >r surf «• > with prominent 
nerves, and bearded along the centre of lower half. Staimns 
rather more than half the length of petals : anthers Largr, wllow, 
Di*l> cup-shup.vl, slightly eremite, glabrous. Styles 3, free, 
shorter than stamens, angular; stigma simple; ovary pilose.— 
Western China. Tung Valley, 600-900 m., rare, Wilson, 3370. 
Legumlnosae. 
\ Ormosia Hosiei, Hemsl. el E. H Wit 
O. strinHe atfinis, differt foliis minoribu 
siepius supra in- limn latioribus, pedi 
iioris, p [e ,. r ] fJ ,,- lim j 
fere piano.— W. B. H. 
- J?*. 9 , -15 m - M S h , bark grey and smooth. Leaves pinnately 
o-j-foliolate, including petioles 12-20 cm. long : leaflets oblong or 
oblong-ovate, 5-12 cm. long; terminal leaflet ovate and larger, 
acuminate, cuneate at base, subcoriaceous. dark green above, 
paler and prominently .vacillate below, glabrous when mature; 
petiolules 6-8 mm. long, slightly thick.-m-d. pubescent, or 
glabrescent and somewhat tubercular'.'. L;,f-i,„. /,s naked covered 
with a dense brown velvety indumentum Flutvers Eew in 
terminal or axillary shortly stalked panielrs ■ pedicels l-f>-2 cm. 
long. Calyx cupulate ; sepals short, orbicular Omn/ vellowish- 
given,eiver, o-O-ovule.l. Lr, /lfJllf . brown, wood x obb.n-' 1 li-.n-m. 
long 2-o-3 cm broad, laterally compressed, beaked, "w/a 1-2, 
bright red, l-o-2 cm. loug, flattened lateral I v. 
Central China. Changyang, rare, Wilson, 1994. 
W. China. Chentu, 500 m., Wilson, 3407. 
A I™!? t he Hun ^ tao slm ( Red bean tree) of the Chinese. 
from Ghent. Both"™" memb ™° M '«™ **» tbat 
«* «»*. respec^On^^™ t—!- 
nter peUohilatis patentissimis snbtns :, -mm.-ntnsis. 
n. longo 10-apermo inter semina 
