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AB. China, Prov. Hupeh, Ichang, and immediate neighbourhood, 
Watters, Dr. A. Henry ; Nan-t‘o and mountains to northward, Dr. A. 
Henry (Nos. 3112, 3670, 4128, 4558); Prov. Chekiang, Ningpo, 
Cooper, Oldham; Prov. Kiangsu, Shanghai, Carles, Faber; Prov. 
Szechwan, Faber. 
Arbor 20-40-pedalis. Folia (in ramulis floriferis) 6-10 poll. longa ;_ 
foliola 14-8 poll. longa ; petiolulus ¢-+ poll longus. Flores albidi v. 
flavescentes 3 lin. longi. Ou ye campanulatus parce ferrugineo- 
Sericeus. Vezillum breviter unguiculatum inappendiculatum. 
It is very nearly allied to D. assamica, Benth. ; but in this species 
the lobes of the upper lip of the calyx are broadly cuspidate or acute ; 
in D. hupeana they are quite rotundate——D. Oxtver. 
Dr. Henry supplies the following note on this valuable timber-tree:— 
‘Dalbergia hupeana, Hance, is the t‘an tree of the central provinces 
of China, and is figured in the hih wu ming, xxxv. 24, <A kind, 
This is the pai-t‘an of Ningpo, of which wood specimens have been 
sent by Consul Cooper to the Kew Museum. 
Fig. 1. Flower, after removal of petals. 2. Vexillum. 3. Ala. 4. Petal of 
carina, 45, Pistil. 6. Longitudinal section of ovary. Enlarged. 
