Plate 2422. 



ORMOSIA FORDIANA, Oliv. 



LeguminosyE. Tribe Sopitore^. 



0. fordiana, OHv. (sp, nov,) ; arbor ramulis ultimis Horiferis 

 tomentoso-puberulis, foliis imparipiunatis saepius 7-9 foliolatis foJiolis 

 petiolulatis oblanceolatis ovalibu&ve acuniinatis basi cuneatis supra 

 glabris subtus leviter vel obsolete sericels, floribus majusculis racemosis 

 racemis in paniculis terminalibus laxis ferrugineo-pubescentibus aggre- 

 gatis, pedicellis apice bibracteolatis bracteolis parvis subulatis, calycis 

 profuncle 5-fidi tube breviter turbinato segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 obtusiusculis 2 posticis altius connatis, petalis calycem superautibus, 

 ovario hirsute, stylo apice involute, ovulis 3-4. 



Hab. Chi 



ma 



Prov. Kwang Tung, North-West River, 



Illative 

 Collector, comm. C. Ford (No. 231), 



Folia 6-11 poll, longa ; stipulse obsoletse ; foliola superiora 4-6 poll. 

 longa, li-l| (-2) poll, lata; pctiolulus {-^ poll, longus. Farpint 

 laxinsculi, 3-6 poll. longi ; bracteae lanceolatje 1-2 lin. longte ; pedicelH 

 4-6 lin. longi. Flores |-1 poll. diam. ; calyx 6-8 lin. longus ; vexilluni 

 orbiculare, brevissinie unguiculatum, carinte petala alis similia, obli'jue 

 oblongo-obovata, obtusa, unguiculata. Legumen non vidi. 



Very distinct from the species hitherto described from China, and 

 belonging to the macrocalyeine section of the genus.— D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Flower laid open, the petals removed. 2. Vexillum, 3. and 4. Wing- 

 and koel-pe his, 6. Jristil. 6. Longitudinal section of ovai-y. All enlarged. 



