PuaTe 2626. 
SHUTERIA SINENSIS, Aems/. 
Lecuminos®. Suborder PAPILionaces. 
S. sinensis, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; species S. swffulte, Benth., simillima 
sed robustior, omnibus partibus majoribus, calycis dentibus haud acu- 
minatis. 
Herba glabrescens, scandens, caulibus ramulisque teretibus gracil- 
limis. Vfolia trifoliolata, longe graciliterque petiolata, vel in ramis 
floriferis subsessilia ; folicla petiolulata vel subsessilia, membranacea, 
plexicaulia, maxima bipollicaria, cito glabrescentia, integerrima ; petiol 
filiformes, longiores bipollicares ; stipule conspicue, scariose, cordat 
ovate, acute, seepius circiter semipoilicares, striate ; stipe ellee hesateg: 
leque stipulis similes sed rate minores. lores circiter 5 lin. longi, 
purpurei (Henry), numerosi, racemosi, brevissime pedicellati, racemis 
gracilibus ramulos laterales etc teona us. Calyx tubulosus, primo 
oO 
sessile, glabrum. Legwmen lines are, fere ectum, circiter 2 aes 
Cuina: Mengtze, Yunnan, at 5,000 ft., A. aa, 5216. 
Dr. Henry describes this as shrubby, but this means bss that the 
stems become hard and wire-like.—W. Botting HEMSLE 
Fig. 1, a stipule ; 2, flower from which the petals have been removed and calyx 
laid open ; 3, standa rd; 4, a wing-petal; 5, a keel-petal; 6, ovary in section; 7,a 
pod. All except 7 enlar rged. 
SERIES ly. VOL, VII. PART II. 
