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longum curvatum abeunte unde exoritur stylus subpersistens, 

 abrupte geniculatus, inferne glaber, superne unilateraliter insigne 

 barbatus. — Drummond et Craib, Kew Bull. 1912, p. 149. 



Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 960 m., Kerr, 1382. 



Distr. S. Yunnan. 



Tephrosia (§ Brissonia; repentina, Drummond et Craib, e grege 

 T. linctoriae, Pers (sensu stricto), ab ilia necnon a T. coccinea, 

 Wall., propter formam et indumentum foliolorum, a T. Heyneana, 

 Wall., propter multo majores flores et legumina facile distinguenda ; 

 a T. senticosa, Pers. (vera), cui omnium maxime affinis, foliolis 

 majoribus, oblongo-lanceolatis vel oblongo-obovatis nee oblongo- 

 cuneatis apice obtusis vel acutis nunquam retusis supra obscure nee 

 conspicue striatis, legumine fere duplo longiore valde pubescente 

 aliisque notis bene dignoscitur. 



Suffruticulus 30-70 cm. altus, caule circiter 2 mm. diametro 

 obscurius angulato irregulariter sulcato pilis subargenteis mox 

 fulvescentibus subadpressis munito. Folia imparipinnata, foliolo 

 terminali lateralibus aliquantulo majore, rhachi adpresse pilosa basi 

 inconspicue pulvinata 3'5-7'd cm. longa ; foliola utrinque 3-5, 

 oblongo-lanceolata vel oblongo-obovata, apice obtusa vel acuta, 

 cujusque jugi superne gradatim majora, infima 4*5 cm. longa, 7 mm. 

 lata, suprema ad 4*5 cm. longa et vix 2 cm. lata, supra cinereo- 

 olivacea, ad venas nebulose fusco-maculata, minute reticulata, 

 glabra nisi nervis lateralibus villos paucos longos candidos spar- 

 sissime praebentibus, subtus pilis subargenteis leniter adpressis 

 densius vestita, ad costam prominentem pilis longioribus subpatenti- 

 bus ad marginem subaureis prorsus directis ornata, nervis omnibus 

 obscuris lateralibus inter se circiter 3*5 mm. distantibue, petiolulis 

 pilis ascendentibus pallide aureis hirsutis suffulta. Flores 1-4, 

 terminates vel axillares ; bracteae sericeo-canescentes ; bracteolae 

 obscuriores, caducae ; pedicelli (maturante legumine) vix 4 mm. 

 longi. Calycis tubus subpoculiformis, circiter 3 mm. diametro, 

 extra pilis sericeo-canescentibus laxe adpressis vestitus, intra glaber ; 

 lobi angustissime deltoidei, anterior circa 4 mm. longus et 4 mm. 

 latus, ceteri circa 2 mm. longi et 1 mm. lati, extra pilis demum 

 subaureis obsiti. Vexillum brunneum (ex Kerr), circiter 19 mm. 

 longum, medio argute sulcato-lineatum, margine integro, dorso pilis 

 longis aureo-fulvis quasi velutinis dense vestitum ; alae albae (ex 

 Kerr), carina manifesto breviores, dimidiate oblongo-cuneatae, 

 obscure falcatae, supra unguem gibbosae ; carina alba (ex Kerr), 

 circiter 18 mm. longa, obtuse rostra ta, inferiore margine oblique 

 rotundato, supra mediam longitudinem 6'5 mm. lata. Stylus vix 

 geniculatus, alte arcuatus, pilis ascendentibus subaureis aeque 

 munitus. Lcgumen (vix maturum) 9 cm. longum, vix 6 mm. latum, 

 inconspicue falcatum, sub apicem margine anteriore in rostrum vix 

 3 mm. longum curvatim abeunte, pilis mollibus longis subadpressis 

 satis sordide fulvescentibus dense vestitum. — Drummond et Craib, 

 Kew Bull. 1912, p. 150. 



Sriracha, Nawng Kaw, on clearing in evergreen jungle, 30 m., 

 Kerr, 2053. 



Tephrosia siamensis, Drummond apud Hosseus, ii. p. 400. 

 Pitsanulok, Nakontai, 100 m. (ex Drummond). 



