36 LEaUMINOSiE. 



cjlinclrica 4-5 inm. longa 3 m:n. Lija utroque truncata nitida fusco-purpuras- 

 centia. 



Hab. Kiiikjokuclo, leg. Y. Matsuda ; Takao ; Tainan ; Bantan, (Ako). 



Tlie present new genus is undou1)tedlj referable to the tribe P/iaseolecey. 

 as defined bj Bakee, Bentham and Hookee, and Taubeet. As tlie stjle 

 lias a hair-tuft just below the stigma on the inner sicle, it shoukl be assigned 

 to the subtribe EupJiaseotece. It is near to Dolkhos in the terminal stigma ;. 

 l3ut diifers from it in having a hair-tuft just below the stigma on the inner 

 side, in the tumid nodes of tlie racenies which are exactlj hke those of 

 Galadia and Fuerarla, and in having nearlj terete pods with septas inside. 

 It is comparable to some extents to Phaseolus, Vigna, Pueraria, Canavalia 

 ancl Galactia in this point or that ; froni Phaseolus, it difiers in the not spirallj 

 recurved keel, in the terminal stigma with hair-tuft ob one side below it,. 

 and in the tumid nodes of the racemes ; from Vifjna, in the terminal stigma. 

 and in the tumid nodes of the racemes ; from Pueraria, Canavalia and. 

 Gclaclia, in the hair-tuft below the stigma. 



Dolicliovigna rliombifolia Hayata sp. nov. Scandentissima vohibihs ;. 

 cauhs teres gTacihs dense villosus remote fohatus versus apicem efohatus 

 cin"iformis. FoHa alterna 3-fohata, foholo termioah rhomboicleo-ovato- 

 rotuiidato 3|^cm. longo 3 cra. lato apica triaugulari-acuto ad sumnuim aristato 

 basi kite truncato vel rotundato margiue integro supra subtustiue tenuiter 

 pul)escenti, venis venulis subtus distincte elevatis, foliolis lateralibus minoribus- 

 basi valde c^bhquis, petiohilis 2-3 mm. longis hirsutis, stipellis subulatis 1 mm. 

 longis, petiolis communibus 2-3 cm. longis villosis, stipulis elongato-triangu- 

 laribus 2 mm. longis hirsutis. Kacemi breves 3-5 nim. longi pauciflorati, 

 axillares, rhachi fasciculorum nodiformi, pedicellis 1-2 mm. longis hirsutis, 

 bracteolis duabus basi floris dispositis triangularibus hirsutis 1 mm. longis. 

 Cal;}'^ obhque campanulatus hirsutus 4 mm. lougus totiusque latus 5-Iobatu3, 

 lobis superioribus connatis obtusis, lateralibus late triangularibus 2 mm. longis 

 14- mm. latis obtusis hirsutis ; lobo iufimo elongato-tiiangulari 3 mm. longo 

 -apice obtaso extus hirsuto intus villoso. Petala 5 : vexillum late reniformi- 

 cordatum 1 cm. longum ll cm. latum apice emarginatum basi cordatum, 

 ungue 2 mm. longo ; alfe quadrangulariformes 6 nun. long>Te 3 mm. lataa, ungui- 



