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1907 (No. 107, in part; large climber, 7 m., flowers rose-pink); same 

 locality, A. Henry (Nos. 3551, 3551% 2938, 2938^); Patung Hsien, 



A. Henry (No. 706); Nanto, May 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 834). 

 Western Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, Jmie 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 

 4828) ; without precise locality, alt. 800 m., June 1903 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 3400; climber, flowers white, fragrant). 



Bauhinia ienuiflora Watt, B. glauca Wallich, and the species above described 

 are very closely related. Of the three B. ienuiflora which is found in Upper Assam, 

 Upper Burma and Yunnan has by far the longest calyx tube (2.5-3 cm.), that of 



B. glauca being 1-1.2 cm. and of the present species 1.3-1.6 cm. long. In B. glauca 

 whose distribution so far as I am aware is in Amherst, IVIergui, Perak and Java 

 the cal>Tc-tube is glabrous except at the apex, the buds are glabrous or nearly so 

 and the leaves are lobed to the middle. 



Bauhinia hupehana, var. grandis Craib, n. var. 



A typo foliis basi plerumque latius minus altius cordatis, floribus 

 paulo majoribus recedit. 



Western Szech'uan: Tu^g Valley, near Mt. Wa, alt. 500-1000 



m., June and October 1908 (No. 3372; climber 3-5 m. tall, flowers 



pmk). 



This rambling shrub is common at low altitudes growing on limestone cliffs 

 and in the glens and ravines of western Hupeh. The flowers are fragrant, usually 

 rose-pink or more rarely white in color. E. H. W. 



CASSIA L. 



Cassia Leschenaultiana De Candolle m Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve, 

 II. 132 (1824). 



Western Hupeh: Ichang, alt. 30-300 m., June and August 1907 

 (No. 2197; roadside weed, flowers yellow). 



GLEDITSIA L. 



Gleditsia macracantha Desfontaines, Hist. Arh. II. 147 (1809). 



Western Hupeh: common around Ichang, alt. 30-600 m., April 

 24, May 3, and October 1907 (No. 799; tree 10-30 m., girth 2-4 m., 

 flowers greenish); Changyang Hsien, alt. 30-600 m., June 1907 (No. 

 2444; tree 12-20 m., girth 1.6-3 m.); 20 miles southwest of Ichang, 

 road-side, alt. 300 m., November 1907 (No. 2445; tree 7 m., very 

 spuiy); without precise locality, April 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 232). 



At low altitudes this is one of the most common trees in western Hupeh and 

 Szech'uan where it is partial to the sides of streams and open country generally. 

 It is also commonly found in close vicinity to houses and in temple grounds. It 



