LEGUMINOSAE. — FLEMINGIA 119 



Suffrutex scandens, 1-2-metralis; ramuli teretes, tomento patent! 

 villoso flavescente glandulis stipitatis intermixtis vestiti, ut petioli et 

 petioluli pedunculique; stipulae lanceolatae, circiter 4 mm. longae, 

 reflexae. Folia longe petiolata petiolo 3-5 cm. longo; foliola mem- 

 branacea, laete viridia, siibtus paullo pallidiora, utrinque breviter 

 molliter villosa, estipellata, terminale orbiculari-ovatum, basi trun- 

 catum V. rotundatum, subito breviter acuminatum, 2.5-4.5 cm. 

 longum et latum, petiolulo 1.5-2 cm. longo suffultum, lateralia similia, 

 sed obliqua, paullo minora et paullo longiora quam lata, petiolulo 

 2-3 mm. longo. Racemi pedunculati, laxi, 3-5-flori, 6-9 cm. longi; 

 pedicelli 3-5 mm. longi, basi bractea ovata acuta 3-4 mm. longa 

 suffulti; calyx dense pubescens et parce glandulosus, circiter ad 

 medium fissus, dentibus triangulari ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, in- 

 fimo e basi lanceolata in acumen longum subulatum producto quam 

 ceteri duplo longiore, cum dente infimo 8-10 mm. longus; corolla lutea, 

 circiter 1.5 cm. longa; vexillum glabrum, conspicue venosum, sub- 

 orbiculare, circiter 13 mm. diam., basi callosum, manifeste auricula- 

 tum; alae oblongae, auriculatae, quam carina paullo breviores. Legu- 

 men immaturum, dense pubescens, 2-spermum, acutum. 



Western Szech'uan: Monkong Ting, descent of Hsao-chin Ho, 

 alt. 2300-2600 m., June 30, 1908 (No. 2934; 1-2 m., flowers yellow). 



This species seems closely related to R. himalensis Bentham which is easily 

 distinguished, however, by the larger leaflets longer than broad, the much longer, 

 many-flowered racemes and by the lowest calyx-tooth being as long as the corolla. 

 It was determined by Mr. Craib as R. striata Franchet, l)ut as this is an unpub- 

 lished name, and is, moreover, preoccupied by the South African R. striata G. Don, 

 it is necessary to give this plant a new name. A. R. 



Rhynchosia volubilis Loureiro, Fl. Cochin. 460 (1790). 

 Western Hupeh : thickets around Ichang, alt. 300-600 m., 

 August 1907 (No. 3487; twining sub-shrub). 



FLEMINGIA Roxb. 



Flemingia fluminalis Clarke apud Prain in Jour. As. Soc. Beng. 

 LXVI. pt. II. 438 (1897). 



Szech'uan: Wan Hsien, banks of Yangtze River, alt. 300 m., 

 April 1908 (No. 2930; 0.6 m. tall, flowers white). 



Flemingia congesta Roxburgh, var. viridis Prain in Jour. As. Soc. 

 Beng. LXVI. pt. II. 440 (1897). 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, alt. 600-1000 m., October 1908 

 (No. 2932; shrub 0.6-1.3 m. tall, flowers purple). 



