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culus 8-12 cm. longus, ipsi 5-6 cm. longi, novelli dense pilosi ; 
pedicelli pilosuli breves; flores patuli vel penduli, Calyx 
submembranaceus, pallidus, pilosus, limbo obliquus, 4-5°5 mm. 
longus, dentes e basi lata acutissimi fere subulati, superi quam 
inferi breviores. Corolla “luride aurantiaca,” vexillum apice 
purpureum late obovatum, apice emarginatum, 12 mm. longum, 
circ. 8 mm. latum; alae 12 mm. longae, 2°5 mm. latae, carina 
10-12 mm. longa, 4 mm. alta. 
“ Scandent plant of 6-10 ft. Flowers dull orange, vexillum 
tipped purple. On scrub in dense thickets on the eastern flank 
of the Lichiang Range. Lat.27°12’. Alt.g500ft. June 1906.”’ 
G. Forrest. No. 2443. 
A fine species of the Sect. Cracca, allied to V. tenera, Grah., 
of the Western Himalaya, but different by its stipules, the more 
obtuse leaflets, the hairy calyx and larger corolla. From V. tenera, 
var. yunnanensis, Franch. (probably a distinct species), it is 
separated by the nearly subulate sepals. I have not seen 
Franchet’s plant. 
Dumasia Forrestii, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caulis scandens, pilis nigris parce conspersus ceterum glaber. 
Folia subchartacea, inferiora petiolo ad 8 cm. longo praedita, 
foliola stipellata petiolulata, laete viridia, praeter pilos illos 
paucos glabra, late ovata, apice retusa vel emarginata mucro- 
nulata, terminale 4—4'5 cm. longum, 3°5—-4 cm. latum, lateralia 
ca. 4 cm. longa, 3-3'5 cm. lata; stipulae lanceolatae nervoso- 
striatae saepe purpurascentes, circ. 5-6 mm. longae. Folia 
superiora brevius petiolata minora. Racemi axillares pedunculo 
ipsis longiore 2°5—3'5 cm.longo praediti. Floresconferti. Bractea 
bracteolaeque stipulis simillimae flori subsessili dense appro- 
pinquatae, persistentes, 6-7 mm. longae, 2°5 mm. latae. Calyx 
pallide viridis circ. 10 mm. longus, 5 mm. latus ore oblique 
truncatus. Corolla pallide lutea, ca. 15-16 mm. longa. Vexillum 
calcaratum. Stylus ad curvaturam complanatus. 
“ Amongst scrub in the Mekong and Wei Hsi valleys. Lat. 
27° 28’ N. Alt. 7-gooo ft. October 1904.’ G. Forrest. 
No. 1124. 
A very distinct species, remarkable by its nearly glabrous 
retuse leaflets, and the large conspicuous bracts and bractlets 
persisting close to the gibbous base of the calyx. 
Mucuna montana, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caulis debilis scandens, 0°4—-1°5 m. altus, cinereo-pilosus. 
Folia longe petiolata, stipulae mox deciduae vel obsoletae ; 
petiolus 10-12 cm. longus, cinereo-pilosus ; foliola herbacea, 
in utraque facie pilosa, subtus pallidiora, cinerea, petioluli 
