acuminatis, falcatis, leviter incurvatis, apices saepe attingentibus vel imbri- 

 catis; petiolo l.S-S cm. longo, dense villoso; inflorescentiis terminalibus, 

 dense subrubiginoso-villosis, brevibus, simpliciter racemosis, haud corym- 

 bosis, 6-8 cm. longis, ad 5-6 cm. latis, axibus abbreviatis (2-5 cm. longis), 

 florib'us plus minusve confertis; pedicellis 1-1. S cm. longis, bracteis lanceo- 

 latis, acuminatis, 5 mm. longis, bracteolis ad basim calycis tubi linearibus, 

 4-5 mm. longis, deciduis; calycis tubo cylindraceo, circiter 6 mm. longo, 

 3.5 mm. diametro, basi acuto, cum lobis extus dense adpresse subrubi- 

 ginoso-villoso, lobis 5, reflexis, oblongis vel oblongo-ellipticis, acuminatis, 

 intus glabris, circiter 1 cm. longis et 4 mm. latis; petalis vix unguiculatis sed 

 deorsum angustatis, obovatis vel oblongo-obovatis, rotundatis, basi acutis 

 intus glabris, extus dense adpresse subrubiginoso- vel ferrugineo-villosis, ac 

 1.8 cm. longis et 1 cm. latis; staminibus fertilibus 3, tilamentis surs .m 

 glabris, deorsum villosis, circiter 12 mm. longis; antheris oblongis, 5 mm. 

 longis; ovario oblanceolato, circiter 8 cm. longo, dense ferrugineo-villo: 

 stylo ad 15 mm. longo, deorsum plus minusve subadpresse villoso suf 

 médium glabro; leguminibus (valde immaturis) dense villosis. 



Indo-China, Tonkin, Tsai Wons Mo Shan and Sai Wong Mo Shan (Sai Vong j 

 Leng), in the extrême northeastern part of Indo-China just south of the juncture of 

 Kwangtung-Kwangsi-Tonkin boundaries, W. T. Tsang 2Ç033 (type), 29S7S, May 11-. 

 1939, and May-Dec. 1940, in thickets, flowers white, fragrant. 



This is a remarkably distinct species, falling in Gagnepain's section i 

 (ovaries pubescent, not glabrous, as indicated by him in his key), but differ- 

 ing from ail of the 21 species placed by him in this group by the leaves being 

 divided almost or quite to the base, the sinuses normally very narrow, the 

 somewhat incurved apical parts of the lobes or leaflets often touching or 

 overlapping, somewhat suggesting the claws of a crab. The short, crowded, 

 simple racemes are also characteristic, for most of the species in this group 

 bave corymbose inflorescences. The apical parts of the buds are ellipsoia 

 and about 1 cm. long, exceeding the calyx tubes in length. 



Bauhinia Clemensioriim sp. nov. § Phanera. 



