LEGUMINOSAE 

 Caesalpinia stenoptera sp. nov. Vj ^--v' ,r^T^' 1*1 *06 ' 'TÏeuRE 1. 



Frutex scandens, C. nugae affinis, differt capsulis valde inaequilaterali- 

 bus, in latere angustiore rectis vel leviter concavis, distincte alatis; ramis 

 teretibus, glabris; foliis circiter 15 cm. longis, bipinnatis, rhachibus 

 primariis secundariisque remote retrorse aculeatis, aculeis circiter 1 mm. 

 longis; pinnis 2-paribus, 7-10 cm. longis; foliolis plerumque 3-paribus, 

 chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, aequilateralibus, ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis 

 vel late oblongo-lanceolatis, perspicue obtuse acuminatis, basi obtusis 

 vel subrotundatis, utrinque nitidis, 2.5-5 cm. longis, 1.3-2 cm. latis, 

 subreticulatis, nervis primariis utrinque circiter 10; leguminibus sub- 

 orbicularibus, compressis, 3-3.5 cm. longis, circiter 3 cm. latis, valde 

 inaequilateralibus, in latere latiore suborbicularibus, in latere angustiore 

 subrectis vel convexis et distincte crasse alatis, ala circiter 2 mm. lata, 

 stylis persistentibus circiter 8 mm. longis. 



Indo-Chin.a, Tonkin, Cao Bang Province, Ban Gioc, A. Pctelot 4757, 

 June, 1933. 



A species in the group with Caesalpinia nuga Ait., but with very dif- 

 ferently shaped fruits, distinctly winged on the nearly straight or slightly 

 convex narrow side, the wider side suborbicular and not at ail winged. 



Figure 1. Caesalpinia stenoptkka Merr. A, leaf ; B, fruit. 



