LEGUMINOSAE 



Apios carnea (Wall.) Benth. ex Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2: 18S. 1876; Gag- 

 nepain in Lecomte, FI. Gén. Indo-Chine 2:421. /. 40. 6-8. 1916; Hand.-Maz. 

 Symb. Sin. 7: 579. 1933; Chun, Sunyatsenia 4: 217. 1940. 

 Cyrtotropis carnea Wall. PI. As. Rar. 1: 50. t. 62. 1830. 



Indo-China, Tonkin, Chapa, Pételot 2470, Aug. 1940, a large liana, ait. 1500 m. 

 India to Siam, Yunnan, and_fide Chun, in Kwangtung. 



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The only reason for recording this hère is that although Gagnepain de- 

 scribed it, Le, he had seen no Indo-Chinese spécimens, admitting the species 

 because it occurs in Siam. The Chinese .1^/0^ macrantha Oliv. Hook. le. 

 20: t. 1946, 1890, originally described from Szechuan, is allied but is 

 apparently distinct. 



