FOUR NEW CHINESE CHSALPINIER, 865 
pulvinulo ex pilis albis brevibus conflato adaucta antice lunato- 
biloba cornubus deorsum productis margine pulcherrime ciliato- 
fimbriata, columna —— rostello elongato, polliniis 2 ellipsoideis 
seem loriformi affixi 
In arboribus jugi Te fau-shan, prov. Cantonensis, m. Aug. 1888, 
coll. cl. C. Ford. (Herb. propr. n. 22249. 
pecies nostra a charactere Benthamiano columne forma 
recedit ; sed, ex mea sententia, recentiores botanici nimio equius 
genera jam inter Orchideaceas notis levioris momenti —_— 
nec hee differentia ad plantam chinensem, aliis quidem notis 
genere cui eam adscripsi bene concordantem, secernendam cndinaen 
censeo. Utriusque plante supra descripte exemplaria viva florida 
aminavi. 
FOUR NEW CHINESE CASALPINIEZA. 
UCL By H. F. Hance, Ph.D., F.L.S., &. 
I. Cesalpinia (Guianpina) minax. — Frutescens, diffusa, 
aculeis rectis uncinatisque armata, ue ie foliis isque preter novellos 
primum Bales os glaberrimis, stipulis ad utrumque latus binis 
vis, unica bipartita) subulatis gia, folii abrupte 
ugis 
jugis brevissime pe oat oblique ovato-lanceolatis setaceo- 
apiculatis tenuibus 1-14 poll. longis 8 lin. latis, racemis ifloris 
basi paniculatis rachi ferrugineo-tomentosa, bracteis oblongis 
acuminatis tomentosis pollicaribus 5 lin. latis, pedicellis 8 lin. 
longis cum calyce pallide ferrugineo-tomento oe calycis tubo late 
: ; . 
paulo breviorum filamentis inferne dense villosis, ovario dense 
echinulato, stylo stamina paulo excedente glaberrimo, pei aia e 
rm 
us botuliformibus anthracinis nitentibus 9 lin. ec 4 lin. 
uxt ae Shiu-hing, secus fl. North River, sesh Can- 
tonensis, Setasitar vy. R. H. Graves. (Herb. propr. n. 2228 
most lenctng pee. remarkable as a singularly jee 
member of the small era o which it belongs, es widely 
from C. Bondue Roxb.! and C. Bonducelia Flem.! by its spiniform 
stipules, very large bracts and flowers, white and purple petals, 
7-seeded legumes and the colour and shape of its seeds. I have 
Seatitied it fect specimens raised from seeds gathered by Dr. 
raves. In ae Hongkong Coden it flowers in April, and ripens 
its fruit in July. 
we) Il. Pterolobium subvestitum. — Ramulis rachi foliorum 
