230 S. Kurz — New Burmese Plants. [Ko. 4, 



piirpurei, pedicello gracili 2 — 3 lin. longo pubescente, in racemum gracilem 

 pubescentem axillarem saepius in paniculam terminalem abcuntem dispositi ; 

 bractese lineares, subulato-acuminata3, 2 — 3 lin. longae, pubescentes, cadu- 

 cissimae ; calyx pubescens, lineam circiter longus, lobis lanceolatis acuminatis ; 

 corolla 2\ lin. longa ; legumen in stipitem 1 lin. longum attenuatum, 

 reeurvatum, planum, chartaceum, puberuluin, moniliformi-2 — 3, v. s£ci)ius 

 1-articulatum ; articuli bastato-rotundati, c. ^ poll, longi et lati ; semina 

 reniformi-oblonga, compressa, brunnea, nitentia. — Tenasserim. — Ex affinitate 

 D. strangulati, &c. 



236. Desmoditjm oblatum, Baker MS. {Desmodium reniforme^ Wall. 

 Cat. vix Dc. certissime non Burm). 



Fruticulus erectus, gracilis, 2 — 3-pedalis, glaber ; stipnlae et stipellie 

 minutse ; folia 1-foliolata, petiolo capillari ^ — ^ pollicari suffulta ; foliolum 

 transverse ellipticum, apice subsinuatum v. rotundatum, 1 — 1^ poll, latum, 

 integrum, glabrum, Isete virens ; flores parviusculi, cyanei, pedicello capillari 

 0. i pollicari puberulo, fasciculati et racemum gracillimum puberulum 

 axillarem in paniculam terminalem abeuntem form antes ; bractese persisten- 

 tes, ovatse ; calyx c. 1^ lin. longus, subglaber, lobis lineari-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis ; corolla sub — 3 lin. longa ; legumina in stipitem brevissimum 

 contracta, compressa, minute puberula et glabrescentia, lineari-oblonga, 

 moniliformia, 2 — 4 passkn 1-articulata, articuli semiorbiculares, sutura 

 exteriore vix curva, reticulati, c. 2 lin. longi v. longiores ; semina compressa 

 reniformia pallide brunnea nitentia. — Ava, Pegu, Martaban. — Ex affinitate 

 D. reniformis, &c. 



237. DESMODirM atjricomijm. Grab, in Wall. Cat. 5704*. 



Herba annua a basi ramosa patenter fulvo-pilosa ; stipulae lanceolat^e, 

 aristato-acuminatse, striatse, 2 — 2^ lin. longse ; folia pinnatim 3-foliolata, pet- 

 iolo parce piloso 3 — 4 lineari suffulta ; foliola elliptica ad obovalia, rotundata 

 V. subretusa, \ — f poll, longa, supra subglabra, subtus parce appresse pilosa ; 

 flores parvi purpurei, pedicello capillari piloso ^ — -| pollicari, racemum 

 gracilem patenti- fulvo-pilosum terminalem v. ramulos axillares terminantem 

 formantes ; bractese vulgo sub antbesi persistentes, ovatse, subulato-acumi- 

 natse, 3 — 4 lin. longse, fulvo-pilosse ; calyx 1-j lin. longus, fulvo-pilosus, 

 lobis linearibus subulatis ; corolla sequilonga v. paulo longior ; legumina 

 plana, sessilia, lineari-oblonga, ciliata et intra marginem villoso-pilosa, laxe 

 reticulata, 3 — 5-articulata, articuli lin. circiter longi et lati, sutura interior! 

 rotundati exteriori subrecti, dehiscentes ; semina reniformia, brunnea, 

 nitentia. — Arracan, Tenasserim. — Ex affinitate D. triflori, &c. 



238. Lespedeza pinetortjm, nov. sp. 



Frutex subsimplex v. ramosus robustus erectus 2 — 4-pedalis dense 

 fulvescenti-pubescens ; folia 3-foliolata, petiolo \ — f pollicari villoso sufful- 

 ta j foliola elliptica ad elliptico-ovata, brevissime crasscque petiolata, 1 — 2 



