﻿184 S. Kurz — Descriptions of a few Indian Plants. [No. 3, 



11. AspiDOPTEEYS Helfeeiana, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., ISTlf, 

 137. 



Frutex scandens, novellis appresse fulvo-pubescentibus ; folia orbicu- 

 lari-ovata ad lato-obovalia, breviter cuspidata v. apiculata, petiolo |-f 

 poUicari pubescente glabrescente sufFulta, 3-5 poll, longa, vulgo glauco- 

 viridia ; flores parvi, glabri, pedicellis c. 2 lin. longis glabris filiformibus, 

 paniculam axillarem et termiiialem laxam o.um juvenilem ferrugineo- 

 pubesceiitem mox glabrescentem formantes ; petalac. 2 Jin. longa; ovarium 

 glaberrimum ; gjnobasis decidua ; disci lobi vix rugosi ; samarse ovoidese, 

 pollicem eirciter longse, apice attenuate retusse, hj^alino-membranaceEe, pal- 

 lida brunnese, radiato-nervos£e, alato-cristatse, glabrae. — Tenasserim. 



12. Indigofeea debilis, Grab, in Wall, Cat., 5466. 



Herba annua V. perennis, l|-2-pedalis, sparse appresse hirsuta ; stipulee 

 lineari-subulatge, 3-4 lin. longee; folia impari-pinnata, subsessilia, 1-I|^ poll, 

 longa; foliola 1-2-juga cum imparl longius petiolulato, alterna, i'hom- 

 boideo-obovata ad sublanceolata, brevissime petiolulata, basi subcuneato- 

 attenuata, obtusiuscula et mucronata v. acuta, \-\ poll, longa, Integra, 

 meml)ranacea, supra glabra, subtus tenuissime appresse pubescentia ; flores 

 minimi, brevissime pedicellati, bractea persistente subulata Jineam longa 

 muniti, in racemum gracillimum paroe pubescentem v. glabrum multi- 

 florum axillarem folio multo longiorem digesti ; calyx lin. longus, parce 

 appresse pilosus, dentibus subulato-filiformibus ; corolla paullo longior ; 

 legumina linearia, subcylindrica cum suturis pallide coloratis prominenti- 

 bus, c. -2- poll, longa, oblique acuminata, brunnea, parce appresse liirsuta, 

 5-6-sperma; semina cylindrico-oblonga, utrinque truncata. — /. viscosce 

 atiinis. — Ava. 



13. Desmodium (Phtllodium) geande, nov. sp. 



Frutex erectus, ramulis molliter fulvo-tomentellis ; stipula3 et stip- 

 ellae strictre, breves, lineares, subulato-acuminata^ ; folia pinnato-3 v. raro 

 1-foliata, petiolo ^-1 poUicari fulvo-tomentoso suffulta ; foliola 3-5 poll, 

 longa, breviter petiolulata, ovata v. sub-ovata, longiuscule et obtusiuscule 

 acuminata cum mucrone, Integra, cbartacea, supra puberula, subtus mol- 

 liter sub-fulvo-pubescentia ; flores... in racemos foliatos axillares et terminales 

 digesti et paniculam terminalem efformantes ; rliacbis fulvo-tomentosa ; folia 

 floralia bifoliolata, petiolo 2-3 lin. longo tomenloso in aristam longam 

 desinente sufFulta ; foliola oblique ovalia ad suborbicularia, retusa v. rotun- 

 data cum mucrone, puberula, pollicem eirciter longa ; legumina 2 3 arti- 

 culata, tomentoso-pubescentia, iis D. pulcJielli duplo majora. — D. vestito 

 afline. — Ava. 



N. B. Flores Lespedezce pinetorum nee cyanei nee rosei, ut in diario 

 hoccc 1873, 231 descripti, sed flavescentes carina apice rosella. 



