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Vicia venosa in Sibiria oriental], Mandsliuria et Ja- 

 ponia varus locis inter se remotis crescens Varietates 

 plures foliorum forma florumque colore perdistinc- 

 tas format^ e quibus haec sane satis discrepans. 



Foliola versus apicem petioli decrescentia, maxima 

 58 : 14 mm., terminalia 40 : 9 mm. magna. Flos 

 13 mm. longus. 



Galactia Tashiroi. Semper virens florens et fructifera 

 volubilis ad axes omnes pilis crispis pubescens; stipulis 

 stipellisque caducis liis brevisetaceis; foliis ternatis 

 petiolo laminam superante, foliolis chartaceis laevibus 

 superne glabris subtus dense gilvo-sericeotomento- 

 sis, utrinque teuere subsexcostatis late ellipticis ob- 

 tusis V. vix acutiusculis brève, terminali vix lon- 

 gius, petiolulatis ; racemis folio longioribus interruptis, 

 bracteis minutis lanceolatis caducis, floribus singulis 

 V. geminis, calyce sericeo pedicellum apice minutis- 

 sime scariose bibracteolatum superante 4-fido laci- 

 niis linearilanceolatis acutiusculis summa ovata ob- 

 tusa binervi; corolla purpurea fere duplo longiore 

 vexillo oblongo truncate basi late brevissime unguicu- 

 lato, carina recta obtusa alas oblongas superante ve- 

 xillo breviore, staminé vexillari libero, ovario dense 

 sericeohispido stylo incurve glabro; legumine piano- 

 compresse linearisubfalcato laevi appresse piloso sub- 

 octospermo stylo brevi uncinate, seminibus reniformibus 

 compressis opacis atris hilo brevi oblongo concolore. 



Liukiu: maritimis circa oppidum Napa (Tashiro 

 fl. frf. 1882). 



Proxima G. canescenti Ben th. e Texas, quae differt 

 foliis utrinque incanis reticulatis réticule subtus ele- 



