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5-6-plo longiora ; foliola opposita, superiora latei'alia 

 ovato-oblonga, in apicem obtusum angustata, basi obtusa, 

 4-5 cm. longa, integra, chartacea, nervis 5-paribus supra 

 reticulatis ; petioli 1-2 mm. longi ; stipulae stipellaeque 

 carentes. Racemi 2-4-iii ex apice ramorum enati, sessiles, 

 per anthesin caudati, 10-20 cm. longi ; rachis superior ut 

 pedicelli calycesque brunneo-pubescens. Flores penduli, 

 numerosi, conferti, 8 mm. longi ; pedicelli 6 mm. longi ; 

 bracteae subulatae, aequi-longae. Calyx late campanu- 

 latus, 4 mm. longus, 4-dentatus, dentibus 3 inferioribus 

 tubo pauUo brevioribus, superiore longiore emarginato. 

 Petala alba ? ; vexillum ovatum in unguem brevem angust- 

 atum, apice reflexum, 6 mm. longum ; cetera 7 mm. longa, 

 angusta. iSfamzna libera. OwariMw? pubescens, 5-OTulatum. 

 Legumen ellipticum, compressum, indehiscens, angustissime 

 alatum, 3-3"5 cm. longum, 1"5 cm. latum, apice basique 

 rotundatum, breviter stipitatum. Semina compressa, ovalia, 

 7-9 mm. longa ; embryonis radicula accumbens. 

 N.W. River (Emit) 4.8.18'JO, Herb. Hongkong.; China (flower) 

 Millet " Sophora from China, Hort. Soc. Hort. Lond. 

 1838," Herb. Kew. Fl. white, summer. ? 



48.-B0WRINGIA. 



1. B. callicarpa, Champ. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 95. Abundant in 

 ravines on Mt. Victoria, Mt. Gough and Mt. Parker, 

 Hongkong ; Maonshan and Plovers' Cove, Hongkong 

 New Territory ; Swatow ; Lienchow River ; Lofoushan. 

 Fl. white, May. 



49.— SOPHORA. 



"Key to species. 



1. Herb 



Tree 



2. Leaves velvety beneath 

 Leaves glabrous beneath 



1. S. flavescens, Ait. ; DC. Prodr 



cream-coloured, April. 



2. S. tomentosa, Linn, ; DC. 1. c. 95. At Little Hongkong and 



Repulse Bay, Hongkong ; Hongkong New Territory 

 without locality ; Kwangtung without locality. Fl. 

 yellow, August. 



3. S. japonica, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 95. Hongkong without 



locality ; Canton ; Lienchow River. Fl. white and pale 

 yellow, August. 



50.— ORMOSIA. 



Key to species. 



1. Leaves densely woolly beneath ... 2. 

 Leaves glabrous ... ... ... 3. 



2. Pods lenticular, woolly \. pachycarpa. 



Pods oblong, glabrous 2. mollis. 



1. flavescens. 



2. 



2. tomentosa. 



3. japonica. 



ii. 96. Lienchow River.' Fl. 



