ON THE FLORA OF BORNEO. 85 



The type of both Afzelia borneensis, Harms, and Pahudia 

 acuminata, Merr., is Hose 93, and Harms's specific name has 

 priority. The number of Fedde's Repertorium containing the 

 description of Afzelia borneensis, Harms, did not reach Manila 

 until November 20, 1916. Dr. Harms does not consider that 

 the Malayan Pahudia, Miquel, is generically distinct from the 

 African Afzelia, Smith, in which he may be correct, but in this 

 connection Afzelia, Smith (1798), is entirely different from 

 Afzelia, Gmel. (1791), and I prefer to retain MiquePs generic 

 name Pahudia. 



Desmodium, Desvaux. 



Desmodium laxum, DC. in Ann. Sci. Nat. 4 (1825) 336. 



British North Borneo, Mount Kinabalu, Marai Parai 

 Spur, Clemens 10901, November 24, 1915. 



India to southern China, the Philippines, and Malaya. 



Uraria, Desfontaines. 



Uraria picta, (Jacq.) Desv., Journ. Bot 1 (1913) 123, t. 5, f. 19. 



Hcdysarum pictum, Jacq. Coll. 2 (1788) 262. 



British North Borneo, Khota Balud to Kibayo, Cle- 

 mens 9785, Topping 14S3, October 28, 1916. 



Widely distributed in the tropics of the Old World, in- 

 troduced into the New World, but not previously recorded 

 from Borneo. 



Mucuna, Adanson. 



Mucuna toppingii, sp. nov. § Zoophthalmum, Carpopogon. 



Frutex alte scandens, foliolis subtus parce hirsutis, iii- 

 florescentiis dense ferrugineo-pubescentibus et pilis rigidis 

 fuscis instructis ; foliolis ovatis vel elliptieo-ovatis, acuminatis, 

 usque ad 15 cm. longis, basi rotundatis, nervis utrinque circiter 

 6 ; inflorescentiis racemosis ; racemis axillaribus, solitariis vel 

 fasciculatis, usque ad 20 cm. longis; floiibus atro-purpureis, 

 circiter 4 cm. longis, calijce obliquo, pilis rigidis instructo ; 

 carina cartilagineo-acuminata ; leguminibus junioribus oblongis, 

 dense ferrugineo-pubescentibus et pilis rigidis fuscis numero- 

 . sissimis instructis, suturis alatis, valvis planis, haud trans- 

 verse lamellatis. 



A more or less woody, luxuriant vine, the branches terete, 

 brownish, striate, glabrous, sparingly lenticellate. Petioles 8 

 to 12 cm. long, glabrous, or when young sparingly hirsute; 

 stipels acicular, about 3 mm. long; leaflets ovate to elliptic- 

 ovate, the terminal one equilateral, the others more or less 

 inequilateral, olivaceous, shining, chartaceous, 12 to 15 cm. 

 long, 7.5 to 9.5 cm. wide, base rounded or very shallowly 



R. A. Soc, No. 76, 1917. 



