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Drous, so far as known, and in its inflated, obscurely winged, or 
sometimes merely carinate pods which very strongly resemble those 
of Pongamia pinnata Mery. 
Canavalia Adanson. 
‘Canavalia bracteolata sp. nov. 
Suffruticosa, scandens, partibus junioribus et subtus foliis 
ferrugineo-pubescentibus: petiolis perspicue ferrugineo-pubescen- 
tibus; foliolis ovato-ellipticis vel ellipticis, membranaceis vel char- 
tacels, acuminatis, 7—9 cm. longis; racemis longe pedunculatis, 
floribus 3 cm. longis, glabris, bracteolis binis ellipticis mem- 
branceis 8—10 mm. longis instructis; leguminibus anguste 
oblongis, compressis, leviter pubescentibus, 12 cm. longis, 15—18 
mm. latis, seminibus circiter 12, ellipticis, compre:sis, 8 mm. 
longis, atro-brunneis, obscure variegatis. 
A suffrutescent vine, the younger parts and the lower surface 
of the leaflets conspicuously ferruginous-pubescent. Branches 
terete, smooth, glabrous, about 4 mm. in diameter, pale or brownish 
when dry. Leaves 3-foliolate, their petioles ferruginous-pubescent, 
3 to 5 cm. long; leaflets ovate- elliptic to elliptic, membranaceous 
to chartaceous, 7 to 9 cm. long, 3 to 5 cm. wide, rather abruptly 
sacuminate, the acumen broad and distinctly apiculate, base usually 
obtuse, the upper surface olivaceous, glabrous or nearly so except 
the somewhat pubescent midrib, the lower surface ferruginous- 
eae on the midrib, nerves and reticulations; lateral nerves 
about 8 on each side of the midrib, distinct. Inflorescences long- 
peduneled, 40 to 50 em. long, when young more or less ferruginous- 
pubescent, in age glabrous or nearly so. Flowers purplish- pink, 
mostly in the upper 10 cm., about 3 em. long, somewhat fascicled 
on the thickened nodes, their pedicels slender, pubescent, about 95 
ram. long, the calyces subtended by 2, elliptic, subpersistent, mem- 
branaceous, distinctly nerved bracteoles which are about 10mm. long, 
6 mm. wide, sparingly pubescent, and rounded at the apices. 
‘Calyx rather strongly curved, the tube about 12 mm. long, base 
cuneate, the upper lip entire, ovate, 7 mm. long, the lower lp 3- 
lobed, the lateral lobes oblong-ovate, 5 mm. long, subacute, the 
peacey one similar but slightly longer. Limb of the standard ob- 
ovate, 2.5 cm. long, 2: cm. wide, obscurely auricled at the base, the 
claw : mm. long; wings oblong-elliptic, nearly equalling the 
standard, about 8 mm. wide, obtuse, conspicuously auricled at the 
base, the claws 7 mm. long; keel equalling the wings, oblong- 
obovate, inequilateral, rounded, scarcely falcate, the inner margin 
in the median part conspicuously toothed, hase inequilateral, ob- 
tuse, not auricled. Filaments glabrous, the free parts 6 to 7 mm. 
long: anthers ellipsoid, 1.2 mm. long; staminal tube distinctly 
geniculate near its base. Ovary linear, pubescent, stipitate; ovules 
‘about 15; stvle glabrous, 6 to 8 mm. long. Pods flattened, about 
12 cm. long, 15 to 18 mm. wide, about 4 mm. thick along the upper 
wR. A. Soc., No. 86 1922. 
