180 46. LEGUMINOSiE : PAPILIONACE^. 



Chihli : mountains near Peking (ex Bunge'). 



This belongs to the group which includes the closely allied 

 L.juncea and L. sericea, " sed omnium Lespedezorum maxime 

 angustifolia et leguminis forma distincta videtur " {Maximowicz). 



4. Lespedeza chinensis, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. p. 307, excl. syn. 

 Thunb.,fide Maxim, in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 367 ; Hook, et 

 Am. Hot. Beech. Voy. p. 181. 



China : without locality (Millett !) ; Fokien : Amoy {Hance, 

 1429!); Fobmosa: Tamsui {Oldham, 185,187!); Kwangtung: 

 Macao {Gaudichaudl). Mus. Brit. ; Herb, Kew. 



There is a Lespedeza in the Kew Herbarium from Ichang (A. 

 Henry, 2277) with broader, softly hairy leaflets, which may be a 

 variety of L. chinensis, or an allied undescribed species. 



-) 5. Lespedeza ciliata, Benth. in Hook. Kew Joum. Bot. iv. 

 p. 48, in nota ; Maxim, in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 351. 



Chekiang : Chusan {Fortune, 42 ! Jacob !) ; Kiangsi : Kiu- 

 kiang {h b. Forbes V) ; Fokien : Chinchew ( Fortune]). Mus. 

 Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



We follow Maximowicz in retaining this as an independent 

 species, though it is hardly separable from L. macrocarpa, Bunge. 



6. Lespedeza cyclobotrya, Migr. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 

 i. p. 48 ; Maxim, in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 357. 



Corean Aeciiipelago ? {Oldham, 337 !). Herb. Kew. 

 Japan. 



7. Lespedeza Davidii, Franchet, PI. David, p. 94, t. 13. 

 Kiangsi : Kiukiang {David, 925, ex Franchet, Shearer !). 



Herb. Kew. 



There can be no doubt that Shearer's plant is the species de- 

 scribed by Franchet, though the largest leaflets are as much as 

 three inches and a half long. 



8. Lespedeza elliptica, Benth. Cat. Griff. PI. no. 1745 (no- 

 men tantum) ; Maxim, in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 353 ; Baker 

 in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 143. 



Hupeh : Ichang and Patung {A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 

 Khasia mountains, India. 



The Chinese specimens are in flower and are generally more 

 hairy than the Indian, especially the upper surface of the leaves. 



