182 4(5. LEGUM1N0S7E: PAPJ UOSTACEjE. 



Var. £. latifolia. 



Lespedeza juncea, var. subsessilis, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 

 iii. p. 49. 



Cobean Archipelago (Oldham, 334 !). Herb. Kew. 



11. Lespedeza macrocarpa, Bunge, Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. 

 p. 18 ; Maxim, in Ada Horli Petrop. ii. p. 351 ; Franchet, PI. 

 David, p. 94. 



Campylotropis ehinensis, Bunge, Descrip. Nov. Gen. et Sp. PL Chin. 

 dec. i. p. 7 ; Walp. Rep. v. p. 527- 



Chiiili: near Peking (Mcellendorffl BushelV. Bretschnei- 

 derl), Kupehkan, 100 miles north of Peking (Williams !) ; 

 Hupeh : Ichang (A. Henry !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



12. Lespedeza medicaginoides, Bunge, Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. 

 p. 19 ; Walp. Rep. i. p. 478 ; Maxim, in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. 

 p. 375 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 96. 



Chihli : near Peking (Staunton ! Bushell ! Williams ! Tata- 

 rinoiol Skatchkoffl); Suingking: Peiling ( Webster !) ; Hupeh: 

 Ichang (A. Henri/ !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



There is some doubt whether the specimens referred here really 

 belong to this species. 



13. Lespedeza pilosa, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. i. 

 p. 121 ; Maxim, in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. p. 381. 



Cobean Abchipelago : both groups (Oldham, 345 !). Herb. 

 Kew. 

 Japan. 



14. Lespedeza striata, Hook, et Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 262 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Hongh. p. 85 ; Maxim, in Acta Horti Petrop. ii. 

 p. 382 ; U. S. Dep. Agric. Pep. 1878, p. 180, t.24 ; Sep. Adelaide 

 Bot. Gard. 1887, p. 4. 



Lespedeza stipularea, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. pp. 85 et 4/0. 



Common from Chiiili, Shingking, the Corea, and Hupeh to 

 Hongkong and Formosa (Cantor \ Tatarinow\ Bossl Main- 

 gay ! Oldham ! A. Henry ! Staunton ! and others). Mus. Brit. : 

 Herb. Kew. 



Mandshuria and Japan, and colonized in the Southern States 

 of North America, where it is known as " Japan Clover." In 

 California it has spread over thousands of acres, and affords 

 excellent pasturage ; and attempts are being made to establish it 

 in South Australia. 



