78 DR. H. F. HANCE ON NORTH-CHINA PLANTS. 
latter character the distinction between De Candolle's two sec- 
tions is reduced to the deciduous or persistent foliage. 
10. OXYTROPIS SUBFALCATA, sp. nov. Acaulis, foliolis multijugis 
faleato-oblongis basi rotundatis apice acutis utrinque cum petiolo 
adpresse albo-pilosis, stipulis scariosis lanceolatis hispidis longe su- 
bulato-acuminatis, pedunculis folia duplo superantibus plurisuleatis 
suleis pilis albis adpressis notatis apice laxe racemoso-multifloris, 
floribus ut videtur purpureis brevissime pedicellatis, bracteis setaceis 
tubum calycis campanulati albo-pilosi setaceo-dentati sequantibus, 
vexillo orbiculari integro alas carinamque longirostrem inter se fere 
sequales parum superante.—In campis editioribus ditionis Pekinensis, 
m. Aug. flf. legit Dr. S. W. Williams (Exsicc. n. 14889). 
Allied to O. cerulea, DC. 
11. OxYTROPIS PSAMMOCHARIS, sp. nov. Acaulis, foliolis conju- 
gatis vel sepius 4-6 subverticillatis lineari-oblongis acutiusculis 
utrinque villoso-hirsutis, scapis folia fere duplo superantibus pilis 
crispulis tomentosis, floribus sessilibus in capitulum densum globo- 
sum in fructu oblongum congestis, bracteis subulatis calyce cinereo- 
hirsutissimo tubuloso-campanulato brevioribus persistentibus, peta- 
lis ex sicco roseis, vexillo orbiculari emarginato alas parum exce- 
dente, leguminibus ovoideo-globosis gibbis inflatis albido-pilosis ca- 
lyce duplo longioribus sutura superiore tantum introflexa unilocu- 
laribus stylo sursum uncinato coronatis, seminibus fusco-olivaceis 
nitidissimis.—Herba decumbens, in planitiebus aridis sterilibus supra 
pylas * Nan-kau Pass," Chine borealis, sabulosa ornans, obvenit 
m. Sept. 1867, amiciss. Dr. S. W. Williams (Exsicc. n. 14685). 
Allied to O. verticillaris, DC., O. oxyphylla, DC., O. bicolor, 
Bge., and especially O. microphylla, DC. 
12. LEsPEDEZA FLORIBUNDA, Bge. 
Dr. Bretschneider sends a pretty plant agreeing well with 
the detailed description of this species given by Bunge in his 
‘Plantarum mongholico-chinensium Decas, published at Kazan 
in 1835. Bunge alludes to its affinity to L. violacea a. diver- 
gens, Torr. & Gr.; but it is still nearer, I think, to L. Stuvei, 
Nutt, y. virgata. Its closest ally, however, is no doubt J. 
bicolor, Turez., from which it is readily known by its bright her- 
baceous green colour, its papyraceous more cuneate leaves, pallid 
beneath, and the subulate deeper calyx-teeth. Bunge speaks of 
the keel as being “apice fere in morem Ozytropeos subacutata;” 
but I find it quite as blunt as in LL. bicolor. This very distinct 
genus is well worth a careful monograph, the specific limits being 
ill-defined. I think it very questionable if the sections insti- 
