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of the Japanese plant are more obtuse than in A. EdgewortUi, 

 and the caljx-segmentsare larger and more acuminate tlian in the 

 specnneua of A, monoica which I have seen. The spur-like ap- 

 pendages of the lamina of the wing-petals are nearly like those 

 of the American plant. 



Atylosia, a voluble species, probably new, from Nagasaki. The 

 marcescent corolla persists, but the valves of the leguaies, though 

 slightly depressed between tlie seeds, are not marked by trans- 

 verse lines. 



Wistaria cTiinensis^ DC. There seems to be considerable differ- 

 ence in the calyx of this plant. Sometimes it is nearly trunca;te, 

 With the upper lip entire and the three lobes of the lower lip 

 triangular or deltoid; sometimes the upper lip is bifid and the 

 lobes of the lower lip lanceolate-acuminate, the median lobe nearly 

 equalling the tube in length. 



AescTiynomene indica, L. Nagasaki. 



Desmodium Oldhami, sp. nov, § Podocarpium. Herba erecta v. 

 adscendens, gracilis; foliis impari-piimatis (stepius 7-foliolatis) foliolis 

 petiolulatis (lateraUbus oppositis, sui)erioribus et termiuali saepius 

 majorihus) ovalibus vel lanceolato-elhpticis v. lanceolatis Icviter acu- 

 minatis acutis v. aeutiusculis, sparse pilosis, estipellatis, nicemo j)iloso- 

 piibescente elongate, legumine pubescente gracile stipituto articulis 

 solitariis binisve. 



The plant is slender, 2^ ft. high, unbranched, or with one or two 

 branches from the lower part of the raceme; glabrous below, 

 shortly pilose or pubescent above and throughout the raceme. 

 Leaves variable in size, ui^ually 5-10 inches, petiole to lowest pair 

 of leaflets l|-3 ins. Terminal leaflet l|-4x^-l^ in. Eaceme 

 6-10 ins. Flowers solitary or fascicled in twos or threes ; pedicels 

 slender, equalling or exceeding the linear-subulate bracts ; calyx 

 sparsely pilose, two upper teeth connate, three lower short, 

 broadly triangular. I have seen only very young legumes ; the 

 sides of the semi-obovate articles are minutely pubescent, the 

 margins glabrous. I am not sure of the precise locality of this 



plant. 



ghbourhood 



it may have been collected in the Korean archipelago. A second 

 pimiate-leaved Desmodium is in the Hookerian Herbarium from 

 the Isle of Pines. Excepting in the leaves, it resembles D, poly- 

 carp um. 



Lespedeza, Oldham sends six or seven species, whi 



than 



Amongst 



them are specimens, . from Nagasaki and also from the Korean 



