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latum, breviter unguiculatum, basi insigniter biauriculatum ; ale 
oblongæ, longissime calcaratz ; carina fere recta, obtusa, breviter 
bicalcarata ; stamina distincte diadelphia, stamen vexillare vex- 
illo basi adnatum ; ovarium breviter stipitatum, disco annulari 
brevi cinctum, secus suturam superiorem puberulum, 1-ovulatum. 
Legumen deest. 
Shan hills at 3000 feet. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE VII. 
A branch of Phylacium majus, Coll. et Hemsl., natural size. 
Fig. 1, calyx laid open, showing the shortly stipitate pistil; 2, standard ; 3, one 
of the wings; 4, one of the keel-petals ; 5, the stamens; 6, ovary in 
section, showing the solitary ovule. All enlarged. 
A very distinct species, having flowers at least double the size 
of those of P. bracteosum, the only previously known species of 
the genus, in which, too, the flowers are borne in quite small 
clusters. P. bracteosum, Benn., inhabits the Malay Archipelago 
from Java to Little Kei and the Philippines; and the discovery 
of a new species in Burma is an interesting fact. 
Lespedeza juncea, Pers., var. sericea, Maxim.; Fl. Brit. Ind. 
ii. p. 142; Forest Fl. Burma, i. p. 380 (species propria).—Shan 
hills at 4000 feet. 
North India, throughout China and Japan, and in Australia. 
Lespedeza decora, Kurz, Forest Fl. Burma, i. p. 381; Fl. Brit. 
Ind. ii. p. 144.—Shan hills at 3000 feet. 
Burma. 
Lespedeza parviflora, Kurz, Forest Fl. Burma, i. p. 381; Fl. 
Brit. Ind. ii. p. 144.—Shan hills at 4000 feet. 
Burma. 
Lespedeza sericophylla, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex amplus, ramulis floriferis crassiusculis angulatis ap- 
presse sericeo-hirsutis. Folia pinnatim trifoliolata, undique 
argenteo-sericea, breviter petiolata, eum petiolo 2-3 poll. longa ; 
foliola brevissime petiolulata, crassa, mollia, elliptica, 1-1} poll. 
longa (lateralia minora) Flores mediocres, circiter 6 lineas 
longi, dense racemosi, pedicellis quam flores brevioribus, bracteis 
parvis persistentibus; calyx dense longeque hirsutus, subbila- 
biatus, lobis angustis acutis 2 superioribus alte connatis; petala 
