46 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS 
glabra, fere equilonga: vexillum latum, fere exunguiculatum, 
inappendieulatum ; ale oblong, longe unguiculate, ungue gra- 
cillimo; carina longe graciliterque unguiculata, supra ungues 
biaurieulata, longe rostrata; stamina diadelphia; ovarium 
breviter stipitatum, secus suturam superiorem barbatum, cætero- 
quin glabrum. Legumen ignotum. 
Shan hills at 5000 feet. 
This resembles Z. Davidii, Franchet, in the size and shape 
of the leaflets, differing in the close silvery tomentum and also 
in the floral characters and in the ovary being hairy along the 
upper suture only. 
Lespedeza Prainii, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex ornatus, 10-pedalis, ramulis floriferis graciliusculis 
striatis puberulis glabrescentibus, internodiis quam folia multo 
brevioribus. Folia pinnatim trifoliolata, graciliter petiolata, cum 
petiolo usque ad 2 poll. longa, petiolo fere capillari; stipulæ 
persistentes, angustissime, acutissimæ, 3-4 lineas longæ; foliola 
breviter petiolulata, tenuia, fere membranacea, obovata, 4-12 
lineas longa, apice rotundata, apiculata, supra glabra, atro- 
viridia, reticulata, subtus pallidiora, minute strigillosa; stipelle 
obsolete. Flores purpurei, 6-8 lineas longi, dense racemosi, 
racemis axillaribus folia superantibus, pedunculis pedicellisque 
fere capillaribus; calycis glabrescenti lobi ovati, acuti; petala 
glabra, subequilonga. Legumen breviter stipitatum, glabrum, 
ovato-oblongum, 5-6 lineas longum, reticulatum. 
Shan hills plateau at 4000 feet, common. 
Near the Chinese Z. macrocarpa, Bunge, which has larger 
pallid leaves, longer racemes of pale flowers, and a ciliate pod. 
' Named after Dr. D. Prain, Curator of the Calcutta herbarium, 
who, with Dr. King, compared nearly the whole of the collection 
and described the new Pediculares. 
Lespedeza sp., an Z. decore var.?— Shan hills plateau at 
3000 feet. 
This has smaller, more hairy leaves, and much more densely 
clustered flowers than a specimen noted by Dr. Prain as exactly 
agreeing with Kurz's type of L. decora in the Caleutta her- 
barium. 
Vicia sativa, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 178.—Shan bills 
plateau at 4000 feet ; probably a waif of cultivation. 
