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2 lin. longe. Flores 4 lin. longi. Calycis dentes tubum ex- 
cedentes. Corolla rubra, calycem ter longior, vexillo pubescente. 
Ovarium pubescens. Legumen glabrescens, ascendens, lineare, 
rectum, 7-1} poll. longum, acuminatum. Semina 6-8. 
YUNNAN: in exposed grassy parts of the Mengtze mountains, 
at 4600-6000 ft., 4. Henry, 9686, 9686 A, 9686 B ; Ducloux, 538 . 
Lespedeza lanceolata, Dunn; L. cystisoides, Benth., habitu 
huic proximat sed inflorescentia racemosa recedit. 
Frutex, ramulis junioribus sparse appresse pilosis. Folza 
trifoliolata; petiol isubalati, 3-6 lin. longi; stipule lanceolate, 
membranacee, striate, persistentes, superiores longe acuminate, 
internodiis longiores; foliola chartacea, supra glabra, subter 
sparse sericea, lanceolata, 1-14 poll. longa, apice basique acuta, 
stipellata, nervis lateralibus simplicibus, subter prominentibus, 
supra impressis. Flores albi, subumbellati, 3 lin. longi; pedun- 
culi axillares, petiolis breviores ; pedicelli calyce breviores ; 
bractex parve, persistentes. Calyx sericeus, corolle dimidium 
vix accedens, lobis 4, anguste triangularibus, tubum paulo 
longioribus. Carina obtusa, vix curvata, vexillum squans, alis 
longior. Stamen vexillare liberum. Legumen reticulatum, gla- 
brum, obovatum, apice rotundatum, basi cuneatum, 3-4 lin. 
longum. 
Hainan: Nam-Fom-See, Ford, 372. 
Lespedeza latifolia, Dunn; a L. velutina, Dunn, foliis lati- 
oribus, calycis dentibus brevibus carinisque acutis differt. 
Frutex 10-pedalis, caulibus petiolisque velutino-pubescentibus. 
Folia trifoliolata; petioli 1-2 poll. longi, internodiis longiores ; 
stipule parve, triangulares, pubescentes ; foliola coriacea, supra 
velutino-viridia, subter molliter cinerascentia, elliptica, 14-4 poll. 
longa, 3-24 poll. lata, apice rotundata vel retusa, mucronulata, 
basi rotundata vel obscure cordata. Flores purpurei, racemosi, 
breviter pedicellati, 5 lin. longi; racemi pauci in paniculam 
terminalem conferti; bractee lineares, sericese, caduce. Calyx 
sericeus, corolla 3-plo brevior, lobis triangularibus, tubum squan- 
tibus. Carina acuta, abrupte incurvata, vexillum alasque equans. 
Stamen vexillare, tiberum. Ovariuwm sericeum. 
Yunnan: Milé district, A. Henry, 9899. 
Apios gracillima, Dunn ; in genere inflorescentia distincta. 
Herba volubilis, gracillima; caulis preter pilos in nodis paucos 
