LEGTTMINOSAE, — DESMO0ITJM 103 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, cultivated; alt. 

 600-1300 m.; May, 1907 (No. 2203; 1-1,6 m. tall; flowers yellow); 

 Patung Hsien, April 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 1). 



This shrub is frequently cultivated and the flowers, cooked with eggs, are eaten, 



E. H. W. 



Caragana jubata Poiret, Encycl Meth, Suppl. II. 89 (1811). 

 Komarov in Act HorL Petrop, XXIX. 287, fig. 1 {Gen, Carag. Monog!) 

 (1909), 



Western Szech'uan : Pan-lan-shan, west of Kuan Hsien, heaths, 

 alt. 3600-4600 m., June 1908 and October 1910 (Nos. 2201, 4374; 

 bush 0.6-1.6 m. tall, flowers primrose-yellow); west of Tachien-Iu, 

 heath, alt. 3600-4600 m., June and September 1908, October 1910 

 (Nos, 2202, 4376; bush 0.3-2 m., flowers rosy-pink); without precise 

 locality, alt. 3600-4600 m., June 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 3396). 



Caracfana Maximowinziana Komarov in Act. HorL Petrov. XXIX. 



I 



269, t. 11, fig. B {Gen. Carag. Monog.) (1909). 



around Tachien-lu, alt. 3000-4300 



June 



0.6-2 m. tall, flowers bronzy-yellow); without precise locality, Sep- 



June 



DESMODIUM Deso. 



Desmodium floribundum G. Don, Gen. SysL II. 97 (1832). 



Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, thickets, alt. 600-800 m., 

 June and October 1907 (No. 401; bush 0.6-1.3 m. tall, flowers purple); 

 Changlo Hsien, grassy mountains, alt. 1300-1600 m., June and Sep- 

 tember 1907 (No. 1079*; bush 1.6 m. tall, flowers rosy-purple). 



name 



E. H. W. 



Desmodium labumifoUum De Candolle, Prodr, II. 337 (1825). 



Western Szech'uan: Hungyah Hsien, roadside thickets, alt. 

 300-800 m., September 4, 1908 (No. 2939; 0.4-0.6 m. tall, flowers 

 white) . 



Desmodium laxiflorum De Candolle m Ann, Sci, Nat. IV. 100 

 (1825); Prodr, II. 335 (1825). 



Western Szech'uan: Hungyah Hsien, side of ditches etc., alt. 

 300-800 m., September 5, 1908 (No. 2929; 0.3-€.6 m. tall, flowers 

 purple) . 



