ae eT ee 
Tas. 6602. 
LESPEDEZA sitcotor. 
Native of North China and Japan. 
Nat. Ord. Leguminos%.—Tribe HepDYSAREX. 
Genus LespepEza, Michaux; (Benth, et Hook.f. Gen, Pl. vol. i. p. 524.) 
Lesrepeza bicolor; frutex gracilis, ramis angulatis cinereo-puberulis, ramulis 
gracillimis brevibus v. elongatis rectis curvis v. pendulis, foliis gracile petiolatis 
et petiolulatis oblongis v. elliptico-lanceolatis acutis v. obtusis rarius obovatis 
obcordatis v. orbiculatis muticis ¥. apiculatis glaberrimis v. subtus puberulis, 
racemis axillaribus elongatis longe v. breve pedun~ulatis erectis v. cernuis 
multifloris, floribus oppositis alternis et subverticillatis pedicellatis, calyce 
pubescente v. sericeo tubo brevi, lobis lanceolatis acuminatis, corolla late roseo- 
urpurea calyce triplo longiore, vexillo late ovato breviter unguiculato margini- 
bas recurvis, alis oblongo-falcatis obtusis, carina alis longiore vexillum xequante 
apice rotundata, legumine parvo sessili v. breviter stipitato oblique ovato- 
rotundato membranaceo basi acuto apice tenuiter rostrato, marginibus tenuiter 
incrassatis, faciebus longe reticulatis, semine oblongo-rotundato testa levi 
brunnea. 
L, bicolor, Turezan. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xiv. 69; Walp. Rep. i. 749; Ledeb. 
Fl. Ross. vol. i. p. 715; Maxim. Fl. Amurens. p. 86; Regel Gartenft. 
vol. ix. p. 270, t. 299. 
L. Sieboldii, Miguel Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. vol. iii. p. 47. 
Desmodium japonicum, Hort. 
D. penduliflorum, Oudem. in Neerlands. Plantenkuin ex Wan Houtte Ff. 
des Serres, vol. xviii. t. 1888-9; Carriére in Rev. Hortic. 1873, p. 211, 
cum ic. 
This is one of the most beautiful hardy shrubs that has 
of late years been introduced into Europe, alike remark- 
able for its graceful habit, elegant foliage, and the beauty 
of its copious bright rose-purple racemes. It has a 
wide range in North-Eastern Asia, from Pekin and the 
Corean Peninsula, the Amoo and Ussuri rivers, to Japan ; 
and in its native country it varies much in habit, in the 
shape of the leaflets, length of the racemes, and size and 
colour of the flowers. 
The celebrated traveller and botanist Maximoyicz was 
the first to introduce L. bicolor into Europe, he having 
JANUARY Ist, 1882, 
