Lespedeza LEGUMINOSAE Lespedeza 



aa. Herbaceous annuals: pedicels short, bearing 4 bracteoles at the 



base of the calyx (Kummerowia). 



Lfts. bristly ciliate when young, especially those subtending 



the infl.: calyx in fr. more than half the length of the pod: 



pod rounded at apex, with a very short stiaight or recurved 



point 16. L. stipulacea 



Lfts. not conspicuously hairy: calyx in fr. less than half the 

 length of the pod: pod with an acuminate point or beak at 

 the apex 17. L. striata 



1. Lespedeza cuneata (Dum.-Cours.) G. Don (L. sericea Miq., not Benth.; L. juncea, 

 non Pers.) §kW;W (T'ieh Sao Chou; Iron Broom) (R.M. 521). Shrub, to 6dm.; fls. 

 white or yellowish, VII-X. Eastern Asia, Malaysia, Australia; locally in Che., 

 Ku. Grassland. 



2. Lespedeza floribunda Bunge #^t^^i^ (To Hua Hu Chih Tzu; Many -flowered 

 Bush-clover) (A.H.P. 2:360). Shrub, to 2m.; fls. purple, VII-IX; fr. X. North 

 China; locally in Ku. Brushland and grassland. 



3. Lespedeza dunnii Schindl. (Pl.W. 2:111). Shrub; fls. purple, V-VI; fr. VII- 

 VIII. China; locally in An. Thickets. 



4. Lespedeza bicolor Turcz. ffli&=F (Hu Chih Tzu; Wild Stem) (R.M. 520). Shrub, 

 to lm.; fls. purple, VII-IX; fr. X; calyx teeth ovate lanceolate. North China, 

 Manchuria, Japan; locally in An., Ki., Ku. Brushland. 



5. Lespedeza pilosa (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. fg$c (Mao Ti; Cat Reed) (Mak.F. 418). 

 Creeping shrub; fls. white, VII-IX; fr. X. Japan, China; locally in Ku. Brush - 

 land. 



6. Lespedeza buergeri Miq. /fc^^fei 1 (Mu Pen Hu Chih Tzu; Woody Bush-clover) 

 (R.M. 521). Shrub, to 2m.; fls. yellow and purple, VI-VIII. China, Japan; locally 

 in An., Che., Ki. Brushland. 



7. Lespedeza maximowiczii Schneid. (Nak.L. 38). Shrub, to 4m.; fls. purple, VII- 

 VIII; fr. IX-X. Korea, China; locally in An., Che., Ku. Thickets. 



8. Lespedeza davidii Franch. (Fra. D. 1:94). Shrub, to 2m.; fls. purple, VIII; fr. 

 IX-X. China; locally in Ki. Brushland. 



9. Lespedeza fordii Schindl. (E.J. 49:586). Shrub, to lm.; fls. reddish purple, 

 VIII-IX; fr. IX-X. China; locally in An., Che., Ki. Brushland. 



10. Lespedeza metcalfii Richer (Am. JB. 33:258). Shrub, to 7dm.; fls. reddish 

 purple, VI- VII; fr. VII-IX; lfts. elliptic-oblanceolate-mucronate. China; locally in 

 An. Brushland. 



11. Lespedeza thunbergii (DC.) Nakai MUW (Ma Sao Chou; Horse Broom) (R.M. 520). 

 Shrub, to 2 m.; fls. rose-purple, VII-IX; fr. IX-X; calyx cleft 1/3. Japan, Korea, 

 China; locally in An., Che., Ki., Ku. Brushland. 



12. Lespedeza nipponica Nakai (Nak.L. 10). Shrub, to 3 m.; fls. purple, VIII-IX.fr. 

 IX-X; lfts. often emarginate. Japan, Korea, China; locally in Che., Ku. Brush- 

 land. 



13. Lespedeza paradoxa Ricker (Am. JB. 33:258). Shrub, to 6dm.; fls. purplish, VIII; 

 fr. X; lfts. mucronate. China; locally in An. Brushland. 



14. Lespedeza tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb. apud Maxim, ^k (Pai Ti; White Reed) 

 (Mak. F. 418). Shrub, to lm.; fls. yellow-white, VIII-IX; fr. X. Eastern Asia; 

 locally in An., Ki., Ku. Grassland. 



15. Lespedeza virgata (Thunb.) DC. W$g$. (Shih Hui Ti; A-drawing-brush) (Mak.F. 

 417). Shrub, to 6 dm.; fls. yellow and purple, VII-IX. Japan and China; locally 



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