Piatre 2700. 
LESPEDEZA VELUTINA, Dunn. 
Lecuminosm. Suborder PapinionacEx. 
Lespedeza velutina, Dunn (sp. nov.) ; inter species asiaticas vestitu 
distincta. 
Frutee 2-4 pedalis (A. Henry), caulibus petiolisque velutino- 
pubescentibus. _£olva ere Sine omnia petiolata ; petioli 1-2 
Foti 
crebris ; stipelle nulle. acemi in ramorum apicibus et etiam in 
axillis foliorum superiorum solitarii vel fasciculati vel paniculati. 
Flores albi vel rubro tincti (A. Henry), 5 lin. (one breviter graciliterque 
pedicellati ; pedicelli ee breviores ; bractez lineari-lanceolatze, citis- 
sime decidu ; bracteole 2 filiformes, sericez, a basi calycis ort et 
tubum ejus equantes, tarde decidue. Calyx brunneo- -sericeus, corolla 
dimi:tio brevioe, lobis 4 subzequalibus linearibus tubum superantibus 
vexillare fere liberum. ars, eae immaturum ovatum, apice tanto 
acutum, reticulatum, sparse hirtum 
Cuina: Yunnan, near Raripai” in the Red River valley, at 3000 
feet ; and in the Mengtze forests at 4€00 feet. A. Henry, 10447. 
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Maximowicz, in his Synopsis of this Genus (Act. Hort. Petrop. 
ii. p. 345), shows the importance for the purpose of classification of 
L. ciliata, the only member of the section with which it is closely 
associated geographically.—S. T. Dunn. 
Fig. 1, flower from which petals have been removed and calyx laid open; 2, 
standard ; 3, a keel-petal; 4, a wing-petal; 5, ovary in section.—Al/ enlarged, 
