144 L. LEGUMINOS2B. (J. G. Baker.) [Lespedeza* 



neath witli whitish silky hairs, calyx and large pod densely clothed with 

 spreading- hairs. Oxyramphis sericea, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5349. Lespedeza 

 sericea, Royle MSS. won Miguel. Orotalaria macrostyla, Don Prodr. 242. Oxy- 

 ramphis macrostyla, Wall. Cat. 5348, non Lindley. L. Royleana, Miquel Ann. 

 Mus. Luy. Bat., iii. 50. O. stenocarpa, Klotzsch Reise Pr. Wald. Bot. 168, 

 t. 1, fig. 2. 



HIMALAYAS, tropical and temperate zones, alt. 2-7000 ft. ; SIMLA and GTTRWHAL 

 to KHASIA. 



An undershrub, 3-4 ft. high, with woody densely pubescent branches. Petiole 

 -J in. ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, rigidly subcoriaceous, -f in. long, grey, glabres- 

 cent, venose above, usually persistently silky, rarely (0. macrostyla, Wall.) subgla- 

 brescent below, broadly rounded, sometimes deeply emarginate at the point, the petio- 

 lule of the end one not more than \ in. Racemes short, dense, many-flowered, catkin 

 like when unexpanded, the silky ovate bracts hiding the buds ; pedicels f- in., 

 densely silky. Calyx \ in. ; teeth lanceolate, twice the tube. Corolla deep red, three 

 times the calyx. Pod short-stalked, f | in. long, narrowed to .both ends; style per- 

 sistent, ^ in. long, densely plumose in the lower half. 



8. Xi. eriocarpa, DC. Prodr. ii. 349 ; petiole produced, leaflets small 

 thinly grey-canescent beneath, calyx and small pod clothed with ad pressed silky 

 hairs. Oxyramphis virgata, Wall. Cat. 5350. O. macrostyla, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 

 xxxii. t. 28, non Wall. L. paniculata, Royle MSS. Desmodium angulatum, 

 Wall. Cat. 5729 M. 



HIMALAYAS, temperate and tropical zones, alt. 3-9000 ft. ; HAZARA and KASHMIB 

 to KHASIA and SIKKIM. 



A copiously-branched erect shrub, 3-4 ft. high, with slender silky angular fur- 

 rowed branchlets. Petioles i-1^ in. ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, -1 in. long, rigidly 

 subcoriaceous, green, glabrous, reticulato-venose above, broadly rounded at the apex, the 

 end one on a petiolule - in. long ; uppermost leaves reduced or suppressed. Racemes 

 copious, peduncled, not dense, many-flowered, 2-4 in. long; bracts not exceeding 

 buds ; pedicels f- in. Calyx in ; teeth linear-subulate, twice the tube. Corolla 

 deep purple-red, f-^- in. Pod \ in., long, minutely stalked, more coriaceous than in the 

 last ; style as long as the pod, slightly pubescent near the base. L. paniculata, Eoyle, 

 is a mere form, with lax racemes and longer pedicels. 



9. 1*. Thomson!, Benth.. MSS. ; petiole produced, leaflets large densely 

 argenteo-canescent beneath, calyx and small pod finely grey-silky. 



KHASIA, temperate region, alt. 5000 ft, HJc. fil. fy Thomson, Lobb. 



Habit of the last, to which it is closely allied. Petiole 1-2 in. ; leaflets oblong, 

 1-2 in. long, subcoriaceons, obtuse, green, glabrescent, less venose above. Upper 

 leaves suppressed or much reduced, so that the racemes form a terminal panicle. 

 Bracts in., linear, subpersistent, canescent on the back ; pedicels ^- in. Calyx \ in. ; 

 teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla f in., deep red. Pod %-\ in. long, shortly 

 stipitate, finally glabrescent, subcoriaceous ; style | in., not at all plumose. 



SPECIES UNKNOWN TO ME. 



L. DECOEA, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 42, 2, 231. An erect shrub, 

 3-5 ft. high, with angular stems clothed with adpressed fulvous down. Stipules 

 linear-subulate in. ; petiole 1-1^ in. ; leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse with a mucro, 

 chartaceous, 1-1^ in. long, glabrous and dark green above, glaucescent and faintly 

 pubescent below. Racemes short, but slender, fulvo-pubescent ; bracts ovate-lanceo- 

 late, cuspidate, ^ in. long, persistent, glanduloso- pilose. Calyx in., fulvo-pubes- 

 ceut ; teeth ovate-acuminate. Corolla twice length of calyx, blue. Immature pod 

 oblique ovoid, compressed, shortly sericeous. MARTABAN, Kurz. 



L. PABVIFLORA, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 42, 2, 231. A shrub, with 

 angular silky branches. Stipules linear-subulate, | in. ; petiole canescent, in. ; 



