190 LEGUMINOS.E. 



Alysicarpus vaginalis DC. Prodr. IT. p. 353 ; BEXTH. Fl. Hongk. p. 

 80 ; BAKEE iu HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. IT. p. 158 ; FORBES et HEMSL. lud. 

 Fl. Siii. I. p. 179 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Eiium. PI. Fonnos. p. 109. 



HAD. Tamsui, Shiusho, Bioritsu, Hakkoko. 



DISTEIB. Tropics of the Old World. 



21. Lespcdeza MICIIIX. 

 Dichotoiiioiis Key to the Forntosan Slides. 



(1) Scaudent or nearly scandeut. (2) 

 Erect shrubs (3) 



(2) Flowers axillary, clustered Letytedcza ddncnsis. 



Flowers in loug racemes Lespedeza virga(. 



(3) Flowers 111 axillary clusters (4) 

 Flowers iu long racemes. (5) 



(4) Stipules very small, leaves obovatelv linear L. juncea. 



Stipules large, ovate, leaves obovate L. 



(5) Flowers long pedicelled 011 the racemes L. 



Flowers very shortly pedicelled or nearly sessile L. pubescent. 



Lespedeza chinensis Cr. DON ; HOOK, et AEN. But. Beech. Voy. p. 181 ; 

 FOEBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 180; MATSUM. et HAYATA Eiium. PI. 

 Formos. p. 105. 



HAB. Tamsui. 



DISTEIB. China. 



Lespedeza juncea PEES.; DC. Prodr. II. p. 348; FEANCHET PI. David, 

 p. 9G ; BAKED in HOOK. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 142 ; FOEBES et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. 

 Sin. I. p. 181 ; var. sericea MK,>. iu Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. p. ; FOEBES 

 et HEMSL. Ind. Fl. Sin. L p. 181; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos. 

 p. 105. 



HAB. Kiupori. 



The plant mentioned ;is Lespedeza Buenjeri Miy. vsir. Oldhami MAXIM, in Jro ot MATSUM. Tent. 

 Fl. Lutch. i). 405, and in MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. I'l Fonnos. j>. 105 is not identical with 

 the mimed variety, and therefore it should be excluded from the flora oi the island. 



