LEGUMINOSAE. DESMODIUM 103 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, cultivated, alt. 



600-1300 m., May, 1907 (No. 2203; 1-1.6 m. tall, flowers yellow); 



PatungHsien, April 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 1). 



This shrub is frequently cultivated and the flowers, cooked with eggs, are eaten. 



E. H. W. 



Caragana jubata Poiret, Encycl. Meth. Suppl. II. 89 (1811).— 

 Komarov m Act. Hort. Petrop, XXIX. 287, fig. 1 (Gen. Carag. Monog.) 

 (1909). 



Western Szech'uan: Pan-lan-shan, west of Kuan Hsien, heaths, 

 alt. 3600-4600 m., June 1908 and October 1910 (Nos. 2201, 4374; 

 bush 0.6-1.6 m. tall, flowers primrose-yellow); west of Tachien-lu, 

 heath, alt. 3600^600 m., June and September 1908, October 1910 

 (Nos. 2202, 4376; bush 0.3-2 m., flowers rosy-pink); without precise 

 locality, alt. 3600-4600 m., June 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 3396). 



Caragana Maximowicziana Komarov in Act. Hort. Petrop. XXIX. 

 269, t. 11, fig. B (Gen. Carag. Monog.) (1909). 



Western Szech'uan: heaths around Tachien-lu, alt. 3000-4300 

 m., June and September 1908, October 1910 (Nos. 1280, 4176; bush 

 0.6-2 m. tall, flowers bronzy-yellow) ; without precise locality, Sep- 

 tember 1903, June 1904 (Veitch Exped. Nos. 3395, 3398). 



DESMODIUM Deso. 



Desmodium floribundum G. Don, Gen. Syst. II. 97 (1832). 



Western Hupeh: Changyang Hsien, thickets, alt. 600-800 m., 

 June and October 1907 (No. 401; bush 0.6-1.3 m. tall, flowers purple); 

 Changlo Hsien, grassy mountains, alt. 1300-1600 m., June and Sep- 

 tember 1907 (No. 1079''; bush 1.6 m. tall, flowers rosy-purple). 



A vernacular name for this shrub is " Yeh-huang-tou." E. H. W. 



Desmodium laburnifolium De Candolle, Prodr. II. 337 (1825). 



Western Szech'uan: Hungyah Hsien, roadside thickets, alt. 

 300-800 m., September 4, 1908 (No. 2939; 0.4-0.6 m. tall, flowers 

 white). 



Desmodium laxiflorum De Candolle in Ann. Sci. Nat. IV. 100 

 (1825); Prodr. II. 335 (1825). 



Western Szech'uan: Hungyah Hsien, side of ditches etc., alt. 

 300-800 m., September 5, 1908 (No. 2929; 0.3-0.6 m. tall, flowers 

 purple). 



