Plantae Chinenses Forrestianae. 
Plants pe pate and collected by George Forrest during his first exploration 
an and Eastern Tibet in the years 1904, 1905, and 1906. 
Description of New Species of Lespedeza. 
BY 
DR. A. K. SCHINDLER, 
Posen. 
With Plates VI-VIII, 
Lespedeza Balfouriana, Diels mss. ex Schindler in Fedde, 
Repertorium ix (1911), 522. (Campylotropis.) Plate vi. 
Frutex 4-8-pedalis erectus ramis virgatis acute triquetris 
minute alatis pallide viridibus glabratis. Folia stipulis magnis 
semilanceolatis subscarioso - papyraceis pallidis multinervosis 
glabris 10-12 mm. longis 3 mm. latis angulis decurrentibus et 
petiolo late alato ad 6 cm. longo sparse pilosulo praedita, foliola 
papyracea elliptica vel late lanceolata apice acuta vel rotundata 
mucronata fere glabra subtus pallidiora nervis secundariis 
utrimque vix prominentibus, terminale petiolulatum 5-6 cm. 
longum lateralia subsessilia 4-5 cm. longa, omnia 1.5-2.3 cm. 
lata. Stipellae nullae. Racemi axillares et terminales paniculati 
saepe bini vel terni pedunculati, cum pedunculo 8-25 cm. longi ; 
bracteae stipulis similes lanceolatae scariosae ad 5 mm. longae 
persistentes ; pedicelli quam bracteae subduplo longiores adpresse 
pubescentes. Bracteolae lanceolatae acutae 1-1.5 mm. longae 
subpersistentes. Calyx sparse longeque adpresse brunneo- 
pubescens tubo 2.5 mm., laciniis superis 2-2.5 mm. infero 4—4.5 
mm. longo acutis summa vix incisa. Corolla pallide lutea calyce 
duplo longior vexillo 9-10 mm. longo 6-7 mm. lato, alis 10-11 mm. 
longis 5 mm. latis, carina acutissima angulo fere acuto sursum 
curvata parte infera 9, supera 7 mm. longa. Legumen pedicello 
subduplo brevius oblique orbiculato-ovatum breviter mucro- 
natum et stipitatum obsolete reticulatum brevissime sparse 
pilosulum cum stipite et mucrone 7-8 mm. longum et 4 mm. latum, 
mucrone 0.5, stipite 1.5-2 mm. longo. 
“Shrub of 4-8 ft. Flowers pale canary-yellow. Moist, open, 
(Notes, R.B.G., Edin., No. XXXVI, March 1913,] 
