I2 PLANTAE CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE. 
and shady situations amongst scrub, and on the margins of pine 
forests on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat.25° 40’. Alt. 
8000-10,000 ft. June-September 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 4241. 
Lespedeza Feddeana, Schindler in Fedde, Repertorium x 
(1912), 405. Plate vii. 
Suffrutex erectus ramosus, caule ramisque lineato-angulatis, 
breviter adpresse pubescentibus demum glabratis. Folia stipulis 
lineari-subulatis extus puberulis 4-5 mm. longis et petiolo superne 
sulcato pubescente ad 1 cm. longo praedita, rhachis brevis, semper 
distincta, dimidium petioli fere aequans ; foliola lineari-elliptica 
vel oblonga, apice acutiuscula mucronata, marginibus subrevo- 
luta, pallide viridia, superne glabra subtus longe denseque adpresse 
sericea ; terminale ad 2.5 cm. longum et ad 6 mm. latum ; later- 
alia paulo minora, nervis secundariis utrinque distinctis remotis 
subparallelis, arcubus latis connectis, reticulo inter nervos dis- 
tincto; stipellas non: vidi. Racemi florum perfectorum in 
foliorum superiorum axillis sessiles, glomerati vel pedunculati, 
elongati cum pedunculo ad 4.5 cm. longi. Bracteae lineares, 
primariae 1.2 mm. secundariae 2.5-3 mm. longae, calycis 
dimidium aequantes. Calyx 6-8 mm. longus, ad basin fere 
fissus, tubo r mm. tantum longo, laciniis lineari-subulatis, 2 
posticis subbrevicribus 1.5 mm. alte connatis, antica longiore, lcnge 
denseque pilosis. Corolla ochroleuca cum macula violaceaad vexilli 
basin, calycem paullo tantum superans, vexillo alas et carinam 
paullo excedente, vexillo 8.5—9.5 mm. longo et 4.5—5 mm. lato, basi 
distincte appendiculo apice in apiculum parvum protracto, alis 
7-8.2 mm. longis et 2 mm. latis rectis, carina 8-8.5 mm. longa et 
2.5mm. lata. Flores apetali in foliorum axillis sessiles glomerati, 
saepe ad basin pedunculi florum perfectorum. Legumen ignotum. 
_ “Divide between Lang Kung and Chien Chuan valleys. 
Grassy hillsides. Lat. 26° 20’ N. Alt. 8000 ft. Yunnan. 
1904.” G. Forrest. No. 152. 
Also Ki-mi-se, above C — yu, not far from Hochiang chou. 
Lat. 26° 32’N. Long. 100° 9’ E. Delavay. No. 2740. 
_. Very similar to L. Gerardiana, Grah., but differing in the 
branched stem, the linear bracts and bractecles. the relation of the 
calyx to the corolla, the rhachis of the leaves, the pointed leaflets, 
and the nervation of the leaf ; in L. Gerardiana, Grah., the second- 
ary nerves are very close and no net of veinlets between them. 
Lespedeza Forrestii, Schindler in Fedde, Repertorium x 
(1912), 406. Plate viii. 
Herba suffrutescens vel suffrutex parvus e radice polycephala 
caules complures repentes simplices emittens, caules novelli 
