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dense longeque patenter villosi. Folia stipulis 2 fusco-mem- 
branaceis ad caulis basin latis ovatis acuminatis, apicem versus 
linearibus parallele nervosis demum reflexis extus villosis ad 
6 mm. longis, et petiolo brevi villoso praedita, rhachi subnulla vel 
nulla; stipellas nonvidi; foliola cuneato-oblonga, apice emarginata 
vel obtusa brevissime mucronata, superne glabra, subtus mar- 
gineque laxe pubescentia, nervis secundariis tenellis utrinque 
subdistinctis, ad 20 mm. longa et ad 6 mm. lata. Flores in 
foliorum axillis subsolitarii (I-3), bracteae lineares 1-2 mm. longae, 
pedicelli pilosissimi 2 mm. longi, bracteolae lineares 2.5 mm. 
longae, extus longe pilosae. Calyx 8-g mm. longus pilosissimus, 
profunde ultra dimidium fissus, tubo 2-2.5 mm. longo, pies 
lanceolatis longe acuminatis, posticis 5—5.5 mm. longis, 2-2. 
alte connatis, lateralibus 6 mm., antica 6.5—7 mm. longis. Corolla 
calycem dimidio fere excedens, ex sicco pallide rosea cum macula 
violacea ad vexilli basin, vexillo 1-1.5 mm. longiore quam alis, 
his carinam 0.5-0.7 mm. excedentibus, vexillo late ovato apice 
retuso et minutissime apiculato, ad unguem appendiculo magno 
inflexo a latere occulto praedito, 10.5-12 mm. longo et 7.5—8 mm. - 
lato, alis obtusis 9.5-11 mm. longis et 2.5 mm. latis, carina semi- 
orbiculari obtusa, 9-10, 2 mm. longa et 3 mm lata; ovarium 
longe pilosum stipitatum. Legumen ignotum. 
“ Plant of 2-6 inches. Flowers pale pink. Dry, stony, shady 
places in pine woods. Eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. 
Lat. 27°12’. Long. 100° 14’. Alt. gooo-10,000 ft. June 1906.” 
G. Forrest. No. 2416. 
Lisi. OF PLATES 
Illustrating Dr. A. K. Schindler’s Paper on species of Lespedeza collected by 
George Forrest in Yunnan. 
The plates are taken from photographs by Mr. R. Adam of dried specimens in 
the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 
Pirate VI. Lespedeza Balfouriana (Diels mss.), eronges Sp. nov. 
VII. Lespedeza Feddeana, Schindler. Sp.n 
VIII. Lespedeza Forrestii, Schindler. Sp. nov. 
