78 . AET. I. B. HAYATA : 



albicantes, fusco-tomentosi, remote foliati. Folia trifoliolata, ambitn 

 late ovata, cum petiolis 10 cm. longa, 7 cm. lata, foliolo terminal! 

 oblongo Tel oblongo-obovato, 6J cm. longo, 3J cm. lato, apice rotnn- 

 dato, ad summum aristato, (aristis 4 mm. longis) basi obtuso, 

 leviter cuneato, integro, supra adpresso-piloso, subtus brevissime 

 villoso, ad costam et venas fusco-tom^entoso, costis et venis pri- 

 mariis supra leviter subtus prominente elevatis, venis primariis 

 utrinque latere 12, leviter curvatis ad margin em attingentibus, 

 venulis inter venas oblique transversis, pitiolulo brevissimo 2 mm. 

 longo, rhacbis 1 cm. longo, foliolis lateralibus terminali conformi- 

 bus minoribus, oblongo- ellipticis basi leviter obliquis latere inferiore 

 rotnndato-obtusis, latere superiore acutis, 4 cm. longis, 2 cm. latis, 

 petiolulis 2 mm. longis, stipellis lanceolate -subulatis, 4 mm. longis, 

 petiolis IJ cm. longis, villoso-tomentosis, stipulis subulatis, leviter 

 recurvis basi subito dilatatis, 1 cm. longis, 3 mm. latis, extus 

 villoso-tomentosis intus glabris. Flores paniculate -racemosi, pani- 

 cuKs 2 cm. longis, 15 cm. latis, fusco-tomentosis, pedicellis 3 mm. 

 longis tomentosis, bracteis caducissimis. Calyx 5-lobatus, patens, 

 5J mm. longus, lobis sequalibus 4J mm. longis, 2 mm. latis, caudato- 

 ovatis, apice cuspidato-acuminatis extus patente- tomentosis, intus 

 glabris. Petala 5, circ. aequilonga ; vexillum late rotundatum 7^ 

 mm. longum, 6J mm. latum, apice emarginatum, basi late rotun- 

 datum, subito acutum ; alae oblongœ, basi obtusse latere superiore auri- 

 culatae : carina navicularis apice rotundata, basi angustata latere 

 superiore leviter auriculata ; tubus staminalis ruber ; stylus reflexus. 



Hab. Banchoryö : Jucliori, leg. G. Nakahaka, Oct. 1905, 

 (No. 586). 



Near Desmodium concinnum DC. ; differs from it in having 

 smaller bracts which are rounded at the base, and also in smaller 

 stipules. 



