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Lespedeza medicaginoides, Bge.— Sand flats.— Short; 



flowers yellow and white. 

 Lespedeza trichocarpa, Pers.— Banks. — Erect; 2 ft.; 



flowers yellow an J. white. 

 Lespedeza juncea. Pers. — Banks. — 16 in. ; flowers 



white; leaves narrow, appressed. 

 Lespedeza virgata, DC. — Lotus Hills. — Low and diffuse ; 



flowers white and purple, on long peduncles. 

 Lespedeza striata, Hook. — Waste places. — Decumbent; 



Clover-like; flowers purple-tipped, sessile, Aug. 

 Lespedeza tomentosa, Sieb. — Banks. — Erect, coarse, 



with brown appressed hairs; flowers white and 



crimson, Aug. 

 Vicia pseudo-orobus, Fisch. — Banks. — Climbing; flowers 



smaller, purple; leaflets ovate. 

 Vicia amoena. Fisch. — Banks. — Climbing flowers 



purple; leaflets oblong-ovate. — "Vetch." 

 Vicia tridentata, Bge. — Open ground. — Short, decum- 

 bent; flowers large, purple. May. 

 Vicia unijuga, Al. Br. — Banks. — Stout ; flowers purple ; 



Jeaves in pairs. Aug. 

 Lathyrus maritimus, Bigel. — Sandy shores. — Sprouting 



from horizontal rootstocks; flowers purple; leaflets 



wide.— "Sea Pea." 

 Lathyrus palustris, L. — Banks. — Erect; flowers purple; 



leaflets long and narrow. 

 Pueraria Thunbergiana, Benth. — Lotus Hills. Eocks. 



— Brown hairy, with very long, trailing branches; 



flowers purple. — "Ko." 

 Phaseolus chrysanthus, Savi. — Near cultivation. — Weak, 



climbing; flowers yellow; leaves pinnately trifoliate. 

 Sophora flavescens, Ait. — Banks. — Upright, 2 ft. ; 



flowers light-yellow. 

 Sophora japonica, L. — Large tree, common. Flowers 



light-yellow; leaves pinnate. — "Ch'iao Hwai." 

 Cassia mimosoides, L. — Damp places. — Erect; flowers 



deep yellow, Aug; leaflets many, sensitive. 

 Albizzia Julibrissin, Durazz. — Planted. — Tree; flowers 



pink, in tassels; leaflets many. — "Silk Flower." 

 Rosaceae. Cherry Family. 



Prunus humilis, Bge. — Lotus Hills. — Low branching 



shrub, 2 ft. ; flowers pink. — " Cherry." 

 Prunus mume, Sieb and Zucc. — Lotus Hills. — 



Garden. — Tree; fruit hairy. 

 Prunus tomentosa, Thunb. — Ea?t Cliff. Befuse heap. — 



"Mountain Cherry." 



