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Leaflets at least three times longer than broad. Flowers 
in sessile clusters. Keel obtuse. Pod hardly longer than 
the calyx. 
Flowers J in. long or less. 
Flowers pale yellow or white, tinged with purple. 
Leaflets in 1. L. sericea. 
Flowers pale purple. Leaflets 5 —^ in. . . 2. L. juncea. 
Flowers ^ in. long, pale yellow. Keel tipped with purple 3. L. Gerardiana, 
Leaflets about as long as broad. Flowers in racemes. 
Keel acute. Pod much longer than the calyx. 
Leaflets \ in. ; lower surface densely covered with 
shining, white hairs. Racemes 1 in. or less . .4 . L. stenocarpa. 
Leaflets 1-lj in. ; lower surface pubescent. Racemes 
3-6 in. . . . . . . . . 5. L. eriocarpa. 
1. Lespedeza sericea, Miq . ; FI. 
Br. Ind. ii. 142. A shrub ; stems 
2-3 ft., densely pubescent. Leaves 
nearly sessile, crowded, overlap- 
ping ; leaflets wedge - shaped, 
^— | X in., upper surface nearly 
glabrous, lower densely white- 
silky. Flowers nearly sessile, J in. 
long, pale yellow or white, tinged 
with purple, in numerous, small, 
axillary clusters. Calyx white- 
silky. Keel slightly curved, obtuse. 
Pod J in., thinly silky, hardly 
longer than the calyx. 
Simla ; July, August. — Throughout 
the Himalaya, 3000-8000 ft.— China, 
Japan, N. Australia. 
2. Lespedeza juncea, Pers. ; FI 
Br. Ind. ii. 142. A small shrub, 
rarely more than 6-12 in. high ; 
stems densely pubescent, some- 
times decumbent near the base. 
Leaves shortly stalked, crowded, 
overlapping ; leaflets oblanceolate, 
in., upper surface nearly gla- 
brous, lower densely grey-silky. 
Flowers nearly sessile, hardly ^ in. 
long, pale purple, in numerous, 
small, axillary clusters. Calyx 
grey-silky. Keel slightly curved, 
obtuse. Pod £ in., thinly silky, 
hardly longer than the calyx. 
Simla ; August. — W. Himalaya, up to 
7000 ft. — N. and Eastern Asia. 
3. Lespedeza Gerardiana, Grah. ; 
FI. Br. Ind. ii. 142. A shrub ; 
Fig. 38. Lespedeza Gerardiana. 
