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thinly hairy, lower paler. Mowers numerous, pale yellow-green, 
often tinged with lilac, ^-J in. long, crowded in racemes 3-6 in. 
long. Calyx pubescent, tubular, about half as long as the corolla, 
mouth oblique ; teeth very short. Pod glabrous, oblong, pointed, 
^ in., narrowed into a stalk twice as long as the calyx, 2-celled ; 
seeds 6-10. (Fig. 37.) 
Simla, Mahasu ; August, September. — W. Himalaya, 5000-14,000 ft. 
16. LESPEDEZA. In honour of D. Lespedez, Governor of 
Florida in the eighteenth century and a patron of botany. — 
N. Asia, N. America. 
Erect, pubescent or hairy undershrubs. Leaflets 3, entire, 
lateral sessile, terminal one stalked, largest. Stipules soon falling 
off. Flowers numerous, in axillary clusters or raqemes. Bracts 
small. Calyx bell-shaped ; teeth 5, long, narrow, nearly equal. 
Standard broad, erect, clawed ; keel slightly curved and obtuse, 
or strongly curved and acute. Upper stamen free, others united. 
Ovary 1-ovuled ; style glabrous, long, incurved ; stigma minute. 
Pod ovate, flat, indehiscent ; seed solitary. 
