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stems 1-3 ft., densely pubescent. Leaves shortly stalked, not 
crowded, slightly over-lapping ; leaflets oblanceolate, 
upper surface glabrous, lower densely grey-silky. Flowers 
nearly sessile, \ in. long, pale yellow, in numerous, small, axillary 
clusters. Calyx grey-silky. Keel slightly curved, obtuse, tipped 
with brown-purple. Pod ~ in., silky, concealed in the calyx. 
(Fig. 38.) 
Simla ; 'August. — Throughout the Himalaya, 5000-10,000 ft. 
4. Lespedeza stenocarpa, Maxim. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 143, under 
L. macrostyla, Baker. A shrub ; stems 3-4 ft., densely pubescent. 
Leaves shortly stalked ; leaflets obovate, about \ in. long and 
nearly as broad, upper surface nearly glabrous, lower densely 
covered with shining, white-silky hairs. Flowers nearly \ in. long, 
deep red, crowded in racemes hardly \ in. long ; buds hidden by 
the ovate, silky bracts. Calyx white-silky. Keel strongly curved, 
acute. Fruiting racemes 1-2 in. Pod \ in., grey-silky, narrowly 
oblong, much longer than the calyx, tapering upwards to the base 
of the long, hairy, persistent style. 
Sutlej and Giri valleys ; July-December. — Plains of X. India, ascending to 
5000 ft. 
5. Lespedeza eriocarpa, DC. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 144. A 
shrub ; stems 3-4 ft., pubescent. Leaves stalked ; leaflets ovate, 
or obovate, about lxf in., upper surface glabrous, dark green, 
lower pubescent, paler. Flowers nearly \ in. long, deep purple- 
red, in stalked racemes 3-6 in. long. Calyx brown-silky. Keel 
strongly curved, acute. Pod ovate, J in., hairy, acute, much longer 
than the calyx. 
Simla, Mushobra, Matiana, not common, Shali, abundant ; September. — 
Throughout the Himalaya, 4000-9000 ft. 
17. ZORNIA. In honour of J. Zorn, a Bavarian botanical 
author of the eighteenth century. — A small American genus, one 
species being also widely diffused in the tropics. 
Zornia diphylla, Pers. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 147. A hairy or 
pubescent, nearly erect herb ; stems several, tufted, 6-12 in., 
slender. Leaves of 2 leaflets ; leaflets nearly sessile, lanceolate, 
|-1 in., entire, acute, lower surface black-dotted ; stipules leaf- 
like, produced downwards. Flowers nearly sessile, yellow, J in. 
long, in erect, axillary racemes 1-3 in. ; each flower almost hidden 
in a pair of leaf-like, fringed bracts. Calyx membranous, half as 
long as the petals ; teeth 5, the 2 upper united, 2 lateral very 
short, lowest as long as the upper. Standard orbicular ; keel 
incurved, obtuse. Stamens united in a closed tube, 5 longer bear- 
ing globose anthers, alternate with 5 shorter, bearing oblong 
anthers. Style incurved, glabrous ; stigma minute. Pod protrud- 
