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LEGUMINOS^. CLXI. Lespedeza. CLXIL Ebenus. 



7 L. erioca'rpa (D. C. in ann. mils, SCI. nat. 4. p. 102.) erect; than the leaves; calyxes shorter than the corolla, but longer 

 petioles short ; leaflets cuneate-obovate, retuse, mucronate, re- than the legumes. "J/.H. Native of North America. Hedys. 

 ticulated on both surfaces; glabrous above, but clothed with hirtum, Lin. spec. 1055. ? L. hirta, Horn. cat. 699. ? Hedys. 

 strigose pubescence beneath ; racemes in fascicles, almost sessile ; villosum, AVilld. spec. 3. p. 1195. Flowers white and pale 

 calyxes one-half shorter than the corolla and legume, which is yellow, twin, the lower pairs distant, with the flowers sometimes 



abortive and sometimes in fascicles, mixed with scales in the 



axils of the leaves. 



O — -^ — 



^ . G. Native of Nipaul. 



orbicular, acuminated, and hairy. 



Aspalathus violaceus, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 246. Anthyl- 



Flowers violaceous. 



lus cune^ta, Hamilt. mss. 



Calvclne seg- 



Villous Lespedeza. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. 2 feet 



ments lanceolate, acuminated, about equal in length to the - 15 L. procu'mbens (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 70. t. 89.) 



corolla. (D. Don, 1. c.) 



Woolly-f, 



2 to 3 feet. 



plant procumbent, slender, pubescent; petioles elongated; leaf- 

 Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. Sh. lets oval, obtuse, mucronulate ; racemes axillary, loose-flowered, 



very long and slender ; calyxes shorter than the corolla ; le 



8 L. StuVei (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 107.) plant erect, sim- gumes ovate, naked, smoothish. . %. H. Native from New 

 pie, clothed with soft silky villi ; petioles very short ; leaflets York to Carolina, in sandy or gravelly places. Nutt. gen. amer. 

 elliptic-oval, mucronate; racemes corymbose, many-flowered, 2. p. 108. Hedys. Lespedeza, Poir. diet. 6. p. 415. Flowers 

 axillary, on short peduncles, about the length of the leaves; 

 legumes pubescent, longer than the calyx. ©. II. Native of 



the state of New York, in sandy fields. Flowers purple. 



Stuve's Lespedeza. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



of a violaceous-purple colour. 

 Procumbent Lespedeza. 



Fl. July, Aug. 



16 L. PROSTRA^TA (Pursh, fl. 



Clt. 1816. 



n. pr. 

 Nutt. 



amer. sept. 2. p. 481. 



. ^ gen. amer. 2- p. 1 08.) plant prostrate, slender, glabrous ; petioles 



9 L. LONGiFOLiA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 349.) stem erect, angular, short ; leaflets elliptic, obtuse, mucronate, hardly pubescent 



pubescent; petioles very short ; leaflets oblong, glabrous above, beneath; racemes axillary, slender, few-flowered, longer than 



the leaves ; calyxes shorter than the corolla ; legumes ovate, 

 rather pubescent. 1/. H. Native of Pennsylvania (Muhl.), 

 of New Jersey (Nutt.), Upper Canada (Dough). Hedys. pros- 

 tratum, Muhl. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 1200. Flowers purplish. 

 Prostrate Lespedeza. FL June, Aug, Clt. 1810. PI. pn 

 17 L. GLOMERATA (Hom. hort. hafn. suppl. 81.) stems twin- 

 ing ; leaflets oval, obtuse, rather pubescent ; spikes of flowers 

 axillary and terminal, sessile, glomerate. C^. '^. S. Native of 



but clothed with adpressed, silky-silvery pubescence beneath ; 

 racemes fasciculately corymbose, many-flowered, axillary and 

 terminal ; legume shorter than the lobes of the calyx. ©. ? H. 

 Native of Louisiana. 



Long-leaved Lespedeza. 

 L. frute'scens (D. C. 



10 



Flowers purple. 



PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



prod. 2. p. 349.) plant erect 



stems simple, villous ; petioles short ; leaflets elliptic, obtuse, ra- 

 ther mucronate, clothed with silky pubescence beneatl 



racemes 



axillary, almost sessile, shorter than the leaves ; calyx shorter the East Indies. Flowers pro1)ably red. 



than the corolla; legumes pilose, shorter than the calyx. 

 Native of Carolina. • - * • — 



Ij.F. 



L. fruticosa, Pers. ench. 2. p. 318. Hedys. 

 frutescens, Lin. spec. 1055. Willd. spec. 3. p. 1193. Flowers 



purplish. 



(?/owera;^-spiked Lespedeza. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1819. Pl.tw. 

 18 L. viRGA^TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 350.) stem herbaceous, 



mucronate, 



erect, branched, angular, pilose ; leaflets ovate, 

 ^ , , T lined, glabrous, bearing hairs on the nerves beneath and on 



*S/m^i/>y Lespedeza. Fl.Ju. Aug. Clt. 1739. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. the margins ; stipulas membranous, oblong. 1^. G. Native 



sim 



11 L. CAPiTATA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 3. p. 71.) plant erect, of Japan. Hedys. virgatum, Thunb. fl. jap. 290. Peduncles 



Pl 



petioles very short ; leaflets elliptic, clothed with ad- 3-flowered and pilose, according to Thunberg, 1. c. The plant 



pressed pubescence beneath ; spikes capitate, on short peduncles, is in habit like Z. eriocdrpum, ^^^hich is seen by a specimen in 



axillary, but they are also disposed into globose heads at the tops 

 of the branches; calyxes villous, length of corolla, but much 



Native from Carolina to New 



longer than the legume. It* H. 



York, in sandy fields and on the edges of woods. 



sept, amer 2. p. 480. Hedys. conglomeratum, Poir. diet. 6. crowded, few-flowered; 'flowerrVrTcterte '; 

 p. 416. ■'■ 11 



Pursh. fl. 



Flowers pale purple. 



Capto/^. flowered Lespedeza. Fl.Ju. Jul. Clt.1789. PI. 1-3 ft. 



12 L. ANGUSTiFOLiA (Ell. skctch. 2. p. 206.) plant erect, pu- 

 bescent ; petioles very short; leaflets oblong-elliptic, or lan- 

 ceolate, clotlied with canescent pubescence beneath ; racemes 

 capitate, longer than the leaves ; corolla longer than the calyx. ' 

 %. H. Native of Carolina, in arid, sandy places. L. capitata, 

 var. angustifolia, Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 480. Flowers 



the herbarium of Agardh, at Copenhagen. 



Twiggy Lespedeza. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



19 L. Indica (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 202.) leaflets roundish- 

 ovate, clothed with rusty tomentum beneath ; racemes axillary, 



■ - - - ^ ' - villous; 



calyxes 



Hallia 



pal 



leafl 



Fl.Ju. Jul. Clt. 1800. PI. 2 ft. 



stem shrubby. Tj . S. J^fative of the East Indies, 

 trifoliata. Roth. 



Indian Lespedeza. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. The species are rather shewy when in flower, and a ^ 

 therefore worth cultivating for the purpose of decorating n^^'^^J 

 borders. The herbaceous perennial kinds grow well in .^. ^ 

 rich soil, or in peat borders, and are increased by dividing 

 the root in spring, or by seeds. The shrubby kinds ^re a ^ 

 very elegant plants, but they will not live unless P^'O^^^^^*^,^ 

 greenhouse or frame during winter ; for this purpose they sno 



i« T « X /»*• 1 n . - .. ^ *^. g*^-v,i4ijwuo^: ui uaiut; uuriiiij Winter : lur luia imumuov »--^ 



nt hr'J'^N'T CMichx. fl. bor. amer. 3. p. 71. t. 40.)- be grown in pots, in a mixture of sand and peat, and you.« 

 mt erect, branched, verv v.llnn« • .....1.. ..,,. .i,„_. . i„_..._ ^^^^-^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^..jj ^^^.^^ ^^^^ readily if planted in a pot of 



sand, with a bell-glass placed over them. The seeds o\ ^ 

 annual kinds should be sown in a peat-border, in as shelterea 



plant erect, branched, very villous ; petioles very short ; leaflets 



roundish-oval, obtuse ; spikes oblong, axillary, twice the length ' 



of the leaves, pedunculate ; calyxes about equal in length to 



the corolla, but hardly longer than the legume. %. H. Native 



from Fennsvlvania to Carolina, and of Upper Canada, in waste 

 fields. ^^ ^ ' " '''••• - 



with a red spot on the vexillum. 



spec 



Flowers white 



Many-sjuked Lespedeza. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



Fl. June, Aug. Clt.1789. PL 



situation as possible. 



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CLXIL E'BENUS (from ahmus, the Arabic name for ebony^ 

 ""' voQ or t/^tXoc, of the Greeks, ehenus or ehenuni o\ ^ 

 Romans, from the Hebrew Hehen). Lin. pen. no. 895. • 

 legum. mem. vii. prod. 2. p. 350.— Anthyllis species of h^ ' 



m 



Monadelph 



14 L. viLLosA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 318.) plant erect, branrhpd 

 />lnfUpfl wWK viii^iio f.^«,^«f.,*v. *• 1 ^1 ^'^^^' orancnea, i^i^, syst. monaaeipniay uecanaria. - 



lets Ihndc ol r. °^l", ™- 1 ^ f T^'^I '^""^.'^^^ ' ^^^^' '"^« ^ ^^^^^^ the middle ; the tube beconnng .. . 



lets tll.pt.c, obtuse ; spikes axdlary, slender, 3 or 4.times longer ventricose ; the segments linear-subulate, about equ 



Calyx permanent, cie« 

 .rning it length rath ' 



al m 



lengik 



