"DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Lespedeza. 
dunculatis, corollis calyce subaequalibus, lomento ca- 
- lycem subzquante.— Mich. fl. amer. 3. p. 71. — 
Hedysarum hirtum. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 1193. 
— - Icon. Mich. fl. amer. 2. t. 40. : 
In copses and old fields: Pensylvania to Carolina, 4. 
'. June—Aug. v.v. From two to three feet high; 
481 
flowers small, white, with a red spot on the vexillum. . 
4. L. diffusa, ramosissima ; foliis longe-petiolatis: foliolis 
ellipticis obtusis subtus adpresso-pilosis, racemis bre- 
.. vibus umbellatis, floribus geminatis, lomentis rhom- 
—— beis reticulatis glabris. i 
— Hedysarum violaceum. Willd. sp. pl.3. p. 1195. 
= On gravelly dry soil: Virginia to Carolina. %. July. 
v.v. Flowers small, purple or violet. 
5. L. diffusa, ramosa; foliolis oblongis obtusis subtus ad- 
presso-pilosis, racemis petiolo longioribus, floribus ge- 
minis, lomentis ovatis reticulatis glabris. 
Hedysarum divergens. Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 1196. 
In North America. Muhlenberg. 11. +. Approaches 
very near to the foregoing species, ‘and is probably 
only a variety. 
6. L. procumbens, gracilis, pubescens; foliolis ovalibus, 
pedunculis longissimis, setaceis spicifloris, legumini- 
.. bus calyce minuto nudatis.— Mich. fl. amer. 3. p. 70. 
Hedysarum Lespedeza. Lam.encycl 6.p.415. — — 
In sandy and gravelly soil: New York to Carolina. Ys 
June, July. v.v. Flowers violet-purple, with yel- 
7. L. prostrata; foliis petiolatis: foliolis ellipticis obtusis 
subtus pilis raris adpressis tecta, racemis axillaribus fo- 
. --. lio longioribus, lomentis ovatis pubescentibus. 
— . Hedysaruin prostratum. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 1200. 
In Pensylvania, AMuhlenberg. Y. +. Resembles He- 
dysarum repens greatly. 
T 881. HEDYSARUM. Gen. pl. 1204. 
1. H. erectum, glabriusculum ; foliis ternatis oblongo-lan- 
ceolatis, stipulis filiformibus, floribus racemosis, arti- 
violacea. 
divergens. 
procumbens. 
prostrata. 
canadense. 
culis lomenti obtuse triangulis hispidis.— Willd. sp. - 
~ PhS p.1187. 
Icon. Moris. hist. 2. s 2. t. 11. f. 9. . 
In sandy barren fields and woods; Canada to Carolina, 
X. July, Aug. v. v. Flowers middle-sized, of a 
bandsome purplish-red. 
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