738 FABACEAE 
lobes ovate: standard purple or pinkish 
odie striped with white: keel-petals 5- 7 
lon ong: pod somewhat longer than the 
ae — (J APANESE-CLOVER.) — Roadsides, 
fields, and woods, various provinces, Fla. 
- Tex. Mo., and N. J.—Nat. of Asia.— 
reque ntly ove rruns pastures, fields, and 
roadsides, especially in poor soil, where it 
is gra zed by horses and cattle. 
2. L. repens (L. 2 Bart. Plant deti 
leaflets 6-15 long: blades oval 
. long; ic e 
longer than the tube, subulate, acuminate: 
eorolla white and pink; iis -petals 6-7 mm 
long: pod 3.5-4.5 mm. long.—Dry plac 
and roadsides, various RE M Fla. to. Tex., Minn., and Conn. 
- x texana Britton. Plant similar to L. repens in habit: A od. 10—26 
long; blades elliptie to elliptie- bor calyx 2-2.5 mm. lon ng; lower 
lobes shorter than the tube, lanceolate to deltoid, acute: keel- petals 5 -6 mm 
long: pod s pee times longer than the calyx. —Dry soil and prairies, Coastal 
Plain, Miss. 
4. L. procumbens Mic Plant me dr 10-25 mm. long; 
blades oval or elliptie, o or e E obovate x 4—5.5 mm. long; lobes 
Mind about twice as long as the tube: ma E 4.5-5.5 mm. long, or 
sometimes lon nger: style mostly glabrous: pod 4-5 mm. long. —Dry banks and 
facade various provinees, Fla. to Tex., Mo., and N. H. 
L. Nuttallii nu Plant 5—10 dm. tall, often copiously p leaflets 
8- 20 mm. long; blades obovate, oval, or suborbicular : alyx . long; 
in linear-lanceolate, somewhat longer than the tube: iei pectus pubes- 
pod 6-8 mm. ong. —Thickets and woods, various provinces, Fla. to 
Kans, Mich., and N. H. 
6. L. violacea X Pers. Plant 3-9 dm. tall, diffuse, fred e 
leaflets 9-20 mm. long; blades elliptie or ova al: eal ong: pod 
short-beaked, 5-6 mm. long, with short ees coe us banks 
tly 
and thicket- dc various provinces, “Fla. to La., Kans., Minn., and N. H. 
7. L. simulata Mackenzie & Bush. Plant 6-9 dm. tall, pubescent: aor 
12-20 mm. long; blades elliptic to linear-elliptic, silvery-pubescen 
9.95—6.5 mm. long; lobes of the upper p e to below the middle: n 2:3 
6.5-7.5 mm. long; blade elliptic: pod 4.5-5.5 mm. long.—Stony soil, often in 
woods or on plains, various provinces, Tox to Mo., Conn., and Pa. 
L. frutescens (L.) Britton. Plant 3-10 dm. tall, appressed pubescent or 
glabrate: leaflets 10-35 mm. long; blades oval or elliptie, je Ed 
t 5 mm. lon od o 
beneath: calyx 3-4 mm. long: standard abou ng: po l or oval-. 
. lon 
— 6-7 mm. long.—Dry soil, often in Bed. od various oc Fla. 
o Tex., Minn., Ont., and Me. 
9. L. Stuvei Nutt. Plant 6—12 dm. tall, es or downy: leaflets 9-20 m 
calyx 2-3 mm. long; lobes subulate, those of the upper lip m to b vues the 
e: standard 5-6 mm. long; blade M en A pod beaked, 4—6 
middl 
Tem dud pubescent —Rocky shores and woods, various provinces, Ala. 
to Tex., Ark., Mich., and Vt. 
