1924] Blake,—Notes on American Lespedezas 29 
dedicated by Nuttall to “the memory of my friend W. Stuve, M. D., 
of Bremen, who discovered it.” 
4. LESPEDEZA STUEVEI var. ANGUSTIFOLIA Britton, Trans. N. Y. 
Acad. Sci. 12: 63. 1893 (as Stuvei).— Lespedeza Stuvei neglecta Britton, 
Mem. Torr. Bot. Club 5: 206. 1894. Lespedeza neglecta Mackenzie 
& Bush, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 12: 17. 1902.—' The new name L. 
Stuvei neglecta was given by Britton on account of the earlier L. 
angustifolia (Pursh) Ell., but this change is not required by either 
the International or the American Rules, under both of which L. 
Stuevei var. angustifolia is valid for the plant in its varietal rank. 
The status of this form is problematical. In the densely short- 
pilose or almost tomentose stems and under leaf-surface it agrees 
with L. Stuevei, but the habit and the shape of the leaflets are essenti- 
ally those of L. virginica, and it is possible that it represents a hybrid 
between these two species. In the original description the range of 
var. angustifolia was given as from New Jersey and Pennsylvania to 
North Carolina, Missouri, and Texas. "Through the kindness of Dr. 
N. L. Britton, I have been able to examine two sheets of the original 
material, one from the pine barrens of New Jersey, without collector’s 
name, marked “assigned type" by Dr. Britton, and one collected in 
the vicinity of Heilig's Mill P. O., Rowan Co., North Carolina, 13-18 
Aug. 1891, by J. K. Small and A. A. Heller. There are two sheets 
in the National Herbarium, one collected at Knoxville, Tennessee, 
July 1898, by A. Ruth (no. 311), the other collected near Waldorf, 
Charles Co., Maryland, 30 Sept. 1923, by S. F. Blake (no. 8639). 
Another sheet of specimens collected at Coulterville, Illinois, 25 
Aug. 1914, by W. H. Emig (no. 242), 1s so nearly intermediate between 
this plant and L. virginica that it is difficult to decide its proper posi- 
tion. 
5. LEsPEDEZA FRUTESCENS (L.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Bot. Club 
5: 205. 1894.— This name, based on Hedysarum frutescens L. Sp. 
Pl. 2: 748. 1753, has for some years been in practically universal use 
for a common bush clover of the eastern United States closely related 
to L. virginica, and distinguished chiefly by its oval or oblong-oval 
leaflets. In his revision of the North American species of Lespedeza, 
Britton stated! that “the Linnaean Hedysarum frutescens is clearly 
the same plant [as L. intermedia Britton, L. Stuvei var. intermedia 
Wats.], as illustrated by the Gronovian specimen on which it is based 
1 Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 12: 64. 1893. 
