LEGUMINOSA. 291 
82. Desmodium (Nicolsonia) villosum, Schl. et Ch. in Linnea, v. p. 584. 
Mexico (Schiede & Deppe). 
83. Desmodium viridiflorum, Beck, Bot. p. 83; Walp. Rep. i. p. 740. 
PENNSYLVANIA southwards through the Eastern States of North America to FLORIDA ; 
TExas.—Norts Mexico, near Monterey (Edwards). Hb. Kew. 
84. Desmodium wislizeni, Engelm. in A. Gray, PI. Wright. 1. P. 53, in adnot. 
Nort Mexico, Cosiquiriachi (Wislizenus). 
85. Desmodium, sp. 
GuaTEMALA (Skinner, 27). Hb. Kew. 
A distinct species; but the specimen is insufficient for description. 
86. Desmodium, sp. 
Souta Mexico, Orizaba (Botteri, 687). Hb. Kew. 
87. Desmodium, sp. 
South Mexico, Oaxaca (Ghiesbreght). Hb. Kew. 
— 88. Desmodium, sp. 
Sout Mexico, Chiapas &c. (Ghiesbreght, 588). Hb. Kew. 
42. LESPEDEZA. 
Lespedeza, Michx. FI. Bor.-Am. ii. p- 70; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 524. 
About twenty-five herbaceous and shrubby species, growing in North America, 
~ Temperate Asia, chiefly Eastern, in the mountains of Tropical Asia, and in Australia. 
1. Lespedeza stuvei, Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. i. p. 367. 
A very common plant from PENNSYLVANIA southwards through the Eastern States of 
North America to Lovistana and Texas.—Norra Mexico? | 
Tribe VICIEA. 
This tribe consists of six genera of herbaceous plants, generally dispersed in 
temperate and subtropical regions. 
43. VICIA. 
Vicia, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 873; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 524. 
Upwards of 100 species of annual and perennial herbs, dispersed all over the tempe- 
rate regions of the northern hemisphere and in South America. Some species are 
common weeds of cultivation, and naturalized in many countries. 
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