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three feet high. Leaves on very short, scattered stalks ; leafets 

 ova!, ohtuse, whitish and hairy underneath. Racemes ovate, 

 exceeding 1 the leaves, on hairy stalks which considerably exceed 

 their own length. Calyx shorter than in the last species, about 

 equal to the corolla, or to the pods, which are ovate, hairy, and 

 pointed. September. 



LESPEDEZA SESSILIFLORA. MX. Reticulated Lespedeza. 



Leaves ternate, linear, hairy underneath ; racemes 

 axillary; legumes ovate, reticulated, longer than the 

 calyx. Willd. 



Syn. HEDTSARUM RETICULATUM. Willd. 



Stem erect, slightly pubescent. Petioles slender, somewhat 

 hairy. Leafets small, oblqng, obtuse at both ends, mucronated, 

 pubescent underneath. Flowers small, violet coloured, in axilla- 

 ry bunches. Pods ovate or obovate, acute, reticulated with 

 prominent lines. Woods. August. 



LESPEDEZA VIOLACEA. Pers. Violet Lespedeza. 



Leaves ternate, elliptical, obtuse ; racemes umbel- 

 led, as long as the petiole ; flowers in pairs ; legumes 

 rhomboidal, reticulated, glabrous. Willd. 



Syn. HEDTSARUM VIOLACEUM. Willd. 



Stem erect. Leafets small, oval, mucronated, nearly smooth. 

 Flowers numerous, violet coloured, growing mostly in pairs, 

 forming racemes which are somewhat umbellcd. Pods one seed- 

 ed, flat, smooth, rhomboidal. Woods. Brighton. August. 



LESPEDEZA DIVERGENS. Pers. Spreading Lespedeza. 



Leaves ternate, oblong, obtuse ; racemes longer than 

 the petiole ; flowers in pairs ; legumes ovate, reticulat- 

 ed, glabrous. Willd. 



Syn. HEDTSARUM DIVERGENS. Muhl. 



Stem erect, nearly smooth. Leafets narrow, oblong, obtuse 



at both ends. Flowers violet coloured, in axillary racemes, the 



uppermost of which are somewhat longer than the petioles of 



the leaves, the lower ones short, and few flowered. The plant 



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