170 Class XVII. Order IV. 



shorter than the leaves; lomcnts of one joint, hairy, 

 shorter than the calyx. Willd. 



Syn. LESPEDEZA CAPITATA. Mich. 



A slender, whitish, woody plant, found in dry woods at 

 Brighton and elsewhere. Stems erect, covered wtih soft hair, 

 very leafy. Leaves on very short petioles ; leafets oblong, 

 blunt, mucronated, their upper surface smooth, under surface 

 covered with silken down, especially the edges and midrib. Ra- 

 cemes ovate, hardly so long as the leaves, but projecting be- 

 yond them on axillary footstalks. Calyx leaves long, lanceo- 

 late, pointed, hairy enclosing the pods. September, 



HEDYSARUM HIRTUM. L. Hairy Hedysarutn. 



Leaves temate, round- elliptic ; stipules subu- 

 late ; racemes axillary, oblong, longer than the 

 leaves ; loments of one joint, hairy. Willd. 



Syn. LESPEDEZA PQLYSYACHYA. Mich. 



More frequent in woods than the last ; resembling it in col- 

 our and habit. Stems simple, shrub like, whitish, hairy, two or 

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

 oval, obtuse, whitish and hairy underneath. Racemes ovate, 

 exceeding 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. 



f 

 HEDYSARUM RETICULATUM. Muhl. Reticulated Hedysarum. 



Leaves ternate, linear, hairy underneath-; ra- 

 cemes axillary ; loments of one joint, ovate, reticu- 

 lated, longer than the calyx. Willd. 



Syn. JL.E-SPF.DEZA SESSILIFLORA. Mich. 



Stem erect, slightly pubescent. Petioles slender, some- 



