Genus 39. 



PEA FAMILY. 



6. Lespedeza Nuttallii Darl. Nuttall's Bush- 

 cloNcr. Fig. 2602. 



Lespede:a Nuttallii Darl. Fl. Cest. Ed. 2, 420. 1837. 



Erect or ascending, simple or branched, more or less 

 pubescent, 2-3 high. Stipules subulate ; petioles shorter 

 than the leaves ; leaflets oval, obovate or suborbicular, 

 thickish, obtuse or emarginate at the apex, narrowed or 

 sometimes rounded at the base, dark green and glabrous 

 or nearly so above, pubescent beneath, 4"-2o" long, 

 3"-lo" wide; peduncles mostly exceeding the leaves; 

 inflorescence capitate, or spicate, dense; flowers violet- 

 purple, about 3" long ; pod oblong, or oval, acuminate 

 or acute at each end, very pubescent, 22"-3" long, longer 

 than the calyx. 



Dry soil, southern New Hampshire and New York to 

 Michigan, Florida and Kansas. Aug.-Sept. 



7. Lespedeza acuticarpa Mackenzie & 



Bush. Sharp-fruited Bush-clover. 



Fig. 2603. 



L. acuticarpa Mackenzie & Bush, Trans. Acad. Sci. 

 St. Louis 12: 16. 1902. 



Stems ascending, slender, 2 long or less, 

 glabrate to quite densely pubescent. Leaflets 

 oblong to oblong-elliptic, I'-i' long, 2"-$" 

 wide, obtuse or acutish and mucronate, gla- 

 brate above, appressed-pubescent beneath ; pet- 

 aliferous flowers few, racemose, spicate at 

 the ends of peduncles which are very slen- 

 der and longer than the leaves ; corolla pur- 

 plish, 3"-4" long, a Httle longer than the 

 calyx; pods of petaliferous flowers oval, acute 

 or acuminate, sparingly pubescent, twice as 

 long as the calyx, those of apetalous flowers 

 less acute, much longer than the calyx. 



Dry soil. Tennessee to Missouri and Arkansas. 

 Aug.-Sept. 



8. Lespedeza Stuvei Xutt. Stuve's Bush- 

 clover. Fig. 2604. 



Lespedesa Stuvei Nutt. Gen. 2: 107. 1818. 



Erect or ascending, simple and wand-like or some- 

 times slightly branched, densely velvety or downy 

 pubescent all over, 2-4 high. Stipules subulate, 

 2"-3" long; petioles commonly much shorter than 

 the leaves ; leaflets oval, oblong or suborbicular, ob- 

 tuse or refuse at the apex, narrowed or rounded at 

 the base, 6"-io" or rarely 15" long; flowers of both 

 kinds in nearly sessile axillary clusters ; corolla violet- 

 purple. 2"-i" long; pod ovate-oblong to orbicular, 

 acute, or oblong, 2."-^" long, downy-pubescent, much 

 longer than the calyx. 



Dry soil, Vermont and Massachusetts to Virginia, 

 Alabama. Michigan, Arkansas and Texas. Aug.-Sept. 



Lespedeza neglecta (Britton) Mackenzie and Bush, 

 with linear or linear-oblong pubescent leaves, may be a 

 hybrid of this species with L. virginica. 



