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Dry, sandy soil. Plymouth, Mass. [Oakes, E. Faxon], Long 

 Island, south to Florida, west to Michigan and. Louisiana. 



I have not been able to find Pursh's type, although it is. 

 authenticated, by Torrey and Gray and Maximowicz cites a 

 specimen collected by Parsh. The species is very clearly- 

 defined. 



I have specimens of a peculiarly short-leaved form of this 

 plant from Florida, communicated b}- Dr. Chapman, which may 

 claim recognition as var. breyifolia. 



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11. Lespedeza leptostachya, Engelm. 



Lespedeza lepostachya, Engelm. in A. Gray, Proc. Am. Ac. 

 xii. 57 (1876). 



Erect, simple or branched, 1° — 3° high, silvery-pubescent 

 with appressed hairs. Stipules subulate ; petioles shorter than 

 the leaves; leaflets linear, 1' — l^o'long, 1" — 2" wide ; spikes 

 slender, interrupted, and. loosely-flowered, on peduncles equal- 

 ling or exceeding the leaves ; corolla as in the preceding 

 species ; flowers all complete ; pod ovate, pubescent, about 

 1}^" long, nearl}' equalling the calyx. 



Prairies, Illinois to Iowa, Wisconsin and. Minnesota. 



This most distinct of all our species appears to be rather rare 

 and local. The specimens which I have seen are from Foun- 

 taindale. 111. (Bebb), Emmet Co., Iowa (Cratty). 



12. Lespedeza striata (Thunb.) H. & A. 



Hedysarum striatum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 289 (1784). 

 Lespedeza striata, H. & A. Bot. Beechey, 2G2 (1841). 



Annual, diffuse or ascending, branched, tufted, si^aringly 

 appressed-pubescent, 6' — 12' long. Stipules ovate, acute or 

 acuminate, ]" — 2" long; petioles much shorter than the 

 leaves ; leaflets oblong or oblong-obovate, 4" — 9" long, 

 X" — 4" wide, obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, their 

 margins usually sparingly ciliate ; flowers 1 to 3 together, 

 sessile or nearly so in the axils, both petaliferous and apetalous ; 

 corolla pink or purple, about )i" long ; calyx-lobes ovate ; 

 pod oval, acute, slightly exceeding the calyx-lobes. 



In fields, Virginia [Canby, Hollick, Porter, Brinton], 

 Illinois [J. Schneck], West Virginia [Millspaugh], Missouri, and 

 very common in the Southern States. Naturalized from easternrt 

 Asia. 



