Desmodium LEGUMINOSAE Lespedeza 



mi. w. of Ocean City (Wo), R. R. Tatnall, 1599, 4 Sept. 1932 (T). 

 Aug., early Sept. 



D. ciliare (Muhl.) DC. (D. ohtusum of authors. See Fernald: 

 Rhodora 40, 437. 1938.) 

 Infrequent, in dry sandy soil, from northern New Castle County 

 to Cape Charles. Aug., early Sept. 



D. marilandicum (L.) DC. 



Frequent in dry, usually sandy, soil, Piedmont area, and south- 

 ward to Wicomico and Worcester Counties. Aug., early Sept. 



D. lineatum (Mx.) DC. 



Rare, in dry pine woods of the Coastal Plain: Snow Hill (Wo), 

 Canhy, Sept. 1878 (D, U); Cape Charles City (No), Canhy, Sept. 

 1894 (D); Eastville (No), Fernald & Long, 5330, 12 Oct. 1935 (P). 



Lespedeza Mx. Bush Clover. 



L. procumbens Mx. 



Frequent in dry, sandy soil, northern New Castle County and 

 southward to northern Accomac County. Late July through Sept. 



L. repens (L.) Bart. 



Common in sandy thickets or open ground throughout our area. 

 Late May to Sept. 



L. violacea (L.) Pers. 



Infrequent in dry woods, from northern New Castle County to 

 Sussex and Talbot Counties. Aug., Sept. 



L. Nuttallii Darl. 



Rare, CaroHne County: 4 mi. n. n. w. of Ridgely, Earle, 1575, 

 21 Aug. 1937 (P); road bank south of Greensboro, Hans Wilkens, 

 5358, 4 Sept. 1937 (P). Mid-Aug., Sept. 



L. acuticarpa Mack. & Bush. 



One collection: dry pine woods near Capeville (No), Fernald, 

 Long & Fogg, 5333. 



L. Stuevei Nutt. (For spelling of specific name see Nuttall: Gen. 

 2, 107 (1818)). 



Infrequent in sandy pinelands, Sussex and Wicomico Counties. 

 Aug. 



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