Lespedeza 



Leguminosae 



613 



50 



Map 1257 



Lespedeza hirta (L.) Horner 



50 



Map 1258 



Lespedeza virgmica (L.) Britt. 



along roadsides and railroads and in open woodland. This is essentially 

 a prairie plant and is found more frequently in prairie habitats. 

 Southern Maine to Minn., southw. to Fla. and Tex. 



3a. Lespedeza capitata var. velutina (Bickn.) Fern. This is an extreme 

 form with velutinous leaflets and has the same habitat and range as those 

 of the species. I have specimens from Allen and Pulaski Counties. 



3b. Lespedeza capitata var. longifolia (DC.) T. & G. This is another 

 extreme form with long, linear leaves. I have specimens from Jasper and 

 Lake Counties. They were found in a very dry, sandy habitat. Potzger 

 found it in a similar habitat in Pulaski County. 



Ind. to Mo., southw. to La. 



4. Lespedeza Nuttallii Darl. Nuttall Bushclover. Map 1256. My 

 Martin County specimen was collected along White River about 3 miles 

 above Shoals on the top of a thinly wooded promontory about 100 feet high, 

 locally known as "Cedar Cliffs." My Perry County specimen was collected 

 on a thinly wooded sandstone ridge about 7 miles east of Cannelton, 

 locally known as the Van Buren Ridge. Kriebel has found it in ten places 

 in Lawrence County. 



N. H. to Mich, and Kans., southw. to Fla. 



5. Lespedeza hirta (L.) Hornem. Hairy Bushclover. Map 1257. In- 

 frequent in dry, sandy or gravelly soil on the crests of black oak and 

 black and white oak wooded ridges and rarely in prairie habitats. It 

 seems not to be found in neutral or alkaline soils. 



Maine, Ont. to Minn., southw. to Fla. and Tex. 



6. Lespedeza virginica (L.) Britt. Slender Bushclover. Map 1258. 

 Infrequent in dry, clayey soil on white oak and black and white oak slopes 

 and ridges and less frequent in post oak "flats" in southwestern Indiana. 

 In the northwestern part of the state it is found in dry, sandy soil on 

 black and white oak ridges and rarely on aspen flats about lakes and in the 



