Lespedeza 



Leguminosae 



615 



o 5o 



Map 1263 



Lespedeza violacea (L) Pers. 



50 



Map 1264 



Lespedeza Stuevei Nutt. 



the state. It has been reported frequently from the state and, no doubt, 

 some of the reports should be referred to L. intermedia. 

 Southern N. H. to Wis., southw. to Va. and Tex. 



10. Lespedeza Stuevei Nutt. (Blake. Rhodora 26 : 28. 1924.) Stueve 

 Bushclover. Map 1264. In very sandy soil in woodland in the south- 

 western part of Posey County. I have specimens from three woods of 

 this area. 



Vt. to Va., Ala., Tex., northw. to Ark. and Mich. 



10a. Lespedeza Stuevei f. angustifolia (Britt.) Hopkins. (Blake. 

 Rhodora 26: 29. 1924 and Hopkins. Rhodora 37: 265. 1935.) My only speci- 

 men is from very sandy soil (Princeton Fine Sand) on a wooded ridge 

 about 2 miles north of Decker, Knox County. The northeastern limit of 

 the range of several species of the southwest occurs on this ridge. The 

 distribution of this form is not well known. 



In the original description the distribution was given as N. J. and Pa. 

 to N. C, Mo., and Tex. Blake adds Tenn. and 111. 



11. Lespedeza procumbens Michx. Trailing Bushclover. Map 1265. 

 Infrequent in the southern part of the state on the crests and slopes of 

 black and white oak and chestnut oak ridges. My Warren County speci- 

 men is from the slope of the high, gravelly hill along the railroad about 

 a mile northwest of Covington. 



N. H. to Wis., southw. to Fla. and Tex. and up the Mississippi Valley. 



11a. Lespedeza procumbens var. elliptica Blake. (Blake. Rhodora 26: 

 26. 1924.) My only specimen is from a sparsely wooded slope in Jefferson 

 County at the top of the road leading clown the Saluda Hill to the Ohio 

 River about 7 miles south of Hanover. 



Va., Ala., and Ind. 



