iiADBLPHiA DECAMDRiA. Lespedeza. 



AS I 



vhlacea. 



racemis bre- 

 lomentis rhom- 



divergens. 



dunculatis, coroJlis calyce subaequalibus, lomento ca- 



lycem subaequante. — Mich. ft. amer. 3. p.y^- 

 Hedysarum birtum. JVi/ld. sp. pi. 3. p. 1 J 93. 

 Icon. Mich. ft. amer. 2. t. ^O. 

 In copses and old fields : Pensylvania to Carolina, if. 



June — Aug. v. v. From two to three feet high ; 



flowers srrull, white, with a red spot on the vexillum. 



4. L. diflfusa, ramosissima ; foliis longe-petiolatis : foliriis 



ellipticis obtusis subtus adpresso-pilosis 



vibus umbeilatis, floribus geminatis, lo 



beis reticulatis glabris. 

 Hedysarum violaceum. IFilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 1 1 g5. 

 On gravelly dry soil : Virginia to Carolina. 1/ . July. 



V. V. Flowers small, purple or violet. 



5. L. diffusa, ramosa ; foliolis oblongis obtusis subtus ad- 



presso-pilosis, racemis petiolo longioribus, floribus ge- 



miais, lomentis ovatis reticulatis glabris. 

 Hedysarum divergens. IV/lld. sp. pt. 3. p. 1 igG. 

 In North America. Muhlenberg. %.-{■■ Approaches 



very near to the foregoing species, and is probably 



only a variety, 



6. L. procumbens, gracilis, pubescens ; foliolis ovalibus, procumhens. 



pedunculis longissimis, setaceis spicifloris, legumini- 

 bus calyce minuto nudatis. — Mich. ft. amer. 3. p. JO. 



Hedysarum Lespedeza. Lani. encycl. 6. p. 415. 



In sandy and gravelly soil : New York to Carolina. H • 

 June, July. v. v. Flowers violet-purple, with yel- 

 low spots. 

 7- L. prostrata ; foliis peliolatis : foliolis ellipticis obtusis 

 subtus pilis raris adpressis tecta, racemis axillaribus fo- 

 lio longioribus, lomentis ovatis pubescentibus. 



Hedysarum prostratum. IFilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 1200. 



In Pensylvania. Muhlenberg. 1/.. +. Resembles //e- 

 dysarum repens greatly. 



581. HEDYSARUM. Gen.pl. 1204. 



1, H. erectum, glabriusculum ; foliis ternatis oblongo-lan- 

 ceolatis, stipulis liliformibus, floribus racemosis, arti- 

 culis lomenti obtuse triangulis hispidis. — IFdld. sp. 

 pi. 3. p. US/. 



Icon. Moris, hist. 2. s. 2. t. U.f. p. 



In sandy barren fields and woods : Canada to Carolina. 

 1/ . July, Aug. V. V. Flowers middie-sized, of a 

 handsome purplish-red. 



prostrata- 



ladense. 



