DtADELPHiA DECANDRiA. Lespedeza. 



481 



violacea. 



dunculatis, corollis calyce subaequalibus, lomento ca- 



lycem subaequante. — Mich.Ji. ainer. 3. p. T\. 

 Hedysarum hirtum. Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. I ]g3. 

 Icon. Mich.Ji. amer. 2. t. 40. 

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



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



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



4. L. diffusa, ramosissima ; foliis longe-petiolatis : folio'.is 



ellipticis obtusis subtns adpresso-pilosis, racemis bre- 



vibus umbellatis, floribus geminatis, lomentis rhom- 



beis retieulatis glabris. 

 Hedysarum violaceum. Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. I \g5. 

 On gravelly dry soil : Virginia to Carolina. 11 . July. 



V, V. Flowers small, purple or violet. 



5. L. diffusa, raraosa ; foliolis oblongis obtusis subtns ad- divergens, 



presso-pilosis, racemis petiolo longioribus, floribus ge. 



minis, lomentis ovatis retieulatis glabris. 

 Hedysarum divergens. JVilld. sp. pi. 3. p. II9Q. 

 In North America. Muhlenlerg. If.. +. Approaches 



very near to the foregoing species, and is probably 



only a variety. 



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



pedunculis longissimis, setaceis spicifloris, legumini- 

 bus calyce minuto nudatis. — Mich.Ji. ar?ier. 3. p. /0. 



Hedysarum Lespedeza. Lam. cJicycl. 6. p. 415. 



In sandy and gravelly sod : New York to Carolina. 1/. 

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

 low spots. 



7. L. prostrata ; foliis petiolatis : foliolis ellipticis obtusis prostrata. 



subtus pilis raris adpressis tecta, racemis axillaribus fo- 

 lio longioribus, lomentis ovatis pubescentibus. 



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



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

 dysarum repens greatly. 



581. HEDYSARUM. Geu.pl. 1204, 



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

 ceolalis, stipulis filiformibus, floribus racemosis, arti- 

 culis lomenti obtuse triangulis hi&pidis. — IV'dld. sp. 

 pi. 3. p. IISJ. 



Icon. Moris, hist. 2. s. 2. t. 11./ 9. 



In sandy barren fields and woods : Canada to Carolina. 

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

 handsome purplish-red. 



canadensc. 



