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16. D. sEssiLiFOLiuM, ToiT. & Gray. (H. sessilifolium. Tbrr.) 



St. erect, tomentose-pubescent ; Ivs. sessile ; Ifts. linear or linear-oblong, 

 obtuse at each end, scabrous above, softly tomentbse beneath ; stip. subulate ; 

 panicle of spicate roc. very long; bracts minute; leg. small, hispid, of 2 — 3 semi- 

 orbicular joints, — Woods, Western States and Texas. Stem 2 — 3f high. Leaf- 

 lets about 2' by \'. Flowers small, numerous and crowded, Aug, 



17. D, STRicTUM. DC. (H. strictum. Pursh.) 



Erect, slender, nearly glabrous and simple ; Ivs. petiolate ; Ifts linear, 

 elongated, coriaceous and reticulately veined, mucronate ; stip. subulate ; pani- 

 cles slender, few-flowered ; leg. hispid, incurved, of 1 — 3 Innately triangular 

 joints with a filiform isthmus. — Pine barrens, N. J. to Flor. and La. Stem 

 about 3f high. Leaflets 2 — 3' by 2 — 3", longer than the petioles. Flowers 

 small, purple, on very slender pedicels, Aug. 



28, LESPEDEZA. Michx. 

 In honor of Lespedez, governor of Florida, who protected Michaux in his travels there. 



Calyx 5-parted, bibracteolate, segments nearly equal ; keel of the 

 corolla very obtuse, on slender claws ; legume (loment) lenticular, 

 compressed, small, unarmed, indehiscent, 1 -seeded. — Genus taken 

 from Hedysarum. % Lvs. palmately trifoliate.^ reticulate-veined.. 

 § Flowers all complete and fertile^ in dense spikes. Corolla ochroleucous 



or white, icith a purple spot on the vexillum, scarcely longer than the 



calyx. 



1. L. CAPiTATA. Mx. (L. frutescens. Ell. Hedysarum frutescens. Willd.)Bush 

 Clover. — Lfts. elliptical, obtuse, silky-pubescent; slip, subulate ; /ixscicZes of 



fls. ovate, subcapitate, shorter than the leaves, axillary ; laments hairy, shorter than 

 the villous calyx. — An erect, hairy, half-shrubby plant, in dry soils, Can. to Car. 

 Stem nearly simple, villous, 2 — 4f high. Leaves numerous, on short petioles, 

 consisting of 3 coriaceous leaflets. Leaflets 1 — 1^' by 3—6", nearly smooth 

 above, covered with silky pubescence beneath, Aug, Sept, 

 /?. ayigurtfdia. Ph. (L. angustifolia. Ell.)— Lfts. linear, smooth above. 



2. L. niRTA. Ell. (Hedysarum hirtum. Linn.) 



Villous and pubescent; lfts. roundish-elliptic; roc. capitate, axillary, ob- 

 long, longer than the leaves ; cor. and loment about as long as the calyx. — "Plant 

 2— 4f high, found in dry woods, Can. and U. S., erect, branching and very 

 hairy. Leaves less numerous than in the last, on very short stalks, consisting 

 of 3 oval leaflets hairy beneath. Peduncle hairy, becoming longer than the 

 raceme. Flowers reddish-white, crowded. Aug. Sept. 



§ § Flowers of two kinds, complete and apetalous., the latter chiefly hear- 

 ing the fruit. Corolla violet or purple, much longer than the calyx. 

 Lespedezaria. T. & G, 



3. L. PRocuMBKNs. Michx. (Hedysarum repens. Willd.) 



S'. procumbent, villose; If/s. oval, upper surface smooth; roc. short, on 

 very long, setaceous peduncles ; lomcnts roundish, pubescent. — Dry woods and 

 sandy fields, Mass. to La. Plant pubescent in all its parts. Stems several from 

 the same root, slender, 2 — 3f long. Leaves consisting of 3 oblong or roundish 

 leaflets, on hairy stalks. Flowers purple, in short, raceme-like heads, axillary, 

 the lower ones apetalous, and on short, the upper on very long, thread-like 

 peduncles. ' Aug. 



4. L. RKPF.N.s. Torr. & Gray. (H. repens. Linn.) Creeping Lcspcdczo. 

 St. prostrate, difiiise, nearly smooth ; lfts. oval orobovate-elliptical, smooth 



above, on very short petioles; pcd. axillary, filiform, simple, few-flowered, lower 

 ones bearing apetalous flowers ; leg. suhorbicular, suhpubcscent. — Dry .soils, 

 Can., Hooker^ N. J. and Southern States ! Probably it will yet be found in N. Y. 

 Stems very slender, numerous. Leaflets 5 — 9" by 3 — 5", obtuse. Peduncles 

 2 — 3' long, Aug. Sept. 



5. L. vior.ACEA. Pers. (H. violareum. Linn.) Violet Lcspcdcza. 

 Erect or diftu.se, branching; lfts. elliptic or oval-oblong, obtuse or einar- 



