18 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



Specimens examined. — Bush, Shannon Co., Sept. 12, 1888. — Bush, 

 McDonald Co., Sept. 1, 1893.— Bush, 53, Eagle Rock, Sept. 18, 1896.— 

 Mackenzie, Eagle Rock, Sept. 18, 1896. — Dewart, Poplar Bluff, Aug. 14, 

 1892. — Letterman, Poplar Bluff, Aug. 15, 1895. — Russell, Pilot Knob, Sept., 

 1897. — Trelease, 228, Indian Hill, Dunklin Co., Sept. 28, 1897. 



16. Lespedeza Stuvei Nutt. Gen. 2 : 107. 1818. 



A common species in dry rocky woods throughout the Ozark 

 Mountain region in the State. 



Specimens examined. — Bush, McDonald Co., Sept. 1, 1893. — Bush, 

 Campbell, Sept. 12, 1893. — Bush, Maiden, Sept. 12, 1893. — Bush, Shannon 

 Co., Oct. 21, 1893. — Bush, Newton Co., Aug. 29, 1893. — Bush, Jasper Co., 

 Aug. 16, 1893. — Bush, 42, Eagle Rock, Sept. 28, 1896. — Mackenzie, Eagle 

 Rock, Sept. 28, 1896; Sept. 28, 1896, an entirely apetalous form. 



17. Lespedeza simulata n. sp. 



Fl. IV.f.l, 2. 



An erect perennial, 6-9 dm. tall, glabrate to strongly 

 rather short-pubescent, the rather few branches appressed- 

 ascending; leaflets oblong-linear to oblong-elliptic, rounded 

 at both ends, but strongly mucronate at the apex, 12-30 mm. 

 long, 4-10 mm. wide, appressed silvery-pubescent on both 

 sides, especially beneath ; petioles glabrate or pubescent, less 

 than 12 mm. long, the leaf rachis about the same length, or 

 a little shorter; petiolules villous, 1 mm. long; stipules sub- 

 ulate, glabrate or hairy, 2-6 ram. long; petaliferous flowers 

 in dense capitate spikes, the spikes sessile or on peduncles 

 much shorter than the leaves; flowers on pedicels about 2 

 mm. long; flowers 6-8 mm. long, the purple carolla usually 

 somewhat exceeding the long calyx-lobes, but sometimes 

 almost included; calyx strongly hairy, 5-6 mm. long, the 

 long acuminate sepals about twice the length of the tube; 

 pod oval, acute or acutish, 4.5-5 mm. long, strongly pubes- 

 cent, included or very slightly exserted ; non-petaliferous 

 flowers in sessile axillary clusters. 



This species is most closely related to L. Manniana, but is 

 at once distinguished by having the flowering peduncles 

 shorter than the leaves, while in L. Manniana they are much 

 longer. The included pod and long sepals distinguish it from 

 all the other purplish-flowered species, but make faded dried 



