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12. Meibomia DiLLENii (Darl.) Kuntze. M. p. 562. Open woodlands^ 



Summer. 



13. Meibomia Canadensis (L.) Kuntze. M. p. 562. Thickets and river- 



banks. Summer. 



14. Meibomia rigida (Ell.) Kuntze. M. p. 562. Dry hillsides. Summer. 



Philadelphia— Chestnut Hill (VP.). 5wA:s— Near Sellersville (Fr.), 

 Delaivare — VJilliamson (Pe.), Tinicum (St.). Chester — y^. Bradford, 

 Valley Forge (St.). Lancaster— (P.). Nortiiampton-Easton, Porter 

 (B. C). 



New Jersey — Common. 



New Casfie— Wilmington (Wn.). 



15. Meibomia Marylandica (L.) Kuntze. M. p. 562. Copses. Summer., 



16. Meibomia obtusa (Muhl.) Vail. M. p. 562. Dry soil. Summer. 



19. LESPEDEZA Michx. Bush-clover. 



Perennials; stipules and bracts subulate; calyx -lobes narrow. 



Both petaliferous and apetalous flowers present; corolla purple or pur- 

 plish ; pod exserted. 

 Peduncles slender, and mostly exceeding the leaves. 

 Petaliferous flowers capitate or spicate. 



Plants trailing or diffusely-procumbent. 



Glabrous or appressed-pubescent. 1. L. repens. 

 Woolly or downy-pubescent. 2. L. procumbens. 



Plants erect, rather stout, pubescent. 3. L. Nuttallii. 

 Petaliferous flowers loosely paniculate; stem erect or ascend- 

 ing, 4. L. violacea. 

 Flower-clusters of both kinds sessile or nearly so. 

 Leaflets oval, oblong, or orbicular. 



Foliage densely downy-pubescent. 5. L. Stuvei. 



Foliage glabrate or appressed-pubescent. 



6. L. frutescens. 

 Leaflets linear or linear-oblong. 7. L. Virginica. 



Flowers all complete; corolla whitish or yellowish; pod included or 

 scarcely exserted. 

 Leaves oblong, ovate -oblong, or nearly orbicular. 



Peduncles exceeding the leaves. 8. L. hirta. 



Peduncles shorter than the leaves. 9. L. capitata. 



Leaves linear or linear-oblong ; peduncles elongated. 



10. L. angustifolia. 

 Annual ; stipules ovate ; calyx-lobes broad. 11. L. striata. 



1. Lespedeza repens (L.) Ba.rt. M. p. 563. Dry or sandy soil. Late 



summer. 



2. Lespedeza procumbens Michx. M. p. 563. Dry soil. Summer. 



3. Lespedeza Nuttallii Darl. M. p. 563. Dry soil. Late summer. 



5mcA's— Narrowsville (Br.) (Fr.). Montgomery— (P.). Delaware— 

 Newtown Square, Elwyn (St.). Chester — (P.). Lancaster — (P.). 

 Northampton— (P.). 



4. Lespedeza violacea (L.) Pers. M. p. 563. Dry copses. Late summer. 



5. Lespedeza Stuvei Nutt. M. p. 564. Dry soil. Late summer. 



5a. Lespedeza Stuvei negleCta Britton. M. p. 564. Dry soil. Late sum- 

 mer. 

 Philadelphia— (P.). 

 Cape May — Cape May Court-house (St.). 



