vi:tch family. 575 



Alabama: I^ndotibtedly diffused over tlie State, conibnndcd with the following. 

 So far collected only in the Lower Pine region, in dry sandy ])lace8, where it is com- 

 mon. Washington County, Yellowpine. Mobile. Flowers purplish, June, .July. 

 Freiiuent. 



Type locality : " Ilab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. ISurv. Herb. Mohr, 



Lespedeza procumbens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 :70. 1803. Tkailin« Lespedeza. 



Ell. Sk. 2:2U7. Gray, Man. ed. fi, 141, in part. Chap. Fl. 100, in part. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 86, in part. 



Alleghenian to Lonisiaiiian area. Massachusetts to Florida, we.st to Missouri, 

 Arkansas, and Louisiana. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley to Coast plain. Coosa hills. Dry places, borders of 

 fields. Lawrence County, Mountain Home. Talladega County, near Alpine Station. 

 Dekalb County, Lookout ilountain. MobileCouuty. Flowers rose-cidor, iSeptember. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia et Carolina." 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lespedeza nuttallii Darlington, Fl. Cest. ed. 2, 420, 1837. 



Nuttall's Bush Clover. 

 Lespedeza vivf/ata'Nntt. ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 368. 1840. Not DC. 

 L. sturei var. V Torr. &■ Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 368. 1840. 

 Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New England to Michigan and Kansas. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Talladega County, dry cherty hills ubont Renl'roe, 

 800 feet altitude, October 14. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain. Karc,. 

 Type locality : " Dry hills; Mica slate range," Chester County, Pa. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lespedeza violacea (L.) Pers. Syn. 2 :318. 1807. 



Hedysarum violaceum L. Sp. Fl. 2 : 749. 1753. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 141. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 110. 



Mexico. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New England to Florida, west to Minnesota, 

 Kansas, and Louisiana. 



Alabama: Mountain region, open woods and copses. Dekalb County, near Men- 

 tone, 1,600 to 1,800 ieet altitude. 1- lowers pale pink, September. Not rare. 

 Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia."' 



Lespedeza stuvei aiigustifolia Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 12 : 63. 1893. 



Carolinian area. New Jersey and southern Pennsylvaiiia to Missouri, south to 

 North Carolina and Texas. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Dry calcareous hills. Madison County, Montesano, 

 1,200 feet altitude. Flowers, August. Rare. 



Ty]te locality : "New Jersey and southern Pennsylvania, to North Carolina, Mis- 

 souri, and Texas."' 



Herb. Mohr. 



Lespedeza frutescens (L.) Britton, Mem. Torr. (^lub, 5 : 205. 1894. Not Ell. 



Bush Clove i:. 



Hedysarum frutescens L. Sp. PI. 1 : 748. 1753. 



Lespedeza stuvei intermedia Wats, in Gray, Man. ed. 6, 141. 1890. 



Gray, Man. 1. c. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New England west to ^Michigan, south to Illi- 

 nois, Arkansas, Texas, and Florida. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Rocky woods. Talladega County, Aljtinc Moun- 

 tains near Renfroe, 800 feet, October. Apparently rare, only a single specimen 

 c(dlected. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Lespedeza virginica (L.) Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. S<i. 12 : 64. 1893. 



ViKGiNiAX Bush Clovkk. 

 Medicaqo rirr/inica L. Sp. PI. 2 : 778. 1753. 

 Hedysarum reticulatum Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1194. 1803. 

 Lespedeza sessilijiora Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 70. 1803. 

 L. reticulata Pers. Syn. 2 : 318. 1807. 



L. violacea \iir..anqiistifoU<i Torr. t^: Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 367. 1810. 

 Ell. Sk. 2 : 204. Gray,'Man. ed. 6, 111. Cha].. Fl. 101. 



