r)7») IM.ANr I.IFK OF AI,.\r..\MA. 



Allf;;licniiin ti» Loiiisiiiiii.-m iin'.i. Oiiliuio; Now Kii^laiiil wi-st to Miiiiiosota, 

 Hoiitli t" tilt! oliio \'iilh'_v, Mi.sNmiii, aiid Arkansas; IVoiii New ^ ork lo I'loriila ami 

 tliroiiuli tho (Jiilf States to Louisiana. 



Ai.ahama: 'rciiiiessoe Valley to the l.owir I'ine le^iion. 1 >iy sandy or ;;ravelly 

 eo|>8e8. .Madison and ("lay counties. Tallade^rji Monntains. near Klders, '_',(MK) feet. 

 Leo {"ouiity, Aiibnni. Madiuon County, lluntsville. (mO fecst. Cullman County, 801) 

 feot. Caliionn Connty. Anniston. Walker County, Dent [K. .1. .Smith). Clarkt! 

 County. .Moliiii- C<uinty, Spriuf^iiill. Flowers i)uri»lo, July toSeptember. Krei|U«nt. 



Tyjti' locality : "Hah. in Virjiinia.'' 



Herli. (;eol. Surv. Herb. Molir. 



Lespedeza liirta (L.) Ell. Sk. 2 : 1'07. 182L 



lilSII CL<>\ I K. IJl{ISTI,V-IlAIl:l.l> \'>VS\l Cl.uVKl:. 



lUdyxirxtn hirtinn L. 8p. PI. 2 : 718. \~n.i. 



I.tni'tdizd j>t>liint<irlii/u Miihx. Fl. I'.or. Am. 2:71, /. -i". 1803. 



Kll.Sk.l.c. (iray.'.Mau. ed.6, 111. Chap. Fl. lOL 



Alleiiheuiau to Loiiisianian area. Ontario ami New Euf^land west to Minnesota, 

 south to Arkansas, and from New York to Florida and throuj^h the (}ulf States to 

 Louisiana. 



Ai.amama: Throujihout. Dry barren soil, copses, worn-out tiidds. llowers yel- 

 lowish white, July, August. Ciunmon. 



Tyi)e loiality : "Ilab. in \irginia.'' 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lespedeza capitata Michx. FL Bor. Am. 2 : 71. 1803. Wiiiri: Hisii Ci.ovKit. 



Ifedi/mrum fruleHceiis Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1111.3. 1803. Not L. 



l.exp(<U:a f'rntexirus Ell. Sk. 2 : 20(i. 1821. 



Ell. I.e. Cray, Man. ed.t), 142. Chap. Fl. 101. 



Allegbenian to I.,onisianian area. (>iitario; \'ernu)nt west to Minnesota and 

 Nebraska, south to Arkansas; from New York south to I'lorida and Louisiana. 



Ar.AHAMA: Throughout same localities as last. Dry open fields and eojKses. 

 Flowers white, June, bej)tember. Freiiuent. Perennial. 



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



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lespedeza striata (Thnnb. ) Hook. A- Am. Bot. Beech. 22(1. 1841. 



LES1'EI>K7,A. JaI'AN'KSK Ci.oveh. 



Ilcdlisarum striatum Thnnb. Fl. .lapou. 280. 1784. 



China, Japan. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. 



Ad\ entive from eastern Asia and during the past thirty years extensively and copi- 

 ously spread over the Southern States from Maryland to the Gulf and southern 

 Arkansas. 



Alaijama; All over the Stat*;. In dry uplands. Flowers purplish, blooming and 

 ripening the seeds throughout the summer. First observed in Montgomery County, 

 18t)7, Mobile County, 18(59. Of greatest thrift and abundance in the calcareous soils 

 of the prairie region. Annual. 



Economic uses: Fodder plant, important for pasture, and as spontaneous hay crop. 



Tyjto locality : Jaiiauese; not S])ecilically given. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



VICIA L. S]>. P1.73i. 17.">3. Vetch. 



About 120 8pe«i<!8, climbing herbs, temperate regions Northern llemis])here. North 

 America, 11 or 12. 



Vicia acutifolia Ell. Sk. 2 : 225. 1824. Acute-i,eavei> Vetch. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 98. 



Louisiauian area. Georgia and middle Florida. 



Ai.ahama: Coast plain. Grassy banks. Mobile Coujity. Fhrwers ]>earl blue, 

 May. Not frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : •' Grows in Scriveu county, Ga." 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



Vicia micrantha Nutt. ; Torr. &. Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 271. 1838. 



Smai.l-fi-owered Vetch, 



Chap. Fl. 98. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herl). 2 : 86. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Tennessee, Ark.ansas, Texas and western Loui- 

 niana to western Florida. 



