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1. L. HKi'ENS (L.) Hart. C'KKKi'iN(r Lespedeza. Perennial; 

 stem slender, prostrate, sprea(lint>', smooth or slightly tonientose; 

 leaves nearly sessile; leaflets small, oval or elliptical, obtuse or 

 emarginate at the apex; the petaliferous flowers on slender pedun- 

 cles longer than the leaves, the fertile flowers nearly sessile ; legume 

 orbicular, finely pubescent. June-September. Dry, sandy soil. 



'2. L. vioLACEA (L.) Pers. Busii Lespedeza. I*erennial; 

 stem erect, spreading or difl"use, slightly pubescent, 1—'] ft. higli ; 

 leaves short-petioled; stipules subulate; leaflets oval or elliptical, 

 rounded at both ends, pubescent beneath; peduncles of the petalif- 

 erous flowers longer than the leaves, flowers rather large, purple; 

 fertile flowers in nearly sessile axillary clusters; legume flat, oval, 

 much longer than the calyx, smooth or slightly pubescent. Plant 

 extremely variable in habit of growth. June-Sei>tend)er. Common 

 in dry woods. 



3. L. STRIATA (Thunb.) H. & A. Lksi'edeza, Japan Clover. 

 Annual; stem diffuse or ascending; slender, wiry, sparingly ])ubes- 

 cent, (1-18 in. long; leaves numerous, nearly sessile; leaflc^ts oblong- 

 obovate, margins ciliate ; flowers in nearly sessile, axillary clusters; 

 corolla ]>ink or purple; pod oval, acute, longer than the calyx lobes. 

 June-()ctol)er. Introduced from Japan and very common. 



XIX. VICIA. 



Annual or perennial herbs ; leaves pinnate, tendril-bearing; 

 stipules half-sagittate; flowers on axillary peduncles ; calyx 

 5-toothed, the two upper teeth obovate ; standard obovate, 

 eniarginate, wings adherent to the keel ; stamens mostly dia- 

 d(d})hous; style filiforin, haivy, at least on the side facing 

 the keel ; legume 2-several-seeded. 



1. V. SATIVA L. Common Vetcu. Annual ; stem simple, smooth 

 or pubescent, reclining, 1-iJ ft. long; leaves short-})etioled ; leaflets 

 ')-7 pairs, obovate-oblong to linear, ol)tuse, eniarginate and mucnv 

 nate at the apex; flowers in i)airs, n«'arly sessile in llie axils, pale 

 ]»ur|)le, ] -1 iu. long; legiune lineai', several-seeded. March-April. 

 Inli-odueed from l^m'ope and common in eullivalion. 



'J. \. L(i><)\ i( lANA "Nult. LnnsiANA X'KTt'ii. Perennial; 

 stem sMiooth oi- slightly pubesc.-nt, nngled, diffuse, '2-'-) ft. long; 

 leaves petioled; stijvules sm;ill; leaflets 4-11 ])airs, ohlong or obovate, 

 ret use at the apex; peduncrles about as long as the leaves, mostly 

 •J-Ilowried: flowers Slliall, light blue; legUMl'e broadly f.ilc.ite. l-«;- 

 seeded. Aj>ril May- In v'wh woods. 



