322 PAPILIONACEAE. [Vor. II. 
2. Lespedeza procimbens Michx. ‘Trailing Bush-clover. (Fig. 2193.) 
Y y 0 sel oma procumbens Michx. F1., Bor. Am. 2: 70. 
: Woolly or downy-pubescent, trailing, pro- 
cumbent or sometimes ascending, stouter than 
| the preceding species, stems 12/-30’ long. 
Yo Stipules subulate; petioles commonly much 
shorter than the leaves; leaflets oval or elliptic, 
eS 4 ce rarely slightly obovate, obtuse or retuse at the 
4) W® apex, rounded at the base, 5//-12’’ long; pe- 
G duncles of the petaliferous flower-clusters 
SD et longer than the leaves, or the flowers sometimes 
I all apetalous’and nearly sessile; corolla violet- 
ie) (725 Purple or pinkish purple; pod oval-orbicular, 
ay acute, pubescent, 134// long. 
2 : 
oh \ )) In dry soil, Massachusetts to Florida, west to 
ay ’ AN the Indian Territory and Louisiana. Aug.-Sept. 
ey “ 
3. Lespedeza Nuttallii Darl. Nuttall’s 
Bush-clover. (Fig. 2194.) 
Lespedeza Nuttalliz Darl, Fl. Cest. Ed. 2, 420. 1837. 
Erect or ascending, simple or branched, more or less 
villous-pubescent, 2°-3° high. Stipules subulate; 
petioles shorter than the leaves; leaflets oval, obovate 
or suborbicular, thickish, obtuse or emarginate at the 
apex, narrowed or sometimes rounded at the base, 
dark green and glabrous or nearly so above, villous- 
pubescent beneath, 4/’-20’’ long, 3//-10’’ wide; pedun- 
cles mostly exceeding the leaves; inflorescence capi- 
tate, or spicate, dense; flowers violet-purple, about 3/’ 
long; pod oblong, or oval, acuminate or acute at each 
end, very pubescent, 214’/-3’’ long. 
Dry soil, southern New England and New York to 
Michigan, Florida and Kansas. Aug.—Sept. 
4. Lespedeza violacea (L.) Pers. 
Bush-clover. (Fig. 2195.) 
Hedysarum violaceum I,. Sp. Pl. 749. 1753. 
Lespedeza violacea Pers. Syn. 2: 318. 1807. 
Erect or ascending, sparingly pubestent, 
usually much branched, 1°-3° high. Stipules 
subulate, 2’’-3/’ long; petioles shorter than or 
equalling the leaves; leaflets oval, elliptic or 
elliptic-oblong, thin, obtuse or retuse at the 
apex, rounded at the base, 6’’—2’ long, appressed- 
pubescent beneath; peduncles, at least the upper 
ones, longer than the leaves; inflorescence loose, 
paniculate; corolla violet-purple, 3’/-5’’ long; 
pod ovate or oval, acute, finely and sparingly 
pubescent, or glabrate, 2’’-3’’ long. 
In dry soil, New England to Florida, west to 
Minnesota, Kansas, Louisiana and northern Mexico. 
Aug.—Sept. 
