Vou. II.] 
5. Lespedeza Stuvei Nutt. Stuve’s 
Bush-clover. (Fig 2196.) 
Lespedeza Stuvet Nutt. Gen. 2: 107. 1818. 
Erect or ascending, simple and wand-like or 
sometimes slightly branched, densely velvety or 
downy pubescent all over, 2°-4° high. Stipules 
subulate, 2’/-3’’ long; petioles commonly much 
shorter than the leaves; leaflets oval, oblong or 
suborbicular, obtuse or retuse at the apex, nar- 
rowed or rounded at the base, 6’’-10’ or rarely 
15’’ long; flowers of both kinds in nearly sessile 
axillary clusters; corolla violet-purple, 2//-3// 
long; pod ovate-oblong to orbicular, acute, or ob- 
long, 2’’-3’’ long, downy-pubescent. 
Dry soil, Long Island to Virginia, west to Michigan 
and the Indian Territory. Aug.-Sept. 
Lespedeza Stuvei neglécta Bt Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 
206. 1894. 
Leaflets linear or linear-oblong, obtuse, mucronu- 
late. New Jersey and Pennsylvania to North Caro- 
lina, Georgia, Missouri and Texas. 
7. Lespedeza Virginica (I. ) Britton. 
Slender Bush-clover. (Fig. 2198.) 
Medicago Virginica \. Sp. Pl. 778. 1753. 
Lespedeza violacea var..angustifolia T. & G. Fi. 
N. A. I: 367. 1840. 
Lespedeza Virginica Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. 
Sci. 12: 64. 1893, 
Erect, slender, simple and wand-like or 
branched, resembling the preceding species. 
Leaflets linear or oblong-linear, 6’-18’’ long, 
1/’-214’’ wide, truncate, obtuse or sometimes 
acute at the apex, finely pubescent beneath, 
or glabrate on both surfaces; clusters of both 
kinds of flowers sessile, or nearly so, crowded 
in the upper axils; flowers violet-purple, 2//— 
3/’ long; pod ovate, or oval-orbicular, acute, or 
obtuse, 2’ long; pubescent, or nearly glabrous. 
Dry soil, Massachusetts to Minnesota, south to 
Florida and Texas. Aug.-Sept. 
PEA FAMILY. 
Hedysarum frutescens \,. Sp. P1.748. 1753- 
Lespedeza reticulata S. Wats. Bibliog. In- 
dex, 1: 233. 1878. Not Pers. 1807. 
Lespedeza Stuvei var, intermedia S. Wats. 
in A. Gray, Man. Ed. 6, 147. 1890. 
Lespedeza frutescens Britton, Mem, Torr. 
Club, 5: 205. 1894. 
Erect, simple or branched, finely ap- 
pressed-pubescent or glabrate, 1°-3° 
high. Stipules subulate, 2//-3/’ long; 
petioles equalling or shorter than the 
leaves; leaflets oval, oblong or elliptic, 
obtuse, truncate or retuse at the apex, 
narrowed or rounded at the base, 6//-18/’ 
long, glabrous and dark green above, 
paler and pubescent beneath; flowers of 
both kinds in short-stalked or nearly ses- 
sile axillary clusters, generally crowded 
toward the summit of the stem; cor- 
olla violet-purple, 2/”-3/’ long; pod ovate- 
oblong, acute, pubescent, about 2// long. 
Dry soil, Massachusetts to Ontario and 
Michigan, south to Florida, Illinois and 
Texas. Aug.—Sept. 
