PAPILIONACEAE. (Vor. II. 
8. Lespedeza hirta (L.) Ell. Hairy 
Bush-clover. (Fig. 2199.) 
Hedysarum hirtum \. Sp. P\. 748. 1753. 
L. polystachya Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:71. 1803. 
Lespedeza hirta Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2: 207. 1824. 
Erect or ascending, rather stout,generally branch- 
ing above, villous or silky-pubescent, 2°-4° high. 
Stipules subulate, 1’/-2144’’ long; petioles shorter 
than the leaves; leaflets oval, or suborbicular, obtuse 
at each end, sometimes emarginate at the apex, 6’/— 
2/ long; peduncles elongated, often much exceeding 
the leaves; heads oblong-cylindric,rather dense, 14/— 
14’ long; flowers all complete; corolla yellowish- 
white or the standard purple spotted, about 3’’ long; 
pod oval, acute, very pubescent, about equalling the 
calyx-lobes. 
Dry soil, Maine and Ontario to Florida, west to 
Illinois, Minnesota and Louisiana. Aug.—Oct. 
Lespedeza hirta oblongifolia Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. 
Sci. 12: 66. 1893. 
Leaves oblong, obtuse at each end, 9/’-15'’ long, 2’’-4'’ wide, glabrate above, appressed-pubes- 
cent below; peduncles slender; spikes looser, 1/~114' long; calyx very pubescent. Pine barrens, 
Egg Harbor, N. J., and in the Southern States. 
g. Lespedeza capitata Michx. Round-headed Bush-clover. 
Hedysarum frutescens Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 1193. 1803. 
Not L. 1753. 
L. capitata Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 2: 71. 1803. 
Lespedeza frutescens Ell. Bot. S.C. 2:206. 1824. 
Lespedeza capitata var. sericea H. & A. Comp. Bot. 
Mag. 1: 23. 1835. 
Stiff, erect or ascending, mainly simple and 
wand-like, silky or silvery pubescent, 2°-5 14° 
high. Stipules subulate; leaves nearly sessile; 
leaflets oblong or oval, obtuse or acute at each 
end, 1/-134/ long, 3/’-5’” wide; peduncles much 
shorter than the leaves, or the dense globose-ob- 
long heads sessile in the upper axils; flowers all 
complete; corolla yellowish-white, with a purple 
spot on the standard, 3’” long; pod ovate-oblong, 
pubescent, about half as long as the calyx-lobes. 
Dry fields, Ontario and Maine to Florida, Minne- 
sota, Nebraska and Louisiana. Aug.—Sept. 
Lespedeza capitata longifolia (DC.) T. & G. Fl. 
N. A. 1: 368. 1840. 
Lespedeza longifolia DC. Prodr, 2: 349. 1825. 
Leaflets linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong, some- 
times 4’ long. Illinois and Missouri. 
to. Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) 
; Ell. Narrow-leaved Bush-clover. 
(Fig. 2201.) 
Lespedeza capitata var. angustifolia Pursh, FI. 
Am. Sept. 480. 1814. 
L.angusttfolia Ell. Bot. S.C. & Ga.2: 206. 1824. 
Erect, simple, or branched above, slender, 
appressed-pubescent, 2°-3° high. Stipules 
subulate; leaves nearly sessile; leaflets linear 
or oblong-linear,rarely some of the lower ones 
lance-linear, 1/-1 14’ long, 1’/-2’’ wide, obtuse, 
truncate or acutish at the apex; peduncles 
elongated, usually exceeding the leaves; flow- 
ers nearly as in the preceding species; pod 
oyate-orbicular, shorter than the calyx-lobes. 
Dry sandy soil, eastern Massachusetts, Long 
Island, south to Florida, west to Michigan and 
Louisiana. Aug.—Sept. 
