318 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 141; Britt., Fl. N. J. 86; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 46; Chap., Fl S. St. 101; Mac, Fl. Can. 1, 119; Wats., Bibl. Ind 

 I, 232. 



North America: Ont. to Mass., N. J., Fla. and Miss ; 

 W. to Minn. 



Minn, valley: Reported from S. W. and S. central 

 districts; wooded hillsides and sunny banks. 



Lespedeza reticulata (Muhl.) Pers. Syn. II, 318 (1807). 



Hedysunmi violaceum Linn. Spec 749 (175.3) in part. 

 H. reticulatum Muhl. Willd.-Spec. Ill, 1194 (1802). 

 Lespedeza sessiliflora MiCHX. Fl. N. Am. II, 70 (1803) in part. 

 L. violacea var. sessiliflora Don, Mill. II, 307 (1832). 

 ? L. stuvei var. intermedia S. Wats. Wats and Coult., Gray's Man. 

 6ed. 141 (1890) t)7 part. 



Upham, Fl. Minn. 46; Chap., Fl. S. St. 101; Britt., Fl. N. J. 86; Mac, 

 Fl. Can. I, 119, 511; Coult. Fl. Tex. 86; Cov., Fl. Ark. 176; Wats., Bibl. Ind. 

 I, 233. 



North America: Ont. and Mass. to 111., Kan. and Tex?; 

 W. to Minn, and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Reported from S. central district; dry 

 woods and edges of thickets. 



Lespedeza reticulata (Muhl.) Pers. var. virginica (Linn.). 



Medicago virginica Linn. Spec. 778 (1753). 



Hedysarum junceum Walt. Fl. Car. 185(1788). 



H. reticulatum MuiiL. Willd. Spec. Ill, 1194 (1802) in part. 



Lespedeza sessiliflora MiCHX. Fl. Am. II, 70 (1803) in part. 



Hallia juncea PoiR. Suppl. Ill, 3, (1813). 



Lespedeza frutescens DC. Prodr. II, 349 (1825). 



L. angustifolia Hook, Bot. Mag. I, 23 (1835). 



L. violacea var. angustifolia Maxim. Syn. 366 (1837 ?). 



L. reticulata Wats, and Coult. Gray's Man. 6 ed. 141 (1890) 

 in part. 



Britt., Fl, N. J. 86; Upham, Fl. Minn. 46; Chap., Fl. S. St. 101; Mac, 

 Fl. Can. I, 119?; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 233. 



North America: Mass. to Minn.; S. to Fla. and La. 

 Minn, valley: Reported from S. W. and S. central 

 districts; dry woods and thickets. 



Lespedeza violacea (Linn.) Pers. Syn. II, 318 (1807). 

 Hedysarum violaceum Linn. Spec. 749 {M^Z) in part. 

 H. frutescens Linn. Spec. 749 (1753). 

 Aeschynonienc frutescens Pom. Enc. Meth. IV, 451 (1797). 

 Lespedeza divergens PuKsn, Fl. Am. 481 (1814). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 141; Upham, Fl. Minn. 46; Britt., 

 Fl. N. J. 86; Chap , Fl. S. St. 100; Cov., Fl. Ark. 176.- Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 

 233. 



North America: N. Eng. and N. J. to Fla., Miss, and 

 La. ; W. to Minn Kan. and Ark. 



