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in axillary and terminal racemes. Bracts conspicuous before flowering. Pods 

 about 5-jointed. 



13 D. sessilifolium Torr. &, Gr. St. erect, tomentous-pubescent; lvs. sessile, 

 If La. linear or linear-oblong, obtuse at each end, .scabrous above, softly toiventous be- 

 neath; slip, subulate ; pan. of spicate racemes, very long; bracts, minute; leg. 

 small, hispid, of 'J to 3 semi-orbicular joints. — Woods, the W. States and Tex. St. 

 2 to 3f high. Lfts. about 2' by |'. Fls. small, numerous and crowded. Aug. 



14 D. Dillenii Darl. Plant erect, branching, hairy ; lfts. oblong, villous beneath ; 

 stip. subulate ; rac. pcnicled; joints of the loment 3, rhomboida!, reticulate, a little 

 hairy, connected by a narrow neck. — Moist soils, N. and W. States. St. silicate, 

 scabrous, 2 to 3f high. Lfts. 2 to 3' by 1 to 2', smooth above. Panicle large, 

 terminal, naked. Fls. purple. J). (D. Marilandicum DC.) 



15 D. rigidtim DC. Erect, branching, scabrous, pubescent; lfts. ovate-oolong, 

 obtuse, terminal one tho longest; petioles short, hairy; stip. ovatt-aeuminvte, cili- 

 ate, caducous, rac. paniculate, very long; leg. with 2 to 3 obliquity oval or serni- 

 obovate joints. — Hills and woods, Mass. to La. St. 2 to 3f high, often with numer- 

 ous long, erect, rigid branches. Lfts. 1 to 3' long, £ as wide, rather eoruecous, 

 reticulate-veined. Fls. violet-purple. Aug. 



16 D. ciliare DC. Erect, slender, scabrous-pubescent; lvs. crowded, on short 

 hairy petioles; lfts. small, ovate, short-stalked, pubescent beneath, filiate on tho 

 margin; stip. filiform, caducous; pan. terminal, lower branches much longer; 

 joints of the short stiped loment 2 or 3, obliquely roundish, hispid, reticulate. — 

 Woods, 1'T. Eng. to La. Hight 2f. Fls. purple. Aug. 



17 D. Marilandicurn Boott. Erect, branching, hairy; lfts. ovate, obtuse, sub- 

 cordato at base, the lateral ones as long as tho petioles ; stip. subulate ; pan. ter- 

 minal; loment stype as long as calyx, joints 1 or 2, obliquely obovate. — Woods, N. 

 States to Fla. St. 2 to 3f high. Lfts. 6 to 12" by 4 to 8". Fls. violet-purple, 

 small. Aug. (D. obtusum DC.) 



IS D. lirieatum DC. Slender, assurgent; si finely striate with colored lines; 

 lfts. small, roundish oval, srnoothish, green both sides; rac. terminal and lateral, 

 very long and loose ; loment quite sessile in the calyx, joints about 2, roundish 

 oval. — Dry woods, Can. to Fla. and La. Sts. 2 or 3f long. Lvs. on short stalks; 

 lfts. G to 12" cliam., quite obtuse. Fls. and leg. small. 



19 D. stricturu DC. Erect, slender, nearly glabrous ; lvs. petiolate ; lfts. linear, 

 elongated, coriaceous and reticulatcly veined, mucronate; stip. subulate; pan. 

 slender, few-flowered ; leg. hispid, incurved, of 1 to 3 Innately triangular joints, 

 with a filiform isthmus, the stipe shorter than, or about as long as the calyx. — . 

 Pine barrens, N. J. to Fla. and La. St. about 3f high. Lfts. 2 to 3' by 2 to 3", 

 longer than tho petioles. Fls. small, purple, on slender pedicels. Aug. (D. 

 tenuifolium T. & G.) 



24. LESPEDDZA, Mx. (In honor of Lespedez, Governor of Flori- 

 da, who protected Michaux in his travels there.) Calyx 5-parted, bi- 

 bracteolate, segments nearly equal ; keel of the corolla very obtuse, on 

 Blender claws ; legume (loment) lenticular, compressed, small, unarmed, 

 indehiscent, 1 -seeded. — Genus taken from Hcdysarum. If. Lvs. pal- 

 mately trifoliate, reticulately veined. 



§ Flowers all complete. Calyx villous, Ions. Cor. whitish with .1 purple spot Nos. 1, 2 



§ Fls. partly apetalous. Calyx short. Corolla violet. — Stems upright N T os. 3, 4 



—Stems prostrate No. 5 



1 L. capitata Mx. Bush Clover. Lfts. elliptical, silky beneath ; stip. subulate; 

 fascicles of fls. ovate, subcapital, shorter than the haves, axillary; lornents hairy, 

 shorter than the villous calyx. — An erect, hairy, half shrubby plant, in dry soils, 

 Can. to Car. St. nearly simple, villous, 2 to 4f high. Lvs. numerous, on short 

 petioles, consisting of 3 coriaceous lfts. Lfts. 1 to 1£' by 3 to G", nearly smooth 

 above, covered with silky pubescence beneath. Aug., Sept. (L. fiutescens Ell.) 



ft. angustifolia Ph. Lfts. linear, smooth above. (L. angustifolia Ell.) 



2 L. hirta Ell. St. villous; lfts. roundish oval, pubescent beneath; rac. capitate, 

 axillary, oblong, longer than the leaves; cor. and loment about as long as the 



