46 TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



LKSPEDEZA, Michx. Bush-Clover. 



Ii. repeiis, Bartou. (Including' L. procumb^ns, Michx.) Busli-Clovcr 

 Lapham. Rare. Sjuth. 



L<. violacea, Pers. Bush-Clover. 



Blue Earth county, I/ei/jecfif; Brown county, Jinii. Infrequent. Soutli. 



[L. reticulata, Pers. (L. violacea, Pers.,var. sessiliflora, Don) probably occurs in 

 the south part of the state. 



Ij. reticulata, Pers., var. angiistitblia, Maxim. (L. violacea, Pers.,var. 

 anffustifolia, Torr. ^: Gray.) Bush-Clover. 

 Cottonwood county, Ho/jmyer. Infrequent. South. 



I., hirta. Ell. Bush-Clover. 



Lake Pepin, Miss ManitiiKj; Cottouwoocl county, HoIziiKjcr. Intrequeut. .South. 



li. oapitaia, Michx. Bush-Clover. 



Common, or frequent, tlirough the south half of the state ; extending north at least 

 to Cass county, Upluun . 



L. leptostacliya, Engelm.* Bush-Clover. 



S )utheasteru Minnesota, T. J. Hah; Enunet county, Iowa (common), Cnttij; Rock 

 county (common). Lclhcnj. South. 



TICIA, Tourn. Vetch. Take. 



I', saiira, L. Vetch. 



Lake Pepin, Miss Manniny. Rare. 



V. Cracca, L. Blue Vetch. 



Minneapolis, and Carlton couuty, RoherU; AVhite Bear, Ramsey county. Miss Field. 

 Rare. South. 



V. Cai-oliniaiia, Walt. Pale Vetch. Carolina Vetch. 



Frequent through the south half of the state ; extending north to the upper Missis- 

 sippi river, Garrison, and Fergus Falls, Leonard. 



V. Americana, Muhl. Purple Vetch. American Vetch. 

 Common throughout the state. 



LATHYKUS, L. Vetchling. Everl.\sting Pea. 



Li. inaritimiis, Bigelow. Beach Pea. 



Common on beaches of gravel and sand, north shore of lake Superior, Juni, 

 RohcUs; lake of the Woods, Dawsim. 



Li. veuo.siis, Muhl. Vetchling. 



Common through the south half of the state, and in the Red river valley ; extend- 

 ing norlheasttothe upper Mississippi river, Garrison, &nA Kaministiquia river, Macouit. 



L. ocliroleiicus. Hook. Pale Vetchling. 

 Common, often abundant, throughout the state. 



*LEsrEDEZA LErTOSTAciiVA, Eugelni. Clothed w ith appressed, silky pubescence; 

 leaves linear ; petiole longer than the terminal petiolule ; spikes paniculate, slender, 

 somewhat loosely flowered, ratherlongerthau the peduncle ; legume equalto orslightly 



longer than the calyx Has passed for L. anpustifolia, from which its slender 



spikes and paniculate habit at once distinguish it. Gray, Pmc. Amer. Acad. of Arts 

 and Science", vol. xii. 



