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Dry, sandy soil. Plymouth, Mass. [Oakes, E, Faxon], Long 
Island, south to Florida, west to Michigan and Louisiana. 
I have not been able to find Pursh’s type, although it is 
authenticated by Torrey and Gray and Maximowicz cites a 
specimen collected by Pursh. The species is very clearly 
defined. 
I have specimens of a peculiarly short-leaved form of this 
plant from Florida, communicated by Dr. Chapman, which may 
claim recognition as var, BREVIFOLIA. 
11. LespepDEzA LEPTOSTACHYA, ENGELM, 
Lespedeza lepostachya, Engelm. in A. Gray, Proc. Am. Ac. 
xii. 57 (1876). 
Erect, simple or branched, 1°-—3° high, silvery-pubescent 
with appressed hairs. Stipules subulate ; petioles shorter than 
the leaves ; leaflets linear, 1/—1%%' long, 1'"—2" wide ; spikes 
slender, interrupted and loosely-flowered, on peduncles equal- 
ling or exceeding the leaves; corolla as in the preceding 
species; flowers all complete; pod ovate, pubescent, about. 
114" long, nearly equalling the calyx. 
Prairies, Illinois to Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. 
This most distinct of all our species appears to be rather rare. 
and local. The specimens which I have seen are from Foun- 
taindale, Ill. (Bebb), Emmet Co., Iowa (Cratty). 
12. Lespepeza srriata (Tuuns.) H. & A. 
Hedysarum striatum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 289 (1784). 
Lespedeza striata, H. & A. Bot. Beechey, 262 (1841). 
Annual, diffuse or ascending, branched, tufted, sparingly 
appressed-pubescent, 6’—12’ long. Stipules ovate, acute or 
acuminate, ]'’—2" long; petioles much shorter than the 
leaves; leaflets oblong or oblong-obovate, 4'—9" long, 
1’—4" wide, obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, their 
margins usually sparingly ciliate; flowers 1 to 3 together, 
sessile or nearly so in the axils, both petaliferous and apetalous ; 
corolla pink or purple, about 1%” long; calyx-lobes ovate ; 
pod oval, acute, slightly exceeding the calyx-lobes. 
In fields, Virginia [Canby, Hollick, Porter, Brinton], 
Illinois [J. Schneck], West Virginia [Millspaugh], Missouri, and 
very common in the Southern States. Naturalized from eastern 
Asia, 
