36 COMMON CANADIAN WILT) PLANTS. 



2. D. acumina'tum, DC. Stem pubescent. Leaves all crowded 

 at the summit of the stem, from which the raceme or panicle, arises. 

 Leaflets conspicuously pointed. Rich woods. 



3. D. pauciflo'mm, DC. Lea ves scattered along the low ascend- 

 ing stems ; leaflets rhombic-ovate, rather blunt. Racemes few- 

 flowered, terminal. Rich woods, western Ontario. 



* * Pod raised on a stalk hardly surpassing the calyx, the latter deeply cleft. 

 Stipules ovate, taper-pointed. 



4. D. rotundifo'lium, DC. Stem prostrate, soft-hairy. Leaflets 

 orbicular. Flowers purple. Pods indented on both edges. 

 Dry sandy woods, western Ontario. 



* * * Pod hardly, if at all, stalked. 



5. D. CUSpida'tum, Torr. and Gray. Stem tall, erect, very 

 smooth. Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed, very large, 

 green on both sides. Flowers and bracts large. Pod 4 6-jointed. 

 Thickets. 



6. D. panicula'tum, DC. Stem slender, nearly smooth, 

 eaflets oblong-lanceolate, tapering to a blunt point. Flowers 



medium-sized. Pod 3-5-jointed, the joints triangular. Racemes 

 panicled. Rich woods. 



7. D. Dille'nii, Darlingt. Distinguished from the last by the 

 pubescent stem find finely pubescent leaflets, the latter oblony or 

 oblong-ovate. Dry and open thickets. 



8. D. Canadense, DC. Stem erect, hairi/, tall, furrowed. 

 Leaflets oblong-lanceolate (l|-3 inches long), with many sfraightisA 

 veins. Flowers large, about - inch long, in dense racemes. Joints 

 of the pod roundish. Dry woods. 



9. D. cilia're, DC. Stem ascending, slender, hairy. Leaflets 

 round-ovate (|-1 inch long). Flowers small, in loose racemes. 

 Dry thickets, south-western Ontario. 



8. LESPEDE'ZA. BUSH-CLOVER. 



* Flowers of two sorts ; the larger perfect, the smaller pistillate and usually 

 apetalous, mingled with the ot/n'rs. 



1. L. viola'cea, Pers. (L. reticulata, Pers., in Macoun's 

 Catalogue.) Stems upright, branched. Leaflets varying from 

 oblong to linear, downy underneath. Vlowe.ru molet-purple. Dry 

 borders of woods, western Ontario. 



