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the si ey^der petiole ; otherwise resembling tlic prc'ce(liii<;. — Copses, N. Eng. to 

 Fla., west to Midi., Mo., and I^a. 



^_ H_ H_ Steins reclining or proatratc ; racemes loosely flnwerfd. 

 20. D. lineitum, DC. Stem minntoly pubescent, striato-angleil ; leaf- 

 lets orbituhir, smootliish (^-T l()n<^), much ItJiiger than the petiole; pod 

 Sfaively stalked in the calyx. — Dry soil, Md. and Va. to Fla. and La. 



28. LESPEDEZA, Michx. Bush-Clovku. 



Calyx 5-cleft; tlie lobes nearly ecjual, slender. Stamens diadclphous (9 and 

 1); anthers all alike. Pods of a single 1-seeded joint (sometimes 2-jointed, 

 with the lower joint empty and stalk-like), oval or ronndisli, flat, reticulated. 

 — IIer])s witli pinnately 3-foliolate leaves, not sti|)ellate. Flowers often 

 polygamous, iu summer and autumn. (Dedi.iitcd to Lesjiedez, the Sjianisli 

 governor of Florida in the time of Michaux.) 

 § 1. Stipules subulate-setaceous ; bracts minute ; calijx-lohesottenuate ; perennial. 



* Flowers of two sorts, the larger {violet-purple) perfect , but seldom fruitful ,pan- 



icled or clustered ; with smaller pistillate and fertile but mostlij apetalous ones 

 intermixed or in small subsessile clusters ; calyx 1 -2" long ; pod exserted. 



1. Xi. prOCUmbens, Michx. Slender, trailing and prostrate, minutely 

 appressed-hairy to soft-down y ; leaflets oval or obovate-elliptical, 3-9" long; 

 peduncles verg slender, few-flowered ; keel equalling the wings ; pod small, 

 roundish, obtuse or acute. (Inch L. reperis, Bart.) — Dry sandy soil ; common. 



2. L. vioiacea, Pers. Stems upright or spreading, slender, branched, 

 rather sparse! g leafg and sparingly pubescent ; leafets thin, broadlg oral or olt- 

 /o«7, finely ap])rcssed-pubescent beneath; peduncles verg slender, loosclg few- 

 flowered, mostly longer than the leaves; flowers 3-4" long, the keel often tho 

 longest; pod ovate, 2-3" long, nearly glabrous. — Dry copses, N. Eng. to 

 Minn, and E. Kan., south to Fla. and La. 



3. L. reticulata, Pers. Stouter, erect, verg lenfg ; leaflets thickish, linear 

 to linear-oblong, 6-15" long, finely appressed-pubescent; //owers (scarcely 3" 

 long) clustered on peduncles much shorter than the leaves, the keel shorter than 

 the standard ; pods ovate, acute, 2" long, appressed-subpube.sceut. (L. vioiacea, 

 var. angustifolia, Toi-r. ^- Crag.) — Mass. to Minn., and southward. 



4. L. Stuvei, Nutt. Stems upright-spreading, verg leafg, simple or some- 

 what branched, downg with spreading pubescence ; leaflets oval or roundish vary- 

 ing to oblong or rarely linear-oldong, silkg or white-woollg beneath and sometimes 

 above ; flowers as in the la.st, often numerous and crowded ; pods ovale, acumi- 

 nate, mostly 3" long, downg. — Mass. to Mich., and south to Va. antl Tex. 



Var. intermedia, Watson. Pubescence mi>re scanty and usually fine 

 and a])pres.se<l as in n. 3, but the leaflets oval to oldong; inflorescence often 

 more open ; pod of n. 4 or of n. 3. (I... vioiacea, var. se.ssiliflora, of Man., 

 mainly.) — Mass. to Fla., aud west to Mich., 111., E. Kan., and Ark. 



* * Flowers all alike and perfect, in close spikes or heads; corolla whitish or 



cream<olor with a purple spot on the standard, about the length of the downy 

 5-parted calgx; pod included ; stems upright, wand-iike (2-4° high). 



5. L. polystachya, Michx. stem with mostly spreading ])ubescence; 

 petioles 2 - 0" lung ; leaflets from urbicular to oblong-ovate , hairy; spikes oblong, 



