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LEGUMINOS^E. CLXI. LESPEDEZA. CLXII. EBENUS. 



7 L. F.RIOCA'RPA (D. C. in ann. mus. sci. nat. 4. p. 102.) erect ; 

 petioles short ; leaflets cuneate-obovate, retuse, mucronate, re- 

 ticulated on both surfaces ; glabrous above, but clothed with 

 strigose pubescence beneath ; racemes in fascicles, almost sessile ; 

 calyxes one-half shorter than the corolla and legume, which is 

 orbicular, acuminated, and hairy. ^ . G. Native of Nipaul. 

 Aspalathus violaceus, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 246. Anthyl- 

 lus cuneata, Hamilt. mss. Flowers violaceous. Calycine seg- 

 ments lanceolate, acuminated, about equal in length to the 

 corolla. (D. Don, 1. c.) 



Woolly-fruited Lespedeza. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. Sh. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



8 L. STU'VEI (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 107.) plant erect, sim- 

 ple, clothed with soft silky villi ; petioles very short ; leaflets 

 elliptic-oval, mucronate ; racemes corymbose, many-flowered, 

 axillary, on short peduncles, about the length of the leaves ; 

 legumes pubescent, longer than the calyx. Q. H. Native of 

 the state of New York, in sandy fields. Flowers purple. 



Stuve'i Lespedeza. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



9 L. LONGIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 349.) stem erect, angular, 

 pubescent ; petioles very short ; leaflets oblong, glabrous above, 

 but clothed with adpressed, silky-silvery pubescence beneath ; 

 racemes fasciculately corymbose, many-flowered, axillary and 

 terminal ; legume snorter than the lobes of the calyx. Q. ? H. 

 Native of Louisiana. Flowers purple. 



Long-leaved Lespedeza. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



10 L. FRUTE'SCENS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 349.) plant erect ; 

 stems simple, villous ; petioles short ; leaflets elliptic, obtuse, ra- 

 ther mucronate, clothed with silky pubescence beneath ; racemes 

 axillary, almost sessile, shorter than the leaves ; calyx shorter 

 than the corolla ; legumes pilose, shorter than the calyx. J? . F. 

 Native of Carolina. L. fruticosa, Pers. ench. 2. p. 318. Hedys. 

 frutescens, Lin. spec. 1055. Willd. spec. 3. p. 1193. Flowers 

 purplish. 



Shrubby Lespedeza. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1739. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



11 L. CAPITA'TA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 3. p. 71.) plant erect, 

 simple ; petioles very short ; leaflets elliptic, clothed with ad- 

 pressed pubescence beneath ; spikes capitate, on short peduncles, 

 axillary, but they are also disposed into globose heads at the tops 

 of the branches; calyxes villous, length of corolla, but much 

 longer than the legume. !(. . H. Native from Carolina to New 

 York, in sandy fields and on the edges of woods. Pursh. fl. 

 sept. amer. 2. p. 480. Hedys. conglomeratum, Poir. diet. 6. 

 p. 416. Flowers pale purple. 



Capitate- flowered Lespedeza. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt.1789. PI. 1-3 ft. 



12 L. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Ell. sketch. 2. p. 206.) plant erect, pu- 

 bescent ; petioles very short ; leaflets oblong-elliptic, or lan- 

 ceolate, clothed with canescent pubescence beneath ; racemes 

 capitate, longer than the leaves ; corolla longer than the calyx. 

 I/ . H. Native of Carolina, in arid, sandy places. L. capitata, 

 var. angustifolia, Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 480. Flowers 

 pale purple. 



A/arrow-leaJlettedLespedezsi. Fl.Ju. Jul. Clt. 1800. PI. 2 ft. 



13 L. POLYSTA'CHYA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 3. p. 71. t. 40.) 

 plant erect, branched, very villous ; petioles very short ; leaflets 

 roundish-oval, obtuse ; spikes oblong, axillary, twice the length 

 of the leaves, pedunculate ; calyxes about equal in length to 

 the corolla, but hardly longer than the legume. 1. H. Native 

 from Pennsylvania to Carolina, and of Upper Canada, in waste 

 fields. Hedys. hirtum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1193. Flowers white 

 with a red spot on the vexillum. 



Many- spiked Lespedeza. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1789. PI. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



H L. VILLOSA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 318.) plant erect, branched, 

 clothed with villous tomentum ; petioles rather elongated ; leaf- 

 Jets elliptic, obtuse ; spikes axillary, slender, 3 or 4-times longer 



than the leaves ; calyxes shorter than the corolla, but longer 

 than the legumes, if. . H. Native of North America. Hedys. 

 hirtum, Lin. spec. 1055. ? L. hirta, Horn. cat. 699. ? Hedys. 

 villosum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1195. Flowers white and pale 

 yellow, twin, the lower pairs distant, with the flowers sometimes 

 abortive and sometimes in fascicles, mixed with scales in the 

 axils of the leaves. 



Villous Lespedeza. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. 2 feet. 



15 L. PROCU'MBENS (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 70. t. 39.) 

 plant procumbent, slender, pubescent ; petioles elongated ; leaf- 

 lets oval, obtuse, mucronulate ; racemes axillary, loose-flowered, 

 very long and slender ; calyxes shorter than the corolla ; le- 

 gumes ovate, naked, smoothish. If . H. Native from New 

 York to Carolina, in sandy or gravelly places. Nutt. gen. amer. 

 2. p. 108. Hedys. Lespedeza, Poir. diet. 6. p. 415. Flowers 

 of a violaceous-purple colour. 



Procumbent Lespedeza. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. pr. 



16 L. FROSTRA'TA (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 481. Nutt. 

 gen. amer. 2. p. 108.) plant prostrate, slender, glabrous ; petioles 

 short ; leaflets elliptic, obtuse, mucronate, hardly pubescent 

 beneath ; racemes axillary, slender, few-flowered, longer than 

 the leaves ; calyxes shorter than the corolla ; legumes ovate, 

 rather pubescent. I/ . H. Native of Pennsylvania (Muhl.), 

 of New Jersey (Nutt.), Upper Canada (Dougl.). Hedys. prcis- 

 tratum, Muhl. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 1200. Flowers purplish. 



Prostrate Lespedeza. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1810. PI. pr. 



17 L. GLOMERA'TA (Horn. hort. hafn. suppl. 81.) stems twin- 

 ing ; leaflets oval, obtuse, rather pubescent ; spikes of flowers 

 axillary and terminal, sessile, glomerate. Q.^.S. Native of 

 the East Indies. Flowers probably red. 



Glomerate-spiked Lespedeza. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. tw. 



18 L. VIRGA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 350.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, branched, angular, pilose ; leaflets ovate, mucronate, 

 lined, glabrous, bearing hairs on the nerves beneath and on 

 the margins; stipulas membranous, oblong. If. G. Native 

 of Japan. Hedys. virgatum, Thunb. fl. jap. 290. Peduncles 

 3-flowered and pilose, according to Thunberg, 1. c. The plant 

 is in habit like L. criocdrpum, which is seen by a specimen in 

 the herbarium of Agardh, at Copenhagen. 



Twiggy Lespedeza. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



19 L. I'NDICA (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 202.) leaflets roundish- 

 ovate, clothed with rusty tomentum beneath ; racemes axillary, 

 crowded, few-flowered ; flowers bracteate ; calyxes villous ; 

 stem shrubby. Jj . S. Native of the East Indies. Hallia 

 trifoliata, Roth. 



Indian Lespedeza. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. The species are rather shewy when in flower, and are 

 therefore worth cultivating for the purpose of decorating flower- 

 borders. The herbaceous perennial kinds grow well in a light 

 rich soil, or in peat borders, and are increased by dividing at 

 the root in spring, or by seeds. The shrubby kinds are also 

 very elegant plants, but they will not live unless protected by a 

 greenhouse or frame during winter ; for this purpose they should 

 be grown in pots, in a mixture of sand and peat, and young 

 cuttings of them will strike root readily if planted in a pot of 

 sand, with a bell-glass placed over them. The seeds of the 

 annual kinds should be sown in a peat-border, in as sheltered a 

 situation as possible. 



CLXII. E'BENUS (from abnotis, the Arabic name for ebony, 

 or tfitvoe or tfltXos, of the Greeks, ebenus or. ebenum of the 

 Roinans, from the Hebrew Helen). Lin. gen. no. 895. D. C. 

 legum. mem. vii. prod. 2. p. 350. Anthyllis species of Lam. 



LIN. SYST. Monadetphia, Decandria. Calyx permanent, cleft 

 into 5 beyond the middle ; the tube becoming at length ratlier 

 ventricose ; the segments linear-subulate, about equal in length 



