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Corolla whitish or yellowish; flowers all complete; pod included or scarcely exserted from 



the calyx 

 Leaflets oblong, ovate-oblong, or nearly orbicular 



Peduncles mostly exceeding the leaves L. h i r t a 



Peduncles shorter than the leaves L. capitata 



Stuve's Bush Clover 



Lespedeza stuvei Nuttall 



Plate nab 



Stems erect or nearly so, simple and wandlike or slightly branched, 

 densely velvety or downy-pubescent all over, 2 to 4 feet high; petioles 

 as long as the leaves or usually shorter; leaflets oval, oblong or suborbicular, 

 blunt or retuse at the apex, one-half to i inch long. Flowers of both kinds 

 in nearly sessile, axillary clusters; corolla violet-purple, one-fourth of an 

 inch long or less. Pod oblong-ovate to orbicular, pointed, about one-fourth 

 of an inch long or less, downy-pubescent, much longer than the calyx. 



In dry or sandy soil, Vermont and Massachusetts to Virginia, Alabama, 

 Michigan, Arkansas and Texas. Flowering in August and September. 



Wandlike Bush Clover 



Lespedeza frutescens (Linnaeus) Britton 



Plate 114 



Stems erect, i to 3 feet high, simple or somewhat branched, finely 

 pubescent or nearly ' smooth ; petioles as long as the leaflets or shorter; 

 leaflets oval, oblong or elliptic, blunt, truncate or notched at the apex, 

 narrowed or rounded at the base, one-half to i| inches long, smooth and 

 dark green above, paler and pubescent beneath. Flowers of both kinds 

 in short-stalked axillary clusters which are more or less crowded toward 

 the summit of the stem; corolla violet-purple, about one-fourth of an inch 

 long; pod ovate, pointed, pubescent, about one-fifth of an inch long. 



Dry soil in open woods, old fields, etc., Maine to Ontario, Minnesota, 

 Florida, Illinois and Texas. Flowering in August and September. 



