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FABACEAE. 



VOL. II. 



3. Lespedeza violacea (L.) Pers. Bush- 

 clover. Fig. 2599. 



Hedysarum violaceum L. Sp. PI. 749. 1753. 

 Lespedeza -ciolacea Pers. Syn. 2: 318. 1807. 



Erect or ascending, sparingly pubescent, usually 

 much branched, i-3 high. Stipules subulate, 

 2" -2," long; petioles shorter than or equalling the 

 rather distant leaves ; leaflets oval, elliptic or 

 elliptic-oblong, thin, obtuse or retuse at the apex, 

 rounded at the base, 6" -2' long, appressed-pubes- 

 cent beneath ; peduncles, at least the upper ones, 

 longer than the leaves; inflorescence loose, few- 

 flowered, paniculate; corolla violet-purple, 3 "-5" 

 long; pod ovate or oval, acute, finely and spar- 

 ingly pubescent, or glabrate, 2"-3" long. 



In dry soil, New Hampshire to Florida, west to 

 Minnesota, Kansas, Louisiana and northern Mexico. 

 Aug.-Sept. 



Lespedeza prairea (Mack. & Bush) Britton, of dry 

 soil from Illinois and Missouri to Arkansas and 

 Texas, has smaller leaflets and shorter-pedicelled 

 flowers. 



4. Lespedeza Manniana Mackenzie & 

 Bush. Mann's Bush-clover. Fig. 2600. 



L. Manniana Mackenzie & Bush, Trans. Acad. Sci. 

 St. Louis 12: 15. 1902. 



Stems erect or ascending, slender, appressed- 

 pubescent with rather long hairs or somewhat 

 pilose, i4-2$ high. Leaflets oblong or linear- 

 oblong, i \' long or less, obtuse and mucronate 

 at the apex, sparingly appressed-pubescent above, 

 densely so beneath; petaliferous flowers short- 

 racemose on slender peduncles longer than the 

 leaves ; calyx 3" -4" long, about two-thirds as 

 long as the corolla and the oval acute somewhat 

 pubescent pod. 



Prairies. Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas, 

 corded from Michigan. Aug.-Sept. 



Re- 



5. Lespedeza Brittonii Bicknell. Britton's 

 Bush-clover. Fig. 2601. 



L. Brittonii Bicknell, Torreya i : 103. 1901. 



Stems ascending, finely pubescent or tomen- 

 tose at least above, 4 long or less. Leaves 

 short-petioled ; leaflets firm in texture, oblong to 

 elliptic, obtuse, mucronulate, f'-2' long, finely 

 pubescent or glabrate above, densely velvety- 

 pubescent beneath; peduncles longer than the 

 leaves or some of them shorter, tomentose ; 

 flowers short-racemose ; corolla purple and pink, 

 3" -4" long, somewhat longer than the calyx ; 

 pods of petaliferous flowers ovate-elliptic, acute, 

 pubescent, twice as long as the calyx. 



Dry woodlands and borders of woods. Massa- 

 chusetts to New Jersey and Maryland. Aug.-Sept. 



