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PAPIUONACEAE. 



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2. Lespedeza procumbens Michx. Trailing Bush-clover. (Fig. 2193.) 



Lesf>edeza procumbens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 70. 

 1803. 



Woolly or downy-pubescent, trailing, pro- 

 cumbent or sometimes ascending, stouter than 

 the preceding species, stems I2 / ~3O / long. 

 Stipules subulate; petioles commonly much 

 shorter than the leaves; leaflets oval or elliptic, 

 rarely slightly obovate, obtuse or retusc at the 

 apex, rounded at the base, 5"-! 2" long; pe- 

 duncles of the petaliferous flower-clusters 

 longer than the leaves, or the flowers sometimes 

 all apctalous and nearly sessile; corolla violet- 

 purple or pinkish purple; pod oval-orbicular, 

 acute, pubescent, \W long. 



In dry soil, Massachusetts to Floiida. \vt.st to 

 the Indian Territory and Louisiana. Aug.-S< pt 



3. Lespedeza Nuttallii Darl. Xuttall's 

 Bush-clover. (Fig. 2194.) 



Lespedeza Xnltallii Darl. Fl. Cest. Ed. 2, 420. 1837. 



Erect or ascending, simple or branched, more or less 

 villous-pubescent, 2-3 high. Stipules subulate; 

 petioles shorter than the leaves; leaflets oval, obovate 

 or suborbicular, thickish, obtuse or cmarginate at the 

 apex, narrowed or sometimes rounded at the base, 

 dark green and glabrous or nearly so above, villous- 

 pubescent beneath, 4"- 20" long, 3 // -io // wide; pedun- 

 cles mostly exceeding the leaves; inflorescence capi- 

 tate, or spicate, dense; flowers violet-purple, about 3" 

 long; pod oblong, or oval, acuminate or acute at each 

 end, very pubescent, 2/4 "-3" long. 



Dry soil, southern New Ivnuland ami New York to 

 Michigan. Florida and Kansas. Aug.-Scpt. 



4. Lespedeza violacea (L. ) Pers. 

 Bush-clover. (Fig. 2195.) 



///</ J-.M7 rum rinlacfiim I.. Sp. I'l. 71-1. 

 Lespedeza violacea Pers. Syn. 2: ;i> 



1753- 

 1807. 



Erect or ascending, sparingly pubescent, 

 usually much branched, i-3 high. Stipules 

 subulate, 2"-$" long; petioles shorter than or 

 equalling the leaves; leaflets oval, elliptic or 

 elliptic-oblong, thin, obtuse or retuse at the 

 apex, rounded at the base, 6 // -2 / long, appressed- 

 pubescent beneath; peduncles, at least the upper 

 ones, longer than the leaves; inflorescence loose, 

 paniculate; corolla violet-purple, 3 // -5 // long; 

 pod ovate or oval, acute, finely and sparingly 

 . -X. pubescent, or glabrate, 2 // -3 // long. 



In dry soil, New Kngland to Florida, west to 

 Minnesota, Kansas, Louisiana and northern Mexico. 

 Aug.-Sept. 



