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5. Lespedeza Stuvei Nutt. Stuve's 

 Bush-clover. (Fig 2196.) 



Lespedeza Stuvei Nutt. Gen. 2: 107. 1818. 



Erect or ascending, simple and \vand-like or 

 sometimes slightly branched, densely velvety or 

 downy pubescent all over, 2-4 high. Stipules 

 subulate, 2"-$" long; petioles commonly much 

 shorter than the leaves; leaflets oval, oblong or 

 suborbicular, obtuse or retuse at the apex, nar- 

 rowed or rounded at the base, 6 // -io // or rarely 

 15" long; flowers of both kinds in nearly sessile 

 axillary clusters; corolla violet- purple, 2 // -3 // 

 long; pod ovate-oblong to orbicular, acute, or ob- 

 long, 2 // -3 // long, downy-pubescent. 



Dry soil, Long Island to Virginia, west to Michigan 

 and the Indian Territory. Aug.-Sept. 



Lespedeza Stuvei neglecta Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 



206. 1894. 



Leaflets linear or linear-oblong, obtuse, mucronu- 

 late. New Jersey and Pennsylvania to North Caro- 

 lina, Georgia, Missouri and Texas. 



6. Lespedeza frutescens (L.) Britton. Wand-like Bush-clover. (Fig. 2197.) 



Hedysarum frutescens L. Sp. PI. 748. 1753. 



Lespedeza reticulata S. Wats. Bibliog. In- 

 dex, i: 233. 1878. Not Pers. 1807. 



Lespedeza Stuvei var. intermedia S. Wats. 

 in A. Gray, Man. Ed. 6, 147. 1890. 



Lespedeza frutescens Britton, Mem. Torr. 

 Club, 5: 205. 1894. 



Erect, simple or branched, finely ap- 

 pressed-pubescent or glabrate, i-3 

 high. Stipules subulate, 2"-$" long; 

 petioles equalling or shorter than the 

 leaves; leaflets oval, oblong or elliptic, 

 obtuse, truncate or retuse at the apex, 

 narrowed or rounded at the base, 6 // -iS // 

 long, glabrous and dark green above, 

 paler and pubescent beneath; flowers of 

 both kinds in short-stalked or nearly ses- 

 sile axillary clusters, generally crowded 

 toward the summit of the stem; cor- 

 olla violet-purple, 2 // -3 // long; pod ovate- 

 oblong, acute, pubescent, about 2" long. 



Dry soil, Massachusetts to Ontario and 

 Michigan, south to Florida, Illinois and 

 Texas. Aug.-Sept. 



7. Lespedeza Virginica (L.) Britton. 

 Slender Bush-clover. (Fig. 2198.) 



Medicago I'irginica L. Sp. PI. 778. 1753. 

 Lespedeza violacea var. angustifolia T. & (i. Fl. 



N. A. i: 367. 1840. 

 Lespedeza I'irginica Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. 



Sci. 12 : 64. 1893. 



Erect, slender, simple and wand-like or 

 branched, resembling the preceding species. 

 Leaflets linear or oblong-linear, 6 // -i8 // long, 

 i"-2^" wide, truncate, obtuse or sometimes 

 acute at the apex, finely pubescent beneath, 

 or glabrate on both surfaces; clusters of both 

 kinds of flowers sessile, or nearly so, crowded 

 in the upper axils; flowers violet-purple, 2"- 

 3" long; pod ovate, or oval-orbicular, acute, or 

 obtuse, 2" long; pubescent, or nearly glabrous. 



Dry soil, Massachusetts to Minnesota, south to 

 Florida and Texas. Aug.-Sept. 



