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8. Lespedeza hirta (L.) Ell. Hairy 

 Bush-clover. (Fig. 2199.) 



Hedysarum hirium L. Sp. PI. 748. 1753. 



L. polystachya Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:71. 1803. 



Lespedeza hirta Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2: 207. 1824. 



Erect or ascending, rather stout.generally branch- 

 ing above, villous or silky-pubescent, 2-4 high. 

 Stipules subulate, i"-*% /f long; petioles shorter 

 than the leaves; leaflets oval, or suborbicular, obtuse 

 at each end, sometimes emarginate at the apex, 6"- 

 2' long; peduncles elongated, often much exceeding 

 the leaves; heads oblong-cylindric.rather dense, %'- 

 i^'long; flowers all complete; corolla yellowish- 

 white or the standard purple spotted, about 3" long; 

 pod oval, acute, very pubescent, about equalling the 

 calyx-lobes. 



Dry soil, Maine and Ontario to Florida, west to 

 Illinois, Minnesota and Louisiana. Aug.-Oct. 



Lespedeza hirta obloneifolia Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. 



Sci. xa: 66. 1893. 



Leaves oblong, obtuse at each end, 9"-is" long, a"-4" wide, glabrate above, appressed-pubes- 

 cent below; peduncles slender; spikes looser, I'IJf 1 long; calyx very pubescent. Pine barrens, 

 Egg Harbor, X. J., and in the Southern States. 



9. Lespedeza capitata Michx. 



Hedvsarum frutescensVf'\\\A. Sp. PI. 3: 1193. 



Not L. 1/53, 

 L. capitata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. a: 71. 1803. 

 Lespedeza frutescens Ell. Bot. S. C a: 206. 1824. 

 Lespedeza capitata var. sericea H. & A. Comp. Bot. 



Mag. i: 23. 1835. 



Stiff, erect or ascending, mainly simple and 

 wand-like, silky or silvery pubescent, 2-5# 

 high. Stipules subulate; leaves nearly sessile; 

 leaflets oblong or oval, obtuse or acute at each 

 end, I'-iJ^' long, $"-$" wide; peduncles much 

 shorter than the leaves, or the dense globose-ob- 

 long heads sessile in the upper axils; flowers all 

 complete; corolla yellowish-white, with a purple 

 spot on the standard, 3" long; pod ovate-oblong, 

 pubescent, about half as long as the calyx-lobes. 



Dry fields, Ontario and Maine to Florida, Minne- 

 sota. Nebraska and Louisiana. Aug. -Sept. 



Lespedeza capitata longifolia (DC.) T. & G. Fl. 



N. A. x: 368. 1840. 

 Lespedeza longifolia DC. Prodr. a: 349. 1825. 



Leaflets linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong, some- 

 times 4' long. Illinois and Missouri. 



Round-headed Bush-clover. (Fig. 2200.) 

 1803. 



10. Lespedeza angustifdlia (Pursh) 



Ell. Narrow-leaved Bush-clover. 



(Fig. 2201.) 



Lespedeza capitata var. angustifolia Pursh, Fl. 



Am. Sept. 480. 1814. 

 L. angustifolia Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga.2: 206. 1824. 



Erect, simple, or branched above, slender, 

 appressed-pubescent, 2-3 high. Stipules 

 subulate; leaves nearly sessile; leaflets linear 

 or oblong-linear, rarely some of the lower ones 

 lance-linear, I'-i^'long, i // -2 // wide.obtuse, 

 truncate or acutish at the apex; peduncles 

 elongated, usually exceeding the leaves; flow- 

 ers nearly as in the preceding species; pod 

 ovate-orbicular, shorter than the calyx-lobes. 



Dry sandy soil, eastern Massachusetts, Long 

 Island, south to Florida, west to Michigan and 

 Louisiana. Aug. -Sept. 



