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ALABAMA: Undoubtedly diffused over the State, confounded with the following. 

 So far collected only in the Lower Pine region, in dry sandy places, where it is com- 

 mon. Washington County, Yellow pine. Mobile. Flowers purplish, June, July. 

 Frequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lespedeza procumbens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:10. 1803. TRAILING LESPEDEZA. 



Ell. Sk. 2:207. Gray, Man. ed. 6,141, in part. Chap. Fl. 100, in part. Coulter, 

 Coiitr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 86/iii part. 



Alleghenian to Louisiaiiian area. Massachusetts to Florida, west to Missouri, 

 Arkansas, and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Coast plain. Coosa hills. Dry places, borders of 

 fields. Lawrence County, Mountain Home. Talladega County, near Alpine Station. 

 Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain. Mobile County. Flowers rose-color, September. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia et Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lespedeza iiuttallii Darlington, Fl. Cest. ed. 2, 420. 1837. 



NUTTALL'S BUSH CLOVER. 



Lespedeza virgata Nutt. ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 368. 1840. Not DC. 

 L. stuvei var. y Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 368. 1840. 

 Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New England to Michigan and Kansas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Talladega County, dry cherty hills about Ren i roe, 

 800 feet altitude, October 14. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain. Rare. 

 Type locality : " Dry hills; Mica slate range," Chester County, Pa. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lespedeza violacea (L.) Pers. Syn. 2 :318. 1807. 

 Hedysarum violaceum L. Sp. PI. 2 : 749. 1753. 

 Gray, Man. ed. 6, 141. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 110. 



MEXICO. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New England to Florida, west to Minnesota, 

 Kansas, and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region, open woods and copses. Dekalb County, near Men- 

 tone, 1,600 to 1,800 feet altitude. ! lowers pale pink, September. Not rare. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia." 



Lespedeza stuvei angustifolia Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 12 : 63. 1893. 



Carolinian area. New Jersey and southern Pennsylvania to Missouri, south to 

 North Carolina and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry calcareous hills. Madison County, Montesano, 

 1,200 feet altitude. Flowers, August. Rare. 



Type locality : "New Jersey and southern Pennsylvania, to North Carolina, Mis- 

 souri, and Texas." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Lespedeza frutescens (L.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 205. 1894. Not Ell. 



BUSH CLOVER. 



Hedysarum frutescens L. Sp. PL 1 : 748. 1753. 



Lespedeza stuvei intermedia Wats, in Gray, Man. ed. 6, 141. 1890. 



Gray, Man. 1. c. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New England west to Michigan, south to Illi- 

 nois, Arkansas, Texas, and Florida. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rocky woods. Talladega County, Alpine Moun- 

 tains near Renfroe, 800 feet, October. Apparently rare, only a single specimen 

 collected. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Lespedeza virginica (L.) Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 12 : 64. 1893. 



VIRGINIAN BUSH CLOVER. 

 Medicago rirginica L. Sp. PL 2 : 778. 1753. 

 Hedysarum reticulatum Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PL 3 : 1194. 1803. 

 Lespedeza sessiliflora Michx. Fl. Bor. Arn. 2 : 70. 1803. 

 L. reticulata Pers. Syn. 2 : 318. 1807. 



L. violacea var. angnstifolia Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 367. 1840. 

 Ell. Sk. 2 : 204. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 141. Chap. Fl. 101. 



