576 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Alleghenian to Lonisianiau area. Ontario; New England west to Minnesota, 

 south to the Ohio Valley, Missouri, and Arkansas; from New York to Florida and 

 through the Gulf States to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the Lower Pine region. Dry sandy or gravelly 

 copses. Madison and Clay counties. Talladega Mountains, near Elders, 2,000 feet. 

 Lee County, Auburn. Madison County, Huntsville, 650 feet. Cullraan County, 800 

 feet. Calhoun County, Anniston. Walker County, Dent (E. A. Smith). Clarke 

 County. Mobile County, Springhill. Flowers purple, July to September. Frequent. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lespedeza hirta (L.) Ell. Sk. 2 : 207. 1824. 



BUSH CLOVER. BRISTLY-HAIRED BUSH CLOVEK. 



Hedysarum liirtum L. Sp. PI. 2 : 748. 1753. 



Lespedeza poly stachy a Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 :71, /. 40. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 141. Chap. Fl. 101. 



Alleghenian to Louisiauian area. Ontario and New England west to Minnesota, 

 south to Arkansas, and from New York to Florida and through the Gulf States to 

 Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Throughout. Dry barren soil, copses, worn-out fields. Flowers yel- 

 lowish white, July, August. Common. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lespedeza capitata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 71. 1803. WHITE BUSH CLOVER. 



Hedysarum frutescens Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1193. 1803. Not L. 



Lespedeza frntescena Ell. Sk. 2 : 206. 1824. 



Ell. I.e. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 142. Chap. Fl. 101. 



Allegbenian to Louisianian area. Ontario; Vermont west to Minnesota and 

 Nebraska, south to Arkansas; from New York south to Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Throughout same localities as last. Dry open fields and copses. 

 Flowers white, June, September. Frequent. Perennial. 



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



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lespedeza striata (Thunb. ) Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. 226. 1841. 



LESPEDEZA. JAPANESE CLOVER. 



Hedysarum striatum Thunb. Fl. Japon. 289. 1784. 



CHINA, JAPAN. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. 



Adventive from eastern Asia and during the past thirty years extensively and copi- 

 ously spread over the Southern States from Maryland 'to the Gulf and southern 

 Arkansas. 



ALABAMA; All over the State. In dry uplands. Flowers purplish, blooming and 

 ripening the seeds throughout the summer. First observed iu Montgomery County, 

 1867, Mobile County, 1869. Of greatest thrift and abundance in the calcareous soils 

 of the prairie region. Annual. 



Economic uses : Fodder plant, important for pasture and as spontaneous hay crop. 



Type locality : Japanese ; not specifically given. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



VICIA L. Sp. PI. 734. 1753. VETCH. 



About 120 species, climbing herbs, temperate regions Northern Hem i sphere. North 

 America, 11 or 12. 



Vicia acutifolia Ell. Sk. 2 : 225. 1824. ACUTE-LEAVED VETCH. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 98. 



Louisianian area. Georgia and middle Florida. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Grassy banks. Mobile County. Flowers pearl blue, 

 May. Not frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: u Grows in Scri 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



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ype locality: u Grows in Scriven county, Ga. 

 erb. G 



Vicia micrantha Nutt. ; Torr. &. Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 271. 1838. 



SMA LL-FL< ) WERED VETCH. 



Chap. Fl. 98. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 86. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas and western Loui- 

 Hiana to western Florida. 



