564 FLORA. 



brate, 4-6 mm. long. In dry soil, N. Eng. to Fla., Minn., Kans., La. and northern 

 Mex. Aug. -Sept. 



5. Lespedeza Stuvei Nutt. STUVE'S BUSH-CLOVER. (I. F. f. 2196.) Wand- 

 like, velvety or downy pubescent, 6-12 dm. high. Stipules 4-6 mm. long; petioles 

 commonly much shorter than the leaves; leaflets oval, oblong or suborbicular, ob- 

 tuse or retuse, 12-30 mm. long; flowers in nearly sessile axillary clusters; corolla 

 violet-purple, 4-6 mm. long; pod ovate-oblong to orbicular, 4-6 mm. long, downy- 

 pubescent. Dry soil, Conn, to Va., Mich, and the Ind. Terr. Aug.-Sept. 



Lespedeza Stuvei neglecta Britton. Leaflets linear or linear-oblong-, obtuse, mu- 

 cronulate. N. J. and Penn. to N. Car., Ga., Mo., and Tex. 



6. Lespedeza frutescens iL.) Britton. WAND-LIKE BUSH-CLOVER. (I. F. f. 

 2197.) Finely appressed-pubescent or glabrate, 3-9 dm. high. Stipules 4-6 mm. 

 long; petioles equalling or shorter than the leaves; leaflets oval, oblong or 

 elliptic, obtuse, truncate or retuse, 12-38 mm. long, glabrous and dark green 

 above, paler and pubescent beneath; flowers in short-stalked or nearly sessile axil- 

 lary clusters, generally crowded toward the summit of the stem; corolla violet- 

 purple, 4-6 mm. long; pod ovate-oblong, acute, pubescent, about 4 mm. long. 

 Dry soil, Me. to Ont, Mich., Fla., 111. and Tex. Aug.-Sept. 



7. Lespedeza Virginica (L.) Britton. SLENDER BUSH CLOVER. (I. F. f. 

 2198.) Slender, resembling the preceding. Leaflets linear or oblong-linear, 

 12-38 mm. long, 2-5 mm. wide, truncate, finely pubescent beneath, or glabrate on 

 both surfaces; clusters crowded in the upper axils; flowers violet-purple, 4-6 mm. 

 long; pod ovate or oval-orbicular, 4 mm. long, pubescent, or nearly glabrous. 

 Dry soil, Mass, to Ont., Minn., Kans., Fla. and Tex. Aug.-Sept. 



8. Lespedeza hirta (L.) Ell. HAIRY BUSH-CLOVER. (I. F. f. 2199.) Erect 

 or ascending, villous or silky pubescent, 6-12 dm. high. Stipules 2-5 mm. long; 

 petioles shorter than the leaves; leaflets oval, or suborbicular, obtuse at each end, 

 sometimes emarginate, 12 mm. -5 cm. long; peduncles elongated; heads oblong- 

 cylindric, rather dense, 12-35 mm - l n g; flowers all complete, corolla yellowish- 

 white or the standard purple-spotted, about 6 mm. long; pod oval, acute, very 

 pubescent, about equalling the calyx-lobes. Dry soil, Me. and Ont. to Fla., 111., 

 Minn, and La. Aug.-Oct. 



Lespedeza hirta oblongifolia Britton. Leaflets oblong, obtuse at each end, 1.8-3 

 cm. long, 4-6 mm. wide, glabrate above, appressed-pubescent beneath ; peduncles slender ; 

 spikes looser, 2.5-3.8 cm. long ; calyx very pubescent. Pine barrens, Egg Harbor, 

 N. J., and in the Southern States. 



9 Lespedeza capitata Michx. ROUND-HEADED BUSH-CLOVER. (I. F. f. 

 2200.) Stiff, mainly simple and wand-like, silky or silvery pubescent, 6-16 dm. 

 high. Leaves nearly sessile; leaflets oblong or oval, 2.5-3.8 cm. long; peduncles 

 shorter than the leaves, or the dense globose-oblong heads sessile in the upper 

 axils; flowers all complete; corolla yellowish-white, with a purple spot on the 

 standard, 6 mm. long; pod ovate-oblong, pubescent, about half as long as the calyx- 

 lobes. Dry fields, Ont. and Me. to Fla., S. Dak., Kans. and La. Aug.-Sept. 



Lespedeza capit&ta longifolia (DC.) T. & G. Leaflets linear-lanceolate or linear- 

 oblong, sometimes i dm. long. 111. and Mo. 



10. Lespedeza angustifolia (Pursh) Ell. NARROW- LEAVED BUSH CLOVER. 

 (I. F. f. 2201.) Erect, appressed-pubescent, 6-9 dm. high. Leaves nearly sessile; 

 leaflets linear or oblong-linear, rarely some of the lower ones lance-linear, 2.5-3 

 cm. long, obtuse, truncate or acutish; peduncles usually exceeding the leaves; 

 flowers nearly as in the preceding; pod ovate-orbicular, shorter than the calyx- 

 lobes. Dry sandy soil, E. Mass, to Fla., Mich, and La. Aug.-Sept. 



11. Lespedeza leptostachya Engelm. PRAIRIE BUSH-CLOVER. (I. F. f. 

 2202.) Erect, 3-9 dm. high, silvery- pubescent with appressed hairs. Petioles 

 shorter than the leaves; leaflets linear, 2.5-3 cm * l n > spikes slender, on ped- 

 uncles equalling or exceeding the leaves; corolla as in the preceding; pod ovate, 

 pubescent, about 3 mm. long, nearly equalling the calyx. Prairies, 111. to Iowa, 

 Wis. and Minn. Aug.-Sept. 



12. Lespedeza striata (Thunb.) H. & A. JAPAN CLOVER. (I. F. 2203.) 

 Diffuse or ascending, sparingly apprested-pubescent, 1.5-3 dm. long. Stipules 



