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G ^>. {flabellum DC. St. binoothish ; Ifts. ovate, small, rough-pubescent on both 

 Bide* ; pod of 3 or 4 triangular, minutely hispid joints. Shades, Car. 



10 L>. riiK|>idatuiii T. & G. Smooth; Ifts. oblong-oval, or ovate, sharply acumi- 

 nate ; bracts deciduous, ovate, acuminate ; joints of the loment suboval. Woods. 

 3 5f. Stipules and bracts 9". Flowers 8", purple. 



1 1 L>. caneseens DC. St. striate, scabrous ; Ifts. ovate, rather obtuse, scabrous on 

 the upper surface, soft-villons beneath ; pan. densely canescent, naked; joints of the 

 loment 4, obliquely oval, hispid. Woods. 3f. 



I 2 D. Canadeiise DC. St. pubescent; Ifts. oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, ncarlj 

 <>mouth; stip. filiform; bracts ovate, long-acnminate ; joints of the loment obtusely 

 triangular, hispid. Woods, Can. to Pa. and W. 3f. Flowers 8", purple. 



I I D. Messilifolium T. & G. St. tomentous-pnbescent ; Ivs. sessile; Ifts. linear or 

 linear-oblong, obtuse at each end, scabrous above, softly tomentous beneath ; stip 

 subulate ; pod of 2 3 semiorbicnlar joints. Woods, W. 2 3f. Fls. small, crowded. 



1-1 D. Dillenil Darl. Branching, hairy ; Ifts. oblong, villons beneath ; stip. subulate ; 

 rac. panicled : joints of the loment 3, rhomboidal, reticulate, a little hairy, connected 

 by a narrow neck. Moist soils, N. and W. 2 3f. Purple. 



15 D. rigid um DC. Scabrous, pubescent; Ifts. ovate-oblong, obtuse; petioles 

 short, hairy ; stip. ovate-acuminate, ciliate, caducous ; leg. with 2 4 obliquely obovate 

 joints. Hills and woods, Mass, to La. 2 3f. (D. Floridanum Chapm.) 



16 L>. clllare DC. Erect, slender, scabrous-pubescent; Ivs. crowded, on short, hairy 

 petioles ; Ifts. small, ovate, ciliate on the margin ; joints of the short-stiped loment 2 

 or 3. Woods. 2f. Purple. 



17 D. Ittarllandlcum Boott. Erect, slender, nearly smooth; Ifts. ovate, obtuse, 

 subcordate at base, the lateral ones as long as the petioles ; loment stipe as long as 

 the calyx, joints 1 or 2. Woods. 2 3f. Violet. 



18 D. 1 ine a.1 urn DC. Slender, reclining; St. finely striate with colored lines; Ifts. 

 f mall, roundish oval, smoothish, green both sides ; pod quite sessile in the calyx, 

 joints about 2. Dry woods. 2 or 3f. 



19 D. Nt rict 11 in DC. Slender, nearly glabrous ; Ivs. petiolate ; Ifts. linear, elongated ; 

 pan. few-flowered ; pod hispid, incurved, of 13 Innately triangular joints, with a fili- 

 form isthmus. Pine woods, N. J. and 8. 8f. 



20 D. GTRANS. Moving-plant. Lateral Ifts. very small ; pods pendnlons. From Bensr&i 

 Wonderful for the leaves, which in warm weather are always in motion. 



26. LESPEDEZA, MX. Busn CLOVER. Calyx 5-parted, bibracteo- 

 late, segments nearly equal. Keel of the corolla very obtuse, on slender 

 claws. Pod (loment) lenticular, compressed, small, unarmed, iudehiscent, 



1 -seeded. U Leaves pinnately trifoliate, reticulatety veined. Summer. 



j Pis. aii complete. Calyx villons, long. Cor. whitish with a purple spot. ...Nos. 1, S 



Fls. partly apetalous. Calyx short. Corolla violet. a Stems upright Nos. 3, 4 



a Stems prostrate No. 5 



Li. capitata MX. Bush Clover. Lfts. elliptical to linear, silky beneath ; stip. subu- 

 late ; fascicles of flowers ovate, subcapitate, shorter than the leaves, axillary ; loments 

 hairy, shorter than the villous calyx. Dry soils, Can. to Car. 2 If. 



2 L. hlrta Ell. Stem villons : Ifts. roundish oval, pubescent beneath ; rac. capitate, 



axillary, oblong, longer than the leaves ; corolla and pod about as long as the calyx. 

 Dry woods. 2 4f. Flowers reddish-white. 



3 Li. Steiivl Nutt. Branched and bushy, tomentous or pubescent; Ifts. oval-obovaU 



or roundish, longer than the petiole ; rac. axillary, capitate or loose ; pod viUous 

 pubescent. Dry soils, Mass, to Ga. 2f. Variable. 



i L. vlolacea Per?. Erect or diffuse, sparingly pubescent; Ifts. oval, varying to ol> 

 Vingand linear, obtuse, mucronate. as long as the petioles; rac. axillary, few-flow- 

 er<3d, the apetalons ones generally below. Dry woods. Leaflets \'. 



