246 PLANTS GROWING IN SANDY SOIL. 



BUSH-CLOVER. (Plate CXXVII.) 



Lespedeza proctimbens. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Pulse. Purplish pink. Scentless. General. Late summer and autumn. 



Flowers: terminally clustered on peduncles. Corolla: papilionaceous, the 

 banner petal pointed at the top. Pods : flat; jointed; having one seed. Leaves : 

 divided into three oblong, clover-like leaflets. Stem : procumbent. 



This dainty little ground weed that hugs the earth so closely, 

 bears, besides the large terminal flowers, smaller ones that are 

 intermingled with the others and grow along the branches. 

 Frequently they are without petals and are the more fertile of 

 the two. In sandy places in the late season members of this 

 genus abound and are conspicuous by their cloverlike leaflets. 

 Their smooth, single or double-jointed pods with but one seed 

 also serve to distinguish them from their relatives, the Meibo- 

 mias, page 224, Plate CXVI. 



L. capitata, round-headed bush-clover, bears cream-coloured 

 flowers spotted with purple in a rounded head, or capitulum, 

 on very short peduncles. 



L. frutescens, wand-like bush-clover, is an erect species with 

 flowers growing closely ; thick stems and many leaves. 



L. Virginica, slender bush-clover, has flowers in oblong heads 

 and linear leaflets. 



It will be noticed that the specific names of these plants, as 

 is customary, indicate their peculiarities. As a genus they are 

 readily recognised. 



HYSSOP SKULLCAP. (Plate CXXVIII^ 

 Scutelldria integrifblia. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Mint. Blue or -violet. ' Scentless. Connecticut, south- June- A ugust. 



ivard and westward. 



Flowers : one inch long ; growing in terminal racemes. Calyx : two-lipped; 

 the upper lip covered by a helmet-like little cap, Corolla: two-lipped with 

 long ascending tube, the upper lip helmet-shaped and curving over the lower 

 lip, which is flaring and indented at the apex. Stamens : four, in pairs of un- 

 equal length. Pistil: one ; stigma, two-lobed. Leaves : opposite; lanceolate to 



