292 CLASS XVII. ORDER IV. 



Lespedeza divergens. Pers. Spreading Lespedeza. 



Leaves teniate, oblong, obtuse : racemes longer 

 than the petiole; flowers in pairs; legumes ovate, re- 

 ticulated, glabrous. Willd. 

 Syn. Hedysarum divergens. Muhl. 



Stem erect, nearly smooth. Leafets narrow, oblong, obtuse at 

 both ends. Flowers violet colored, in axillary racemes, the up- 

 permost of which are somewhat longer than the petioles of the 

 leaves, the lower ones short, and few flowered. The plant has 

 many axillary branches with small leaves and flowers. Pods 

 oval, acute, flat, one seeded. — Woods. — August. 



Lespedeza prostrata. Muhl. Trailing Lespedeza. 



Prostrate ; leaves ternate, leafets roimdish-ellipti- 

 cal; racemes axillary ; legumes ovate, acute. 



Syn. Lespedeza procumbens. Pursh, 



Stem prostrate, covered with whitish hair. Petioles, veins 

 and edges of the leaves hairy. Leafets varying from oblong to 

 orbicular. Racemes axillary, capitate, the lower ones nearly 

 sessile, the upper ones on long capillary stalks. — Woods. — Rox- 

 bury. — August. 



Characters drawn from the length of the peduncles are obvi- 

 ously fallacious. 



316. HEDYSARUM. 



Hedysarum ROTUNDiFOLiuM. Midi. Round leaved Hedy- 



sarum. 



Stem prostrate, hairy; petioles hairy; stipules 

 round-heart shaped, reflexed ; leaves ternate, orbicu- 

 lar, hairy on both sides; racemes few flowered; joints 

 of the loment subrhomboidal. Mich. 

 Syn. Desmodium rotundifolium. De Cand. 



Stem trailing, moderately hairy. Leaves on hairy stalks, 

 leafets round, pale underneath, ciliate at the lower edge, with a 

 few fine hairs on both surfaces, from one to two inches in diam- 

 eter. Stipules of the leafets small, lanceolate ; of the leaves 

 ovate, acuminate, bent backward ; both hairy. Racemes axillary 



