46 TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



LESPEDEZA, Michx. Bush-Clover. 



Li. re pel IS, Bartou. (Including L. procumbsns, Michx.) Busli-Clovcr 

 Lapham. Rare. South. 



Li. violacea, Pers. Bush-Clover. 



lilue Earth county, X/e»7jerflf; Brown county, Jmd. Infrequent. 8outh. 



[L. reticulata, Fers. (L. violacea, Pers..var. sessiliflora, Don) probably occurs in 

 the south part of the state. 



Li. reticulata, Pers., var. ang'ustifolia, Maxim. (L. violacea, Pars., var. 

 angustifolia, Torr. k Gra.v.) Bush-Clover. 

 Cottonwood county, Jfof^inyer. Infrequent. South. 



I., liirta. Ell. Bush-Clover. 



Lake Pepin, A^^ss Mannimj; Cottonwood county, HoIzUkji r. Intrequent. South. 



Li. oapitaia, Michx. Bush-Clover. 



Common, or frequent, through the south half of the state ; extending north at least 

 to Cass county, Upliam . 



li. leptostacliya, Engelm.* Bush-Clover. 



southeastern Minnesota, T. J. Hale; Emmet county, Iowa (common), Cratty; Rock 

 county (common), Leihenj. South. 



TICIA, Tourn. Vetch. Tare. 



T^ saiira, L. Vetch. 



Lake Pepin, Miss Maiiniiuj. Rare. 



\. Cracca, L. Blue Vetch. 



Minneapolis, and Carlton county, lioherts; White Bear, Ramsey county, Miss Field. 

 Rare. South. 



\. Caroliniaua, Walt. Pale Vetch. Carolina Vetch, 



Frequent through the south half of the state ; extending north to the upper Missis- 

 sippi river. Garrison, and Fergus Falls, Leonard. 



\. Americana, Muhl, Purple Vetch. American Vetch. 

 Common throughout the state. 



LiATHYRUS, L. Vetchling. Everlasting Pea. 



Li . iiiaritinms, Bigelow. Beach Pea. 



Common on beaches of gravel and sand, north shore of lake Superior, Juni, 

 Robertg; lake of the Woods, Dawson. 



Li. venosilS, Muhl. Vetchling. 



Common through the south half of the state, and in the Red river valley ; e.xtend- 

 ing northeast to the upper Mississippi river. Garrison, and Kaministlquia i iver, M acoim. 



Li. ochroleiiciis, Hook. Pale Vetchling. 

 Common, often abundant, ihroughout the state. 



*Lespedeza leptostachya, Engelni. Clothed with appressed, silky pubescence; 

 leaves linear ; petiole longer than the terminal petiolule ; spikes paniculate, slender, 

 somewhat loosely flowered, ratherlongerthan the peduncle ; legume equalto orslighMy 



longer than the calyx Has passed for L. anpustifolia, from which its slender 



spikes and paniculate habit at once distinguish it. Gray, Proc. Amer, Acad.of Art« 

 and Science--', vol. xii. 



