PLANTS OF SOUTHERN' NEW JERSEY. 507 



Middle' District. — Tomlin. 



Coast 5'<W/>.— Manahawkin. 



Cape M031.— Seaville (S), Bennett, Town Bank (OHB). 



Lespedeza nuttallii Darl. Nuttall's Bush-clover. 



Lespedeza Nuttallii Darlington, Fl. Cestr. 420. 1837 [Mica Hills of Chester 

 Co., Pa.]. 



Rather common in dry sandy ground in the Middle, Cape 

 May and Coast districts, and possibly in the northern counties. 



Fl. — 'Mid-August to mid-Septemiber. Pr. — Probably early 

 September into October. Fruit apparently infrequent. 



Middle District. — Lindenwold, Clementon. 



Coast ^in/i.— Newtonville, Landisville, Mays Landing (S). 



Cape Afoj;.— Dennisville (S), Seaville (S), Bennett (S), Cold Spring. 



Lespedeza violacea (L.). Stalked Bush-clover. 



Hedysarum violacea Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 749. 1753 [Virginia]. 

 Lespedeza violacea Britton 86. 



A very scarce plant within our limits, if it occurs at all; 

 possibly mjore abundant northward. Many of the references 

 are based upon the preceding, and one specimen from Riddleton, 

 although said to be upright, is so close tO' L. repens that I can- 

 not satisfactorily separate it. 



Lespedeza stuvel Nutt. Downy Bush-clover. 



Lespedeza Stuvei Nuttall, Gen. IL 107. 1818 [Sandy fields N. J.].— Willis 18.— 

 Britton 86. 



Sandy ground along the edges of woods and thickets; not 

 very comjmon, occurring in the Middle and Pine Barren districts. 

 Reported also at several stations in the northern counties. 



Full flower August 28, 1892, at Egg Harbor City. 



Middle District.— Ashury Park (NB), Sea Girt (C). 

 Lawnside (S), Springdale (S). 



Pine Barrens. — Forked River (McKenzie), Egg Harbor City, Tuckahoe 

 (S), Spring Garden (C). 



Cape May. — Bennett (S). 



Lespedeza stuvel neglecta Britton. Narrow-leaved Downy Bush-clover. 



Lespedeza Stuvei neglecta Britton, Mem. Torr. Bot. Club V. 206. 1894. n. n. 

 for L. St. angtcstifolia Britt. (nee Elliott) [New Jersey] .—Keller and 

 Brown aoi. 



