576 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario; New England west to Minnesota, 
south to the Ohio Valley, Missouri, and Arkansas; from New York to Florida and 
through the Gulf States to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the Lower Pine region. Dry sandy or gravelly 
copses. Madison and Clay counties. Talladega Mountains, near Elders, 2,000 feet. 
Lee County, Auburn. Madison County, Huntsville, 650 feet. Cullman County, 800 
feet. Calhoun County, Anniston. Walker County, Dent (2. A. Smith). Clarke 
County. Mobile County, Springhill. Flowers purple, July toSeptember. Frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lespedeza hirta (L.) Ell. Sk. 2:207. 1824. 
BusH CLOVER. BRISTLY-HAIRED BusH CLOVER, 
Hedysarum hirtum L. Sp. Pl. 2: 748. 1753. 
Lespedeza polystachya Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 2:71, t. 40. 1803. 
Ell. 8k.l.¢. Gray, Man.ed.6,141. Chap. F1. 101. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario and New England west to Minnesota, 
south to Arkansas, and from New York to Florida and through the Gulf States to 
Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Throughout. Dry barren soil, copses, worn-ont fields. lowers yel- 
lowish white, July, August. Common. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lespedeza capitata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:71. 1803. Wintr Busu CLovEr. 
Hedysarum frutescens Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 1193. 1803. Not L. 
Lespedeza frutescens Ell. Sk. 2: 206. 1824. 
Ell.l.c. Gray, Man. ed. 6,142. Chap. FI. 101. 
Alleghenian to Lonisianian area, Ontario; Vermont west to Minnesota and 
Nebraska, south to Arkansas; from New York south to Florida and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Throughout same localities as last. Dry open fields and copses. 
Flowers white, June, September. Frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia et Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lespedeza striata (Thunb. ) Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. 226. 1841. 
LESPEDEZA. JAPANESE CLOVER. 
Hedysarum striatum Thunb. Fl. Japon. 289, 1784. 
CHINA, JAPAN. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. 
Adventive from eastern Asia and during the past thirty years extensively and copi- 
ously spread over the Southern States from Maryland to the Gulf and southern 
Arkansas. 
ALABAMA; All over the State. In dry uplands. Flowers purplish, blooming and 
ripening the seeds throughout thesummer. First observed in Montgomery County, 
1867, Mobile County, 1869. Of greatest thrift and abundance in the calcareous soils« 
of the prairie region. Annual. 
Economic uses: Fodder plant, important for pasture and as spontaneous hay crop. 
Type locality: Japanese; not specifically given. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
VICIA L. Sp. Pl. 734. 1753. Veter, 
About 120 species, climbing herbs, temperate regions Northern Hemisphere. North 
America, 11 or 12. 
Vicia acutifolia Ell. Sk. 2: 225. 1824. ACUTE-LEAVED VETCH. 
Ell. 8k.1l.c. Chap. F1. 98. 
Louisianian area. Georgia and middle Florida. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Grassy banks. Mobile County. Flowers pearl blue, 
May. Not frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Grows in Seriven county, Ga.” 
terb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Vicia micrantha Nutt.; Torr. & Gray, Fl.N.A.1:271. 1838. 
SMALL-FLOWERED VETCH. 
Chap. Fl. 98. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 86. 
Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas aud western Loui- 
siana to western Ilorida. 
