Tennessee Flora. lO"? 



M. Dillenii (Darl.) Kuntze. Desmodium Dillenii Darl, 

 O. S. July. 



M. Canadensis (L.) Kuntze. Desmodium Canadense DC 

 Cumberland Mts., Gowan. July-September. 



M. rigida (E}1.) Kuntze. Desmodium rigidum DC. Ce- 

 dar glades. Lavergne. July-October. 



M. Marylandica (L.) Kuntze. Desmodium Marylandicum 

 Boott. Cedar and oak barrens. M. Tenn. July-September. 



Bi. obtusa (Miihl.) Vahl. Desmodium ciliare DC. Bar- 

 rens. July-October. 



LESPEDEZA Michx. 



Lespedeza repens (L.) Bart. Creeping" bush clover. Sili- 

 ceous soils. O. S. August, September. 



L. procumbens Michx. L. repens var. procumbens. Gray's 

 Man. O. S. August, September. 



L. violacea (L.) Pers. Dry copses. O. S. August, Sep- 

 tember. 



L. Stuvei Nutt. Highlands of M. Tenn. August. Var. 

 intermedia S. Watson. With preceding. 



L. frutescens (L.) Britton. L. reticulata S. Watson. Har- 

 peth hills. August, September. 



L. hirta (L.) Ell. L. polystachya Michx. Dry, siliceous 

 soils. O. S. August-October. 



L. capitata Michx. Harpeth hills. Tullahoma.. 



L. leptostachya Engelm. Dry hill lands. W. Tenn. Au- 

 gust, September. 



L. striata (Thunb.) H. & A. Japan , clover. Widely spread 

 over the whole State, carpeting the ground with a beautiful 

 sod. Has been in the remotest mountaia settlements since 

 fifty years, and is probably indigenous. Also found in Japan, 

 from whence it is believed to have been imported. July, Au- 

 gust. It is an annual. 



VICIA L. , 



Vicia Americana Miihl. Thickets, vicinity of Nashville 

 May- July. 



V. Caroliniana Walt. Valleys of E. Tenn. May- July. 



V. micrantha Nutt. Copses and edge of woods. M. Tenn. 

 Nashville. April, May. ' 



V. sativa L. Common vetch or tare. Sometimes sown 

 with, rye and cul for fodder. Native of Europe. May-August. 



V. Faba L. Common field pea. Small patches are occa- 

 sionally found in gardens. 



