LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. BlT 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 148; Britt., Fl. N. J. 88; Upham, 
Fl Minn. 46; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 107; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 120; Forbes and 
Hems., Fl. Sin. 184; Led., Fl. Ross. I, 674; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Miyabe, Fl. 
Kur. 225; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 42; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 268: Hart., FI). 
Scand. I, 299. 
Arctic Europe; N. and W. Asia; China; N. Africa; 
Kurile Isls. 
North America: Newf. and Greenland; N. S., N. Br., 
Ont. to N. J.; W. to Minn., Iowa and Ky. 
Minn. valley: Reported from N. E. district and E. 
edge; rare; edges of woods. 
LESPEDEZA Micux. Fl. Bor.-Am. II, 70 (1803). 
Oxyramphis WALL. Cat. 5348 (1828). 
Campylotropis BUNGE, Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. 2, VI, 57 (1836). 
Philebesporium JUNGH. Reise 346, Flora, 508 (1847). 
Baillon, Hist. Pl. II, 318; Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 524: Durand, 
Ind. Gen. Phan. 97. 
Living species: 385+; N. America, temperate Asia and 
tropical Australian, mts. Russia, 3; North America, 8-10; E. 
Sts., 8; S. Sts., 5; Canada, 4; W. Tex, 2. 
Lespedeza leptostachya ENGELM. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 
XII, 57 (1876). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 142, Upham, Fl. Minn. 46; Wats., 
Bibl. Ind. I, 232. 
North America: Ills., lowa and Minn. 
Minn. valley: Reported from S. edge; no Minn. speci- 
mens seen. 
Lespedeza frutescens (WILLD.) Ex. Sk. II, 206 (1824). 
? Hedysarum umbellatum WALT. Fl. Car. 184 (1788). 
H. frutescens Wi1Lup. Spec. III, 1193 (1802). 
Lespedeza capitata Micux. FI], Am. IT, 71 (1803). 
L. fruticosa Pers. Syn. II, 318 (1807). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 142: Upham, Fl. Minn. 46; Britt., 
Fl. N. J. 87; Webb., Fl. Neb. 130; Chap., Fl. S. St. 101; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 
120, 511; Cov., Fl. Ark. 176; Wats., Bib!. Ind. I, 232. 
North America: Ont. and N. Eng. to N. J., Fla., Miss. 
and La.; W. to Minn., Neb., Mo. and Ark. 
Minn. valley: Forest district to New Ulm and Dak. 
line; dry and sandy places and shores of lakes. 
HeRB.: Taylor 585, Minnesota lake; Sheldon 1203, New 
Ulm; Sheldon 1501, Lake Benton; Sandberg 137, Cannon Falls. 
Lespedeza hirta (Linn.) Ext. Sk. II, 207 (1824). 
Hedysarum hirtum LINN. Spec. 748 (1758). 
L. polystacha Micux. FI. Am. II, 71 (1803). 
Hallia hirta Porn. Suppl. ITT, 3 (1813). 
