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in axillary and terminal racomea. Bracts conspicuous before flowering. Pods 

 about 5-jointed. 



13 D. sessilifdlium Torr. & Gv. St. erect, tomentous-pubescent ; Ivs. sessile, 

 Ifis. linear or linear-oilong, obtuse at each end, scabrous above, softly iomentous be- 

 neath; slip, subulate ; pan. of spicate racemes, very long; bracts, minute; leg. 

 small, hispid, of 2 to 3 semi-orbicular joints. — Woods, the W. States and Tex. St 

 2 to 3f high. Lils. about 2' by Y- ^'s- small, numerous and crowded. Aug. 



14 D. Dillenii Darl. Plant erect, branching, hairy ; Ifts. oblong, villous beneath ; 

 siip. siibulate; rac. panicled; joints of the loment 3, rhomboidal, reticulate, a little 

 hairy, connected by a narrow neck. — Moist soils, N. and "W. States. St. sulcate, 

 scabrous, 2 to 3f high. Lfts. 2 to 3' by 1 to 2', smooth above. Panicle large, 

 terminal, naked. Ms. purple. Jl. (D. Marilandicum DC.) 



15 D. rfgidum DC. Erect, branching, scabrous, pubescent; lfts. ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, terminal one the longest ; petioles short, hairy ; siip. ovate-acmninate, cili- 

 ate, caducous, rac. paniculate, very long ; leg. with 2 to 3 obliquely oval or semi- 

 obovaie joints. — ^Hills and woods, Mass. to La. St. 2 to 3f high, often with numer- 

 ous long, erect, rigid branches. Lfts. 1 to 3' long, J as wide, rather coriaceous, 

 reticulate-veined. Pis. violet-purple. Aug. 



16 D. ciliSre DC. Erect, slender, scabrous-pubescent; Ivs. crowded, on short 

 hairy petioles; lfts. small, ovate, short-stalked, pubescent beneath, ciliate on the 

 margin ; slip, filiform, caducous ; pan. terminal, lower branches much longer ; 

 joints of the short siiped loment 2 or 3, obliquely roundish, hispid, reticulate. — 

 "Woods, K Eng. to La. Hight 2f. Pis. purple. Aug. 



17 D. Marildndicum Boott. Erect, branching, hairy; lfts. ovate, obtuse,- sub- 

 cordate at base, the lateral ones as long as the petioles ; slip, subulate ; pan. ter- 

 minal ; lament stype as long as calyx, joints 1 or 2, obliquely obovaie. — Woods, U. 

 States to Pla. St. 2 to 3f high. Lfts. 6 to 12" by 4 to 8". Pis. violet-purple, 

 small. Aug. (D. obtusum DC.) 



18 D. lineatum DC. Slender, assurgent ; st. finely striate with colored lines ; 

 lfts. small, roundish oval, smoothish, green both sides ; rac. terminal and lateral, 

 very long and loose ; lomeni quite sessile in ihe calyx, joints about 2, roundish 

 oval. — Dry woods, Can. to Pla. and La. Sts. 2 or 3f long. Lvs. on short stalks ; 

 lfts. 6 to 12" diam., quite obtuse. Pis. and leg. small. 



19 D. strictum DC. Erect, slender, nearly glabrous ; lvs. petiolate ; lfts. linear, 

 elongated, coriaceous and reticulately veined, mucronate; stip. subulate; pan. 

 slender, few-flowered ; leg. hispid, incurved, of 1 to 3 Innately triangular joints, 

 with a filiform isthmus, the stipe shorter than, or about as long as the calyx. — 

 Pine barrens, K J. to Pla. and La. St. about 3f high. Lfts. 2 to 3' by 2 to 3", 

 longer than the petioles. Pis. small, purple, on slender pedicels. Aug. (D. 

 teuuifolium T. & G.) 



24. LESPEDE^ZA, Mx. (In honor of Lespedez, Governor of Flori- 

 da, who protected Michaux in his travels there.) Calyx 5-parted, bi- 

 bracteolate, segments nearly equal ; keel of the corolla very obtuse, on 

 slender claws ; legume (loment) lenticular, compressed, small, unarmed, 

 indehisoent, 1-seeded. — Genus taken from Hedysarum. li Lvs. pal- 

 mately trifoliate, reticulately veined. 



§ Flowers all complete. Calyx villous, lon^. Cor. whitish -with a purple spot Nog. 1, S 



5 Fls. partly apetalous. Calyx short. Corolla violet. — Steins upright Nos. 8,4 



--Stems prostrate No. 5 



1 L. capitata Mx. Btrsii Clovee. Lfts. elliptical, silky beneath ; stip. subulate ; 

 fascicles of fis. ovate, subcapitate, shorter them the leaves, axillary; loments hairy, 

 shorter than the villous calyx. — An erect, hairy, half shrubby plant, in dry soils. 

 Can. to Car. St. nearly simple, villous, 2 to 4f high. Lvs. numerous, on short 

 petioles, consisting of 3 coriaceous lfts. Lfts. 1 to 1 J' by 3 to 6", nearly smooth 

 above, covered with silky pubescence beneath. Aug., Sept. (L. frutesoens Ell.) 



p. ANGUSTirOLiA Ph. Lfts. linear, smooth above. (L. angustifolia Ell.) 



2 L. hirta Ell. St. villous; If Is. roundish oval, pubescent beneath; rac. capitate, 

 axillary, oblong, longer than the leaves; cor. and loment about as long as the 



