422 DIADELPHIA DECAXDRIA 



hairs; common petioles 1 line to half an inch long, very|hairy ; stipules lance-lirv. 

 ear, nerved, hairy externally. Flotcers crowded in oblong spikes about an inch 

 in length and 2 thirds of an inch in diameter, on axillary villose peduncles 1 to | 

 or 3 inches long. Calyx very hairy, deeply 5-parted ; segments about as long a§ 

 the corolla, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 nerved. Corolla ochroleucous, with 

 a purple spot on the vexillum. Legume compressed, elliptic-ovate, very hairy 

 nearly as long as the calyx segments. 



Hab. Dry, hilly woodlands : frequent. FL August—September. Fr. October. 



G. L. violacea, Pers. Stem sub-erect, slender, pubescent, diffusely 

 branching, and somewhat nodding at summit ; leaflets oval, or ovate- 

 oblong, hairy beneath ; common petioles elongated ; racemes subum- 

 bellate, on filiform axillary peduncles mostly longer than the leaves ; 

 flowers in pairs, distinctly pedicellate; legumes rhomboid-ovate, reticu- 

 late, smoothish. Beck, Bot. p. 87. 



Also ? L. divergens. Pursh, Am. 2. p. 48 1. Bart. Phil. 2. p. 77. 

 Big-el. Bost.p. 273. JJC Prodr. 2. p. 350, Florid. Cestr. /,. 8ll 

 Eat. Man. p. 203. 



Hedysarum violaceum. IVilld. Sp. 3. p. 1195. Ait. Aew, 4. p. 344. 

 Muhl. Catal. p. 66. 

 Also ? H. divergens. JVilld. Sp. 3. p. 1196. Muhl. I. c. 



Violet Lespedeza. 



Root perennial. Stem 1 to 2 feet long, rather erect, more or less hairy, flaccid 

 at summit, and often nodding, or semi-procumbent, with numerous slender spread. 

 ing leafy branches. Leaflets half an inch to an inch and half Ion?, and 1 third of 

 an inch to near an inch wide, varying from ovate-oblong, to elliptic and obovate, 

 mostly obtuse (sometimes acute), often emarglnate, slightly mucronate, smoothish 

 above, pilose with appressed hairs beneath ; common j>etioles 1 fourth of an inch 

 to an inch and half long, channelled on the upper side, pilose; stiptdes subulate. 

 Flowers in 2 or 3 pairs, mostly approximated near the summit of the common pe- 



uncle, on pedicels 1 to 3 lines long; common peduncles mostly longer than the 

 leaves, filiform, often in pairs on the branches, and I or 2 subsessile flowers in 

 the axils of the stem leaves. Calyx pubescent with appressed hairs; segment* 

 lance-subulate. Corolla violet-purple. Legumes 2 or >l limes as long as the calyx, 

 compressed, elliptic, or rhomboid-ovate, acute, reticulately veined, more or less 

 sprinkled with short appressed hairs, sometimes nearly smooth. 



Hab. Borders of woods, and thickets: frequent. Ft. Aug— Sept. .FV. October. 



Obs. Judging from all the specimens which I have seen, I incline to think, with 

 Mr. Kutlall, Dr. Boott, and others, that the L. violacea, and divergens, arc not 

 distinct species. At all events, I am satisfied that our plant is the true divergens, 

 of Authors. The more slender, semi-procumbent specimens, approach the follow. 

 ing,— and, I suspect, have been sometimes confounded with it. 



7. L. PBOCU3IBEX8, Mx. Pubescent ; stem procumbent, slender, 

 branching, branches assurgent ; leaflets oval, obtuse ; racemes subum- 

 bellatc, on long erect axillary peduncles ; legumes orbicular-ovate, pu- 

 bescent. Becky Bot. p. 88. Icon, Jlfx. 2. lab. 39. 

 L. prostrata? Biff el. Bost. fi. 274, Hook. Am. I. p. 156. Also! 

 Pursh, Am. 2. p. 481. DC. Prodr. 2. p. 350. Eat. Man. p. 203. 

 Not! of JArtt. Ell. Torr. and Beck. 



Hedysarum prostratura. JVilld. Sp. 3. p. 1200. Muhl. Catal. p. 66. 

 Also, Pere. Syn. 2. p. 322. 



