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capitata. 
polystachya. 
yiolacen. 
DIADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. 
Veined-leaved Lespedexa. 
A slender and handsome species, from one to two feet high. 
Flowers purple. In the borders of sandy fields in Jersey ; fre- 
quent. Perennial. July. 
2. L. erect, simple; leaves subsessile; folioles el- 
liptical; spikes capitate, shortly pedunculated, 
axillary and conglomerate-terminal; calices vil- 
lose, the length of the corolla; loments much 
smaller than the calix.—Mich. and Pursh. 
Lespedeza fruticosa, Pers. 
Hedysarum frutescens, L. 
Shrubby Lespedexa. 
Almost three feet high. Flowers white, or very pale purple. 
On the borders of fields in Jersey; not unfrequent. In the 
hedges near Kaighn’s point. kh. June, July. 
3. L. erect, branched, very villose; leaves subses- 
sile; folioles rotund, oval; spikes axillary, on 
long peduncles; corolla nearly equal to the ca- 
lix; loment nearly equal to the calix.— Mich. 
Hedysarum hirtum, Willd. 
Icon. Mich. fl. am. 2. t. 40. 
About the same height as the preceding, with handsomer 
foliage. Flowers small, white. Grows with No. 5, but much 
more rare. h. June, July. 
4. L. leaves ternate, elliptical, obtuse; racemes 
umbellate, the length of the peticle; flowers in 
pairs; loments rhomboid-reticulate, glabrous. 
— Willd. 
Hedysarum violaceum, Willd. 
Violet flowered Lespedexa. 
A handsome species, with violet-coloured flowers. In sandy 
woods, six or ten miles west of the Delaware, and in similar 
placesin Jersey; not very common. Perennial. July. 
