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5. L. diffuse, branched ; folioles oblong, obtuse, divergens 
adpressed, hairy below; racemes longer than 
the petiole flowers, in pairs; loments ovate, re- 
ticulate, smooth.—Pursh. 
Hedysarum divergens, Willd. 
Diverging Lespedexa. 
Proximately allied to No. 4, but certainly a distinct species, 
and not a mere variety. I am quite familiar with this plant, 
which grows in such profusion in the vicinity of Lancaster. It is 
common also through the woods of Maryland, and near the 
city of Washington, in all which places it preserves its charac- 
ters. Flowers purple. In the sandy woods near Woodbury ; 
very rare. Perennial. July. 
6. L. procumbent and slender, every where pubes- 
cent, but more particularly the stem petioles 
and peduncles; leaflets oval; peduncles very 
long and setaceous; raceme short, subumbellate; 
flowers by pairs, distinct; loment oval, nearly 
smooth.— Vutt. 
Hedysarum Lespedeza, Lamark. 
H. prostratum, Willd., not H. divergens, Willd. 
(See Persoon’s Synopsis.) 
Trailing Lespedexa. 
This delicate and handsome plant is one of the commonest 
species of the genus in this vicinity, being found every where 
in sandy grounds of Jersey; and west of the river. Mr. Pursh 
and Mr. Nuttall, have, besides this species, L. prostrata, Willd. 
which is identical with the present plant. Flowers rosaceous- 
purple. Perennial. June, July. 
procumbens, 
7. L. leaves ternate, subrotund-eliiptical, emar- rerens- 
ginate; racemes axillary; loments repand.— 
Hedysarum repens, Willd. and Muhl. 
A delicate and pretty species, found in the shady woods of 
Jersey, and, in woods above the falls of Schuylkill, east side. 
Perennial. July. 
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