564 FLORA, 



brate, 4 6 mm. long. In drysoU, N. Eng. to Fla., Minn., Kans., La. and northern 



Mcx. Aug. -Sept. 



5. Lespedeza Stuvei Nutt. Stuve's Bush-CLOVER. (I. F. f. 2196.) Wand- 

 like, velvety or downy pubescent, 6-12 dm. high. Stipules 4-6 mm. long; petioles 

 Commonly much shorter than the leaves; leaflets oval, oblong or suborbicuhir, ob- 

 tuse or retuse, 12-30 mm. long; flowers in nearly sessile axillary clusters; corolla 

 violet-purple, 4.-6 mm. long; pod ovate-oblong to orbicular, 4-6 mm. long, downy- 

 pubescent. Dry soil, Conn, to Va.. Mich, and the Ind. Terr. Aug.-Sept. 



Lespedeza Stuvei neglecta Britton. Leaflets linear or linear-oblong, obtuse, mu- 

 eronulate. N. J. and Pen 11. to N. Car., Ga., Mo. and Tex. 



6. Lespedeza frutescens (L.)Britton. Wand-like Bush-clover. (I. F. f. 

 2197.) Finely appressed-pubescent or glabrate, 3-9 dm. high. Stipules 4-6 mm. 

 long; petioles equalling or shorter than the leaves; leaflets oval, oblong or 

 elliptic, obtuse, truncate or retuse, 12-38 mm. long, glabrous and dark green 

 above, paler and pubescent beneath; flowers in short-stalked or nearly sessile axil- 

 lary clusters, generally crowded toward the summit of the stem; corolla violet- 

 purple, 4-6 mm. long; pod ovate-oblong, acute, pubescent, about 4 mm. long. 

 Dry soil. Me. to Out., Mich., Fla., 111. and Tex. Aug.-Sept. 



7. Lespedeza Virginica (L.) Britton. Slender Bush-clover. (I. F. f. 

 2198.) Slender, resembling the preceding. Leaflets linear or oblong-linear, 

 12-38 mm. long, 2-5 mm. wide, truncate, finely pubescent beneath, or glabrate on 

 both surfaces; clusters crowded in the upper axils; flowers violet-purple, 4-6 mm. 

 long; pod ovate or oval-orbicular, 4 mm. long, pubescent, or nearly glabrous. 

 Dry soil, Mass. to Ont., Minn., Kans., Fla. and Tex. Aug.-Sept. 



8. Lespedeza hirta (L.) Ell. Hairy Bush-clover. (I. F. f. 2199.) Erect 

 or ascending, villous or silky-pubescent, 6-12 dm. high. Stipules 2-5 mm. long; 

 petioles shorter than the leaves; leaflets oval, or suborbicular, obtuse at each end, 

 sometimes emarginate, 12 mm. -5 cm. long; peduncles elongated; heads oblong- 

 cylindric, rather dense, 12-35 mm - l° n g; flowers all complete; corolla yellowish- 

 white or the standard purple-spotted, about 6 mm. long; pod oval, acute, very 

 pubescent, about equalling the calyx-lobes. Dry soil, Me. and Ont. to Fla., 111., 

 Minn, and La. Aug.-Oct. 



Lespedeza hirta oblongifolia Britton. Leaflets oblong, obtuse at each end, 1.8-3 

 cm. long, 4-6 mm. wide, glabrate above, appressed-pubescent beneath ; peduncles slender ; 

 spikes looser, 2.5-3.8 cm. long ; calyx very pubescent. Pine barrens, Egg Harbor, 

 N. J., and in the Southern States. 



9. Lespedeza capitata Michx. Round-headed Bush-clover. (I. F. f. 

 2200.) Stiff, mainly simple and wand-like, silky or silvery pubescent, 6-16 dm. 

 high. Leaves nearly sessile; leaflets oblong or oval, 2.5-3.8 cm. long; peduncles 

 shorter than the leaves, or the dense globose-oblong heads sessile in the upper 

 axils; flowers all complete; corolla yellowish-white, with a purple spot on the 

 standard, 6 mm. long; pod ovate-oblong, pubescent, about half as long as the calyx- 

 I bes. Dry fields, Ont. and Me. to Fla., S. Dak., Kans. and La. Aug.-Sept. 



Lespedeza capitita longifolia (DC.) T. & G. Leaflets linear-lanceolate or linear- 

 oblong, sometimes 1 dm. long. 111. and Mo. 



10. Lespedeza angustifdlia (Pursh) Ell. Narrow-lf.avkd Bush clover. 

 (1. F. f. 2201.) Erect, appressed-pubescent, 6-9 dm. high. Leaves nearly sessile; 

 leaflets linear or oblong-linear, rarely some of the lower ones lance-linear, 2.5-3 

 Cm. long, obtuse, truncate or acutish; peduncles usually exceeding the leaves; 

 flowers nearly as in the preceding; pod ovate-orbicular, shorter than the calyx- 

 lobe-. Dry sandy soil, E. Mass. to Fla.. Mich, and La. Aug.-Sept. 



11. Lespedeza leptostachya Engelm. Prairie Bush-clover. (I. F. f. 



2202.) Erect, 3 9 dm. high, silvery pubescent with appressed hairs. Petioles 

 shorter than the Leaves; leaflets linear, 2.5-3 cm. long; spikes slender, on ped- 

 uncles equalling or exceeding the leaves; corolla as in the preceding; pod ovate. 

 pubescent, about ;, mm. long, nearly equalling the calyx. Prairies, 111. to Iowa, 

 Wis. and Minn. Aug. Sept. 



12. Lespedeza striata (Thunb.) II. & A. Japan Clover. (I. F. f. 2203.) 

 Diffuse or ascending, sparingly appressed-pubescent, L5-3 dm. long. Stipules 



