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Desmodium obtusum (Muhl.) DC. (blunt). 

 Desmodium ciliare DC. 

 Meihomia obtiisa Vail. 



Dry open ground and waste places. Occasional in the 

 southern part of the state, becoming rare northward, reaching 

 Glastonbury (Mrs. F. W, Starmer), and Manchester (Weath- 

 erby) . July — Aug. 



Desmodium marilandicum (L.) DC. 

 Meihomia marilandica Kuntze. 



Occasional or frequent. Dry hillsides and sandy plains. 

 Aug. — Sept. 



LESPEDEZA Michx. Bush Clover. 



Lespedeza procumbens Michx. (trailing). 



Occasional. Dry woods or thickets in sandy or sterile soil. 

 Aug. — Sept. 



Lespedeza repens (L.) Bart, (creeping). 



Rare. Dry woods: New Haven (R. W. Woodward). 

 Aug. — Sept. 



Lespedeza violacea (L.) Pers. (violet-colored). 

 Bush Clover. 



Dry open woods. Occasional in most districts but not 

 reported from New London County. Aug. — Sept. 



Lespedeza Nuttallii Darl. 



Rare. Dry wooded banks or in open ground, mostly in 

 sandy soil: Lyme and Windham (Graves), Southington (Bis- 

 sell), Seymour and Oxford (Harger). Aug. 



Lespedeza Stuvei Nutt. 



Dry woods and rocky banks. Occasional in the south- 

 western part of the state, becoming rare northward and east- 

 ward, reaching Southington (Andrews), Windsor (Bissell), 

 and Waterford (Graves). Aug. 



Lespedeza virginica (L.) Britten. 



Lespedeza reticulata Pers. 



Rare or local. Dry sandy or rocky soil. Aug. — Sept. 



