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D._perplexum Schub. ; Tick Trefoil 
(not in Britton and Brown) 
Java Farm. One station in large field south of old entrance 
road and east of road to springhouse. Hectare 3419. Rhus radicans 
and Solidago altissima dominate. Associate species: Lespedeza cuneata, 
Eupatorium serotinum, Cyperus strigosus, Clematis virginiana, Daucus 
carota. 
Ivy Neck. One station in fallow field between entrance road and 
Scaffold Creek drainage. Hectare 4668. Associate species: Setaria 
lutescens, Eupatorium serotinum, Echinochloa pungens, Strophostyles 
umbellata. Higman 119, 834. 
Lespedeza 
1.Stipules and bracts broad and scarious; calyx lobes 
broad; annuals. (Stem prostrate in species 
collected). 
2.Flowers and fruits in tiny axillary clusters. 
Expected (L. striata). 
2.Flowers and fruits in long, bracted spiciform 
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1.Stipules and bracts narrow to awl-shaped; calyx lobes 
Narrow; perennials. 
3.Petaliferous flowers in racemes or panicles; apetalous 
ones present; calyx shorter than the legume, 
flowers violet. 
4.Peduncles of petaliferous flowers 2 to 4 
times as long as the subtending leaves. 
5.Stems erect or ascending. Expected 
(L. violacea). 
5.Stems prostrate, spreading. 
6.Stems and leaflets densely pubescent........... L. procumbens 
6.Stems and leaflets glabrous or nearly so....... L. repens 
4,.Peduncles of petaliferous flowers equal to or 
shorter than the subtending leaves. Expected 
(L. nuttallii, L. virginica, L. intermedia). 
