deadelphia decandria. Lespedeza. 
dunculatis, corollis calyce subaequalibus, lomento ca- 
lycem subaequante.—MfcA. jl. amer. 3. p. Jl. 
Hedysarum hirtum. Wilid. sp. pi. 3. p. 1 ]Q3. 
Icon. Mich.jl. amer. 2. t. 40. 
In copses and old fields : Pensylvania to Carolina. If • 
June — Aug. v. v. From two to three feet high $ 
flowers small, white, with a red spot on the vexillum. 
4. L. diffusa, ramosissima ■, foliis longe-petiolat-is : foliolis 
ellipticis obtusis subtus adpresso-pilosis, racemis bre- 
vibus umbeliatis, floribus geminatis, lomentis rhorn- 
beis reticulatis glabris. 
Hedysarum violaceum. JVilld. sp. pl.3. p. 11 95, 
On gravelly dry soil : Virginia to Carolina. % . July. 
v. v. Flowers small, purple or violet. 
5. L. diffusa, ramosa ; foliolis oblongis obtusis subtus ad- 
presso-pilosis, racemis petiolo longioribus, fioribus ge- 
minis, lomentis ovatis reticulatis glabris. 
Hedysarum divergens. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 1 196. 
In North America. Muhlenlerg. 1/. -j-. Approaches 
very near to the foregoing species, and is probably 
only a variety. 
6. L. procumbens, gracilis, pubescens ; foliolis ovalibus, procumbens. 
pedunculis longissimis, setaceis spicifloris, legumini- 
bus calyce minuto nudatis .—Mich.jl. amer. 3. p. fO. 
Hedysarum Lespedeza. Lam. encycl, 6. p. 415. 
In sandy and gravelly sod : New York to Carolina. 1/ . 
June, July. v. v. Flowers violet- purple, with yel- 
low spots. 
7- L. prostrata 5 foliis petioiatis : foliolis ellipticis obtusis prostrata . 
subtus pilis raris adpressis tecta, racemis axillaribus fo- 
lio longioribus, lomentis ovatis pubescentibus. 
Hedysarum prostratum. JVilld. sp. pl. 3. p. 1200. 
In Pensylvania. Muhlenberg. 1/. -f. Resembles He- 
dysarum repens greatly. 
581. HEDYSARUM. Gen. pl. 1204. 
1. H. erectum, glabriusculum ; foliis ternatis oblongo-lan- eamdense, 
ceolatis, stipulis filiformibus, floribus racemosis, arti- 
culis lomenti obtuse triangulis hispidis. — JVilld. sp. 
pl. 3. p. II 87 . 
Icon. Moris, hist . 2. s. 2» t. 11. f. 9. 
In sandy barren fields and woods : Canada to Carolina. 
July, Aug. v. v . Flowers middle-sized, of a 
handsome purplish-red. 
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violacea. 
divergens. 
