DtADSLPHiA bECANURiA. Lcspedcza. 481 
dunculatis, corollis calyce subaequalibas, lomento ca- 
lycem sub^quante. — Mich. jl. amer. 3.p. 71* 
Hedysarum hirtum. Wilid. sp. pi. 3. p. 1 IQS. 
Icon. Mich.jl. amer. 2 . t. 40. 
In copses and old fields ; Pensylvania to Carolina. If , 
June- — Aug. y. v. From two to three feet high j 
flowers small, white, with a red spot on the vexillum. 
4 . L. diffusa, ramosissima j foliis longe-petiolatis : foliolis violacea. 
ellipticis obtusis subtus adpresso-pilosis, racemis bre- 
vibus umbellatis, floribus geminatis, lomentis rhom- 
beis reticulatis glabris. 
Hedysarum violaceum. Wilid. sp. pl. 3. p. 11 Q5, 
On gravelly dry soil: Virginia to Carolina. I/. July. 
V. V. Flowers small, purple or violet. 
5 . L. diffusa, ramosa 5 foliolis oblongis obtusis subtus ad- divergens. 
presso-pilosis, racemis petiolo longioribus, floribus ge- 
minis, lomentis ovatis reticulatis glabris. 
Hedysarum divergens. Willd. sp. pl. 3.p. l]gG. 
In North America. Muhlenberg. 7f.. -f. 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.fl. amer. 3. p. / 0 . 
Hedysarum Lespedeza. Lam. encycl. 6. p. 415. 
In sandy and gravelly soil : New York to Carolina. 11 . 
June, July. v. v. Flowers violet-purple, with yel- 
low spots. 
7 . L. prostrata ; foliis petiolatis : foliolis ellipticis obtusis 
subtus pilis raris adpressis tecta, racemis axillaribus fo- 
lio longioribus, lomentis ovatis pubescentibus. 
Hedysarum prostratum. Willd. S'p. pl. 3. p. 1200 . 
In Pensylvania. Muhlenberg. %, -f. Resembles /Je- 
dysarum repens greatly. 
581. HEDYSARUM. Gen.pl. 1204. 
1 . H. erectum, glabriusculum ; foliis ternatis oblongo-lan- 
ceolatis, stipulis filiformibus, floribus racemosis, arti- 
culis lomenti obtuse triangulis hispidis. — Willd. sp. 
pl. 3. p. 1187. 
Icon. Moris, hist. 2 . s. 2 . /. 11 .f. Q. 
In sandy barren fields and woods : Canada to Carolina. 
% . July, Aug. y. v. Flowers middle-sized, of a 
handsome purplish-red. 
prostrata. 
eanadense. 
