BREEDERS, GROWERS, DISTRIBUTORS 35 
GUAR 
Cyanopsis psoraloides 
A summer annual legume introduced from India. Plant an erect herb 2 to 3 feet tall with 
angularly toothed trifoliate leaves, axillary racemes of small purplish flowers. A good seeder 
and drought-resistant. Used as a green manure crop, summer cover for hot climate fields, 
and forage. Soil adaptation same as for Cowpeas but is mildly susceptible to cotton root-rot. 
May be grown throughout the southern United States. 
LESPEDEZA 
The Lespedezas are Oriental legumes, but not clovers. Most valuable hot weather pasture, 
hay, and soil-building crops for humid regions from the Gulf of Mexico to Indiana, on soils 
low in lime but fertile, moist but well drained and preferably with high phosphorous con- 
tent. The leafy stems are inclined to be woody, but are readily grazed by all classes of live- 
stock, and yield a highly nutritious, readily digestible hay. The much branched lateral roots 
are numerous, extending widely through the sub-surface and increasing the value of lespedeza 
for erosion-control. They are prolific seed producers and highly prized as ground feed for all 
classes of livestock. 
COMMON Lespedeza striata 
The species in most general use in the South. Seldom grows more than 6-9 inches tall, 
but because of low moisture content yields up to two tons per acre of very fine quality 
air-dried hay. Provides grazing and maintains soil fertility in pasture with Bermuda, 
Dallis, Carpet, Red Top and Bluegrass, when too hot for other pasture crops. 
KOBE (Chinese) Lespedeza striata var. kobe 
An improved variety of Common. Grows somewhat taller and is used extensively in 
grain fields for summer grazing and hay. Withstands drought well. Later than Korean 
and yields more hay but less seed. 
KOREAN Lespedeza stipulacea 
A very early, large, rather coarse kind. Better suited to lime soils than other lespedezas. 
Retains its leaves at maturity and is an excellent grazing and hay plant for oat fields, 
and to control soil erosion. Often in mixtures with other related species. Especially 
adaptable for the upper South. 
SERICEA Lespedeza cuneata 
A perennial species, increasingly popular for its value as a soil erosion control crop, 
hay crop, and as a food and cover crop for wild game. Yields good quality hay on fertile 
sandy soils too low in lime for alfalfa, and seed high in protein. Plants send up numer- 
ous leafy stems 2-4 ft. tall; flower profusely in summer, set seed in the fall. Somewhat 
slow to start growth from seedling stage, but once established remains indefinitely. A 
plant with very low moisture content, yet palatable and easy to cure for hay. Probably 
has a wider range of adaptability when row planted to permit occasional cultivation. 
LUPINE 
Long used in sandy areas of central Europe as a soil-improvement crop and now finding 
extended use for this purpose in the United States, Russia, Australia and other countries, par- 
ticularly since the development of the “sweet” type, so called because the toxic alka- 
loids are absent. 
BLUE LUPINE Lupinus angustifolius 
Blue Lupine is an annual, fall-sown, high seed-producing legume. Used for green manure 
and soil building, not used for grazing due to the possibility of toxicity. Adapted to the 
sour sandy soils of the coastal plains in the thirty inch rainfall belt. Is not cold-resistant. 
SWEET BLUE LUPINE Lupinus angustifolius 
Sweet Blue Lupine is a relatively new annual legume with the same soil building 
characteristics as Blue Lupine but with the added advantage of being palatable and 
non-toxic to livestock, thus a pasture hay or silage crop for fall planting. Seed must be 
inoculated. Normal growth of green manure is 20 to 380 tons per acre. 
