. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 12. Lespedeza hirta (L.) Hornem. Hedysarum hirtum L. Sp. PI. 748. 1753. Lespedeza hirta Hornem. Hort. Havn. 699. 1807. Erect or ascending, rather stout, generally branch- ing above, villous or silky-pubescent, 2°-4° high. Stipules subulate, i"-2i" long; petioles shorter than the leaves; leaflets oval, or suborbicular, ob- tuse at each end, sometimes e
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 12. Lespedeza hirta (L.) Hornem. Hedysarum hirtum L. Sp. PI. 748. 1753. Lespedeza hirta Hornem. Hort. Havn. 699. 1807. Erect or ascending, rather stout, generally branch- ing above, villous or silky-pubescent, 2°-4° high. Stipules subulate, i"-2i" long; petioles shorter than the leaves; leaflets oval, or suborbicular, ob- tuse at each end, sometimes emarginate at the apexj 6"-2'' long; peduncles mostly elongated, often much exceeding the leaves; heads oblong-cylin- dric, rather dense, Y-iY long; flowers all com- plete; corolla yellowish-white or the standard purple spotted, about 3" long; pod oval, acute, very pubescent, about equalling the calyx-lobes. Dry soil, Maine and Ontario to Florida, Minnesota, Arkansas. Louisiana and. Texas. A plant known as Lespedeza hirta oblongifdlia Britton, with leaves oblong, obtuse, 9"-i5" long, 2"-4" wide, glabrate above, appressed-pubescent below; peduncles slender; spikes looser, I'-iJ^' long; calyx very pubescent; in pine-barrens, Egg Harbor, N. J., and in the Southern States, may be a hybrid with L. angustifolia (Pursh) Ell. We do not know its fruit. 13. Lespedeza capitata Michx. Round- headed Bush-clover. Fig. 2609. L. capitata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 71. 1803. Lespedeza capitata var sericea H. & A. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 23. 1835. Lespedeza frutescens Ell. Bot S. C. 2 : 206. 1824. L. Bicknellii House, Torreya 5 : 167. 1905. L. velutina Bicknell, Torreya i : 102. 1901. Stifif, erect or ascending, mainly simple and wand-like, silky, silvery pubescent, or some- what villous, 2°-5i° high. Stipules subulate; leaves nearly sessile; leaflets oblong, linear- oblong or narrowly elliptic, obtuse or acute at each end, I'-ii' long, z's" wide; pedun
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