. 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. FABACEAE. Vol. II. 15. Lespedeza leptostachya Engelm. Prairie Bush-clover. Fig. 2611. Lespede::a leptostachya Engelm.; A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 12: 57. 1876. Erect, simple or branched, i°-3° high, silvery-pubes- cent with appressed hairs. Stipules subulate; petioles shorter than the leaves; leaflets linear, I'-ii'long, i"-2" wide; spikes slender, inte
. 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. FABACEAE. Vol. II. 15. Lespedeza leptostachya Engelm. Prairie Bush-clover. Fig. 2611. Lespede::a leptostachya Engelm.; A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 12: 57. 1876. Erect, simple or branched, i°-3° high, silvery-pubes- cent with appressed hairs. Stipules subulate; petioles shorter than the leaves; leaflets linear, I'-ii'long, i"-2" wide; spikes slender, interrupted and loosely flowered, on peduncles equalling or exceeding the leaves ; corolla as in the preceding species ; flowers all complete ; pod ovate, pubescent, about iJ" long, nearly equalling the calyx. Prairies, Illinois to Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. 16. Lespedeza striata (Tliunb.) H. & A. Japan Clover. Fig. 2612. Hedysarum striatum Thunb. Fl. Jap. 289. 1784. Lcspedeaa striata H. & A. Bot. Beechey 262. 1841. Annual, diffuse or ascending, branched, tufted, sparingly appressed-pubescent, 6'-i2i' long. Stip- ules ovate, acute or acuminate, i"-2" long; pe- tioles much shorter than the leaves; leaflets oblong or oblong-obovate, 4"-9" long, i"-4" wide, obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, their margins usually sparingly ciliate; flowers 1-3 together, both petaliferous and apetalous, sessile or nearly so in the axils; corolla pink or purple, about I" long; calyx-lobes ovate; pod oval, acute, exceeding the calyx-lobes. In fields, Pennsylvania to Indiana, Missouri, Kan- sas, Florida and Texas. Naturalized from eastern .^sia. Wild clover. Hoopkoop-plant. July-Aug. 40. VICIA [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 734. 1753. Climbing or trailing, herbaceous vines, with pinnate tendril-bearing leaves, half-sagittate or entire stipules, and axillary sessile or racemose, blue violet or yellowish flowers. Calyx- tube somewhat oblique, obt
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