. 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 102nd meridian . 3- Lespedeza violacea (L.) Pers. Bush- clover. Fig. 2599. Hedysari Lespedez vioiaceum L. Sp. PI. 749. 1753. iolacea Pers. Syn. 2: 318. 1807 Erect or ascending, sparingly pubescent, usually much branched, i°-3° high. Stipules subulate, 2"-3" long; petioles shorter than or equalling the rather distant leaves; leaflets oval, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, thin, obtuse o
. 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 102nd meridian . 3- Lespedeza violacea (L.) Pers. Bush- clover. Fig. 2599. Hedysari Lespedez vioiaceum L. Sp. PI. 749. 1753. iolacea Pers. Syn. 2: 318. 1807 Erect or ascending, sparingly pubescent, usually much branched, i°-3° high. Stipules subulate, 2"-3" long; petioles shorter than or equalling the rather distant leaves; leaflets oval, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, thin, obtuse or retuse at the apex, rounded at the base. 6"-2' long, appressed-pubes- cent beneath; peduncles, at least the upper ones, longer than the leaves; inflorescence loose, few- flowered, paniculate; corolla violet-purple, 3"-s" long; pod ovate or oval, acute, finely and spar- ingly pubescent, or glabrate, ;-^" long. In dry soil, New Hampshire to Florida, west to Minnesota, Kansas. Louisiana and northern Mexico. Lespedeza prairea (Mack. & Bush) Britton, of dry soil from Illinois and Missouri to Arkansas and , has smaller leaflets and shorter-pedicelled flowers. 4. Lespedeza Manniana Mackenzie & Bush. Mann's Bush-clover. Fig. 2600. L. Manniana Mackenzie & Bush, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 12 : 15. 1902. Steins erect or ascenanig, slender, appressed- pubescent with rather long hairs or somewhat pilose, il°-2i° high. Leaflets oblong or linear- oblong, I J' long or less, obtuse and mucronate at the apex, sparingly appressed-pubescent above, densely so beneath; petaliferous flowers short- racemose on slender peduncles longer than the leaves; calyx 3"-4" long, about two-thirds as long as the corolla and the oval acute somewhat pubescent pod. Prairies. Missouri. Kansas and .Arkansas, corded from Michigan.
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