. 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. Botany. Genus 39- PEA FAMILY. 6. Lespedeza Nuttallii Darl. Nuttall's Bush- ^^ ^^_ ^M clover. Fig. 2602. ^g. ' Lespedeza Nuttallii Darl. Fl. Cest. Ed. 2. 420. 1837. "^ . ^ Erect or ascending, simple or branched, more or less pubescent, 2°-3° high. Stipules subulate ; petioles shorter than the leaves; leaflets oval, obovate or suborbiciilar, thickish, obtuse or emarginate


. 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. Botany. Genus 39- PEA FAMILY. 6. Lespedeza Nuttallii Darl. Nuttall's Bush- ^^ ^^_ ^M clover. Fig. 2602. ^g. ' Lespedeza Nuttallii Darl. Fl. Cest. Ed. 2. 420. 1837. "^ . ^ Erect or ascending, simple or branched, more or less pubescent, 2°-3° high. Stipules subulate ; petioles shorter than the leaves; leaflets oval, obovate or suborbiciilar, thickish, obtuse or emarginate at the apex, narrowed or sometimes rounded at the base, dark green and glabrous or nearly so above, pubescent beneath, 4"-2o" long, 3"-io" wide; peduncles mostly exceeding the leaves; inflorescence capitate, or spicate, dense; flowers violet- purple, about 3" long; pod oblong, or oval, acuminate or acute at each end, very pubescent, 2j"-3" long, longer than the calyx. Dry soil, southern New Hampshire and New York Michigan. Florida and Kansas. 7. Lespedeza acuticarpa Mackenzie & Bush. Sharp-fruited Bush-clover. Fig. 2603. L. acuticarpa Mackenzie & Bush, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 12 : 16. 1902. Stems ascending, slender, 2° long or less, glabrate to quite densely pubescent. Leaflets oblong to oblong-elliptic, V-i' long, 2"-5" wide, obtuse or acutish and mucronate, gla- brate above, appresscd-pubescent beneath; pet- aliferous flowers few, racemose, spicate at the ends of peduncles which are very slen- der and longer than the leaves; corolla pur- plish, 3"-4" long, a little longer than the calyx; pods of petaliferous flowers oval, acute or acuminate, sparingly pubescent, twice as long as the calyx, those of apetalous flowers less acute, much longer than the calyx. Dry soil, Tennessee to Missouri and . 8. Lespedeza Stuvei Xutt. Stuve's Bush- clover. Fig. 2604. Lespedeza Stuvei Xutt. Ge


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