. 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. 4o6 FABACEAE. Vol. 10. Lespedeza virginica (L.) Britton. Slender Bush-clover. Fig. 2606. Medicago virginica L. Sp. PI. 778. 1753. L. scssiliflora Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 70. 1803. Lespedeza violacea var. angustifolia T. & G. Fl. N, A, I : 367. 1840. Lespedeza virginica Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 12; 64 1893. Erect, slender, simple and wand-like or
. 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. 4o6 FABACEAE. Vol. 10. Lespedeza virginica (L.) Britton. Slender Bush-clover. Fig. 2606. Medicago virginica L. Sp. PI. 778. 1753. L. scssiliflora Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 70. 1803. Lespedeza violacea var. angustifolia T. & G. Fl. N, A, I : 367. 1840. Lespedeza virginica Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 12; 64 1893. Erect, slender, simple and wand-like or branch- ed, resembling tlie preceding species. Leaflets linear or oblong-linear, 6"-i8" long, i"-2i" wide, truncate, obtuse or sometimes acnte at the apex, finely pubescent beneath, or glabrate on both surfaces; clusters of both kinds of flowers ses- sile, or nearly so, crowded in the upper axils; flowers violet-purple, 2"-3" long; pod ovate, or oval-orbicular, acute, or obtuse, 2" long; pu- bescent, or nearly glabrous, much longer than the calyx. Dry soil. New Hampshire to Ontario, Minnesota, Arkansas, Florida and Texas. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
Size: 1521px × 1643px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectbotany, bookyear1913
