. 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 . 12. Lespedeza hirta (L.) Hornem. Ilairy Bush-clover. Pig. 2608. Hedysariim hirlum L. Sp. PI. 748. 1753. Lespede:a 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 eac
. 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 . 12. Lespedeza hirta (L.) Hornem. Ilairy Bush-clover. Pig. 2608. Hedysariim hirlum L. Sp. PI. 748. 1753. Lespede:a 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 apex, 6"-2' long; peduncles mostly elongated, often much exceeding the leaves; heads oblong-cylin- dric, rather dense, i'-ih' 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 A plant known as Lespedeza hirta oblongifdiia Britton, with leaves oblong, obtuse, 9"-! 5" long, 2"-4" wide, glabrate above, appressed-pubescent below; peduncles slender: spikes looser, I'-j'A' 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. 1 capitata Am. 2: 71. 1803. Lcspede::a capitata var sericea H, & A. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1: 23. 1835. Lcspcde::a frulescens EU. Bot S. C. 2 : 206. 1824. / Biffc«f//ii House, Torreya 5 : 167. 1905. L zclutina Bicknell, Torreya i: 102. 1901. Stiff, erect or ascending, mainly simple and uand-like, silky, silvery pubescent, or some- what villous, 2°-52° high. Stipules subulate; leaves nearly sessile; leaflets oblong, linear- oblong or narrowly elliptic, obtuse or acute at each end, I'-i
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