. 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 . FABACEAE. Vol. II. 15. Lespedeza leptostachya Engelm. Prairie Bush-clover. Fig. 2611. Lespedeza 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 â rter than the leaves; leaflets linear, I'-ii'long, i"-2' le ; spikes slender, interrupted and loosely f
. 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 . FABACEAE. Vol. II. 15. Lespedeza leptostachya Engelm. Prairie Bush-clover. Fig. 2611. Lespedeza 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 â rter than the leaves; leaflets linear, I'-ii'long, i"-2' le ; spikes slender, interrupted and loosely flowered II peduncles equalling or exceeding the leaves; corolla as in the preceding species ; flowers all complete ; pod ovate, pubescent, about l^" long, nearly equalling the calyx. Prairies. Illinois to Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. 16. Lespedeza striata (Thunb.) H. & A. Japan Clover. Fig. 2612. Hedvsarum strialiim Thunb. Fl. Jap. 289. 1784. Lespedeza striata H. & A. Bot. Beechey 262. 1841. Annual, diffuse or ascending, branched, tufted, sparingly appresscd-pubescent, 6'-i2' long. Stip- ules ovate, acute or acuminate, l"-2" long; pe- tioles much shorter than the leaves; leaflets oblong or oblong-obovate, 4"-o" 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 Asia. 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, obtuse at the base, its te
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