Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1867-11-08
FOR THE ABBEviLLE ruEss.
LEsPEDEZA STRATA. :

". A"iioh' TOT year or 1--WE
'ast' have been .intcndiny TO writ,
IN article in regard to u plant which
las received tho name that stands n
ho head of ehis article: Fer some
time afcr its first appearance in thi,
section of country, it had universally
'oen called new spccirs of clover.
but on Investigation found that i.
was not a clover, or TR1roL1UM. n
genus to which all tho genuine clovers
belong. There arc threo genera of
Plants very nearly alli d to each other,
TO wit: TRIFoLIuM, LEspEDkzA and
EDYsARuM. This plant is plainly n
LEsPEDEzA, but it cannot be Strata;
or if it be, it must have been named
6y some Dangling unscientiic bota
n st. Specific names arc generally
suggestive of .somo striking charuc
ist'c feature in regard to tho plant
itsolf, or, at least, tho specific name,
if suggestive at all, never implies a
pcculiarity, which tho plant does not
posscss. Tho term striate, in bo,aui>
Cal language means ma licd or grooved
with longitudinal lines. This plan,
has no characteristic Of that sort, and
hcnce it canno. b, tho Sriaia. r, il
'ustratc this suggestive feature further
in regard to specific names: when the
spccifi namo of a plant is Suyii TO-
lam it means that the Leaf is arrow.
! shaped, when tho namo Procun,bens is
applied, it means that tho plant is
prostratc, or lying on tho ground,
when tho spcciti, nam,i is Aib,; it.,
! of course, means white; Niyrun., black !;
Corlota, hoart.shaped. Hcneo we
havo ARUM Sugotjolium, LEspEDEz.S
I'rocumbens, QUERcUs Aibu, QyEKcus
! Niyruns. VIOLA Coyduta, and L might
add 81 thousand Or two more, whose
! specific names arc eqnally suggestive,
but 70 botanist would give namo to
q plant which would not apply ut oil,
which wns not only not suggestive,
but which would positively mislcnd.
Tho plant in question has been
strangely introduced into this coun
try-it is not Indigenous, has been
hcrs but few yolrs. and still it is
comparatively oil over tho country
Low it has spread so fast, and 81
generally, is mystery the seed has
no wings or egrote or pappus, by which
it could bo carried "on tho wings oi
the Wind: as many seed arc. and
still thefs is no saatiun, Of this inme
diate coantry Mkers i is nss .':,~dis
atundanees: :; Fssssdenos ;sasatpa. : :, I
have piRd- -eponaa 81, tisss lsY y
it b,..-. sir,to heeane aRexeelleae Ar
aging plant: It 10 not yeseriSs1 d
any author that hays, apd T lSsss
Elliott, Eaton, TORY, Bigleow, Dat
! ny, Thornton and some others ok mi
= nor Importance. repeat, there ID q,
characteristic about tho plant whicl
would Justify tho namo SEiut1, unles
il be the. mere circumstance tha
thero are faint lines or nerves on tn
;. back of the leaves, and if that is suf
ticient to rely on, almost, If not ever
!. plant you can pick. up may, with eqn.
:. propriety, be culled Striata. do nc
: know, at this time; of bot ono plan
:. 10 the Southern States to which tn
specific name STRATA is applied, an
- that is tho Viola .SHiuta. The Con,
= ric name, BY which this gonus
;; called, is givon to It in honor of Gene
ral .Lespedvz, once Governor of Flor
:. ida. There arc Is species of this e
:. u nus described by authors, three !,
: which are peculiarly Sau,hern. L ha,
mover saen tins species described b
;: any author. ~ - I. g.;
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lie the 'cheiad;n ahd the prayers OF The Iii,
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