Crossword-Solution: LESPEDEZA 9 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 21

Among the instances where wars have had, or are claimed to have had, an important agency in the distribution of seeds throughout an invaded country, he mentions the fact that "after our late civil war, a little leguminous plant (_Lespedeza striata_) sprang up all over the southern states," and adds, "that it was not known how it came, or where from, but its native country is Japan." In some parts of the South it is known as "Japan clover," and is highly valued as a forage plant.

Its use in the Court-yard of the Palace was only allowed to persons of distinction.] [Footnote 9: Cremation was very common in these days.] [Footnote 10: A Court lady, whose name was Yugei, holding an office called "Miôbu."] [Footnote 11: Miyagi is the name of a field which is famous for the Hagi or Lespedeza, a small and pretty shrub, which blooms in the Autumn.

CHAPTER IX JAPAN CLOVER Japan Clover (_Lespedeza striata_) was introduced from China or Japan, or from both countries, into South Carolina in 1849, under the name Japan clover.

According to Phares, the generic term _Lespedeza_, borne by the one-seeded pods of the plants of this family, was assigned to them in honor of Lespedez, a governor of Florida under Spanish rule.

Japan Clover (_Lespedeza striata_) Tennessee Experiment Station] =Distribution.=--Japan clover is said to be native to China and other countries in Eastern Asia.