574 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA, 
Meibomia rhombifolia (Ell.) Vail, Bull. Torr. Club, 19:113. 1892. 
Hedysarum rhombifolium Ell. Sk. 2:216. 1824, 
Desmodium rhombifolium DC. Prodr. 2:330, 1825, 
D, floridanum Chap. F1, 102. 1860. 
Meibomia floridana Kuntze, Rev. Gen, Pl. 1:198. 1891. 
EM.Sk.l.c. Chap. Fl.l.c. Britt. & Br. I). Fl. 2:318, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Virginia to Florida, west to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Open woods in sandy and gravelly soil. Dekalb 
County, Mentone. Flowers rose-purple, September, 
Type locality: “Grows in dry soils about Beaufort,” 8. C. 
Meibomia rigida (Ell.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen, Pl, 1:198. 1891. Rigip Tick TREFOIL. 
Hedysarum rigidum Ell. Sk. 2:215. 1824. 
Desmodium rigidum DC. Prodr, 2:330. 1825. 
Ell. Sk. 1c. Gray, Man. ed. 6,140. Chap. F1. 104. 
Alleghenian and Louisianian areas. Massachusetts, west to Illinois and Missouri, 
south to Florida, 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Central Prairies. Dry copses, open woods. Cal- 
houn County, Anniston, Talladega and Montgomery counties, Monroe County, 
Claiborne (£. 4. Smith). Most frequent on the rocky barren ridges of the Coosa Valley. 
Type locality: ‘Grows in dry soils,” South Carolina, Georgia. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Meibomia obtusa (Muhl.) Vail, Bull. Torr. Club, 19: 115, 1892. 
CILIATE-LEAF Tick TREFOIL, 
Hedysarum obtusum Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 3:1190. 1803. 
H, ciliave Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 3:1196. 1803. 
Desmodium ciliare DC, Prodr. 2:329. 1825, 
EM. Sk.2:212. Gray, Man, ed. 6,140. Chap. Fl. 104. 
MEXICO, 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern Ontario; southern New York and West 
Virginia to Ilinois, Missouri, and Arkansas, south to the Gulf; from Florida to west- 
ern Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Dry barren hillsides, copses, copious in the cherty 
hills, siliceous Metamorphic ridges of the Coosa, and the sandy pine barrens to the 
coast. Flowers purplish, September, October. Not rare. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Pensylvania,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
Meibomia marylandica (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 198. 1891. 
MARYLAND ‘Tick TREFOIL. 
Hedysarum marylandicum L. Sp. PL 2:748. 1753. 
H, obtusum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2:482. 1814. Not Muhl. 
Desmodium marylandicum Boott in Darl. FL Cest. ed. 2,412. 1837. Not DC, 
El. Sk. 2:214, Gray, Man. ed.6, 140, Chap. I. 104. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New England west to Michigan; Ohio Valley 
to Missouri and Arkansas, south to western Florida and eastern Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Coosa Valley. Talladega County, Chandler's Spring, 
1,200 feet. Calhoun County, Anniston, rocky hills, 800 feet. Flowers purplish, 
August, September. Not rare. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Carolina, Virginia,” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
LESPEDEZA Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:70. 1803. ! 
About 35 species, mostly perennial herbs, of the warmer temperate regions of east- 
ern Asia. North America 12, mostly Atlantic. 
Lespedeza repens (L.) Bart. Prodr. Fl. Phila. 2:77, 1818. CREEPING LESPEDEZA. 
Hedysarum repens L. Sp. Pl. 2: 749. 1753. 
Lespedeza prostrata Ell. Sk. 2:208, 1824, 
EN. Sk. 1c. Gray, Man, ed.6, 141, in part. Chap. FI. 100, in part. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern New England, New York, and New 
Jersey, west to Minnesota, south to Virginia and Florida, the Ohio Valley, and 
Texas. 
'N.1L. Britton, The North American species of the genus Lespedeza, Trans. N. Y. 
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