110 
Distr.—Massachusetts to North and South Carolina. 
tt Herbs erect or ascending. 
* Leaves sessile or very short petioled, lanceolate, loment 2-3 jointed, 
plant pubescent. 
8. MEIBOMIA SESSILIFOLIA (Torrey). 
Hedysarum sessilifolium, Torrey, in, Curtis’ Enum. Pl. Wil- : 
mington, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist. iL 123 (1834) ; exclud- 
ing variety. 
Desmodium sessilifolium, Torrey & Gray, F1. ii. 363 (1838). 
Meibomia sessilifoha, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant. i. 198 (1891). | 
Distr.—Massachusetts to Kentucky, west to Michigan, Kan — 
sas and Texas. 
** Leaves petioled, leaflets linear, pods small. 
9. MEIBOMIA STRICTA (Pursh). 
Hedysarum strictum, Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 483 (1814). 
Hedysarum paniculatum, Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. ii 74 (1803) 
not of L. 
Desmodium strictum, DC. Prodr. ii. 329 (1825). 
Metbomia stricta, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant. i. 198 (1891) 
Possibly not distinct from the next. : 
Distr—New Jersey to Florida, west to Missouri and Louls-_ 
jana. 
is _ Io. MEIBOMIA TENUIFOLIa (T. & G.). ee 
Hedysarum sessilifolium, vac. angustifolium, Torr. in Curtis : 
Enum. Pl. Wilmington, Boston Journ, Nat. Hist. i 13) 
(1834). Not M. angustifolia (H.B.K.) 
Desmodium tenuifolium, T. & G. FI. i. 363 (1838). 
Metbomia tenuifolia, 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant.i. 198 (1891). 
Differing from M. stricta in its looser inflorescence, less ‘ig! 
habit and its smaller loment, which is nearly sessile in the caly% 
and the joints of which are not at all concave on the back. 
Distr £Missouri, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana. 
> : 
mites Leaves petioled ; leaflets ovate, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate. 
| Joints of the loment longer than broad. 
© Leaflets ovate, obtuse ; scabrous above, pubescent and reticulate 
beneath. 
11. MEIBOMIA CANESCENS eye: 
Hedysarum canescens, Linn. Spec. Plant. 748 (1753): 
Hedysarum viridiflorum, Willd, Spec. iii. 1192 (1803), not” 
Linn. : 
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