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Hedysarum scaberimum, Elliott, Sk. ii. 217 (1824). 
Desmodium canescens, DC. Prodr. ii. 328 (1825). 
Desmodium viridiflorum, DC. Prodr. ii. 329 (1825). exclu. syn. 
Desmodium Atkinianum, Beck. Bot. 84 (1833). 
Hedysarum Atkinit, Eaton’s Man. ed. vii. 325 (1836). 
Meibomia canescens, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant. i. 195 (1891). 
Distr.—Ontario to Florida, west to Nebraska and Texas. 
Varying greatly in the size of the leaves and in the hairiness 
of the panicles, the extreme form of which is 
Var. HIRSUTA (Hooker). 
Desmodium Canadense, var. hirsuta, Hooker Comp. Bot. 
* Mag. i. 22 (1835). 
Desmodium canescens, var. villosissimum, T. & G. FI. i. 365 
(1838). 
Distr.—Missouri, St. Louis, T. Drummond. The Drummond 
specimens in Herb. Torrey are without fruit. 
°° Leaflets ovate-rhomboid, velvety pubescent beneath. 
12, MEIBOMIA LINDHEIMERI (A. M. Vail). 
Desmodium Lindheimeri, A. M. Vail, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 
xviii, 120 (1891). 
Distr.—Texas and Mexico. Type Lindheimer, No. 499, 
from New Braunfels. 
°°° Leaflets ovate, sometimes rhomboid, acuminate, glabrous, flowers and 
bracts large, the latter deciduous. 
13. MEIBOMIA BRACTEOSA (Michx.). 
Hedysarum bracteosum, Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. ii. 73 (1803). 
Hedysarum cuspidatum, Mihi. in Willd. Spec. Plant. iii. 2, 
1198 (1803), not 1800, fide O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant. 
1. 134. 
Desmodium bracteosum, DC. Prodr. ii. 329 (1825). 
Desmodium cuspidatum, Hooker Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 23 (1835). 
Desmodium Canadense, L. var. longifolium, 7. & G. Figt 
365 (1838). 
Meibomia bracteosa,O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant. i. 195 (1891). 
p Distr.—Ontario to Florida, west to Michigan, Missouri and : 
exas, 
