112 
||| Joints of the loment little longer than broad. 
© Loment distinctly stalked in the calyx. 
“| Plants glabrous or nearly so (except 7. paniculata, var. pubens), 
os Leaflets lanceolate or oval. 
14. MEIBOMIA PANICULATA (L.). 
Hedysarum paniculatum, Linn. Spec. 749 (1753). 
Desmodium paniculatum, DC. Prodr. ii. 329 (1825) 
Meibomia paniculata,O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant. 1. 198 (1891). 
Distr-—Ontario to Florida, west to Nebraska, and Louisiana 
and Texas. 
Var. ANGUSTIFOLIUM (T. & G.). 
Desmodium paniculatum, var. angustifolium, T. & G. Fl. 
364 (1838). mo 
There are intermediate forms between this variety and the 
species. | 
Distr.—Florida and Texas. 
Var. PUBENS. (T. & G.). 
Desmodium paniculatum, var. pubens, T. & G. Fh i 364 
(1838). 
Desmodium pubens, Young, F\. Texas, 233 (1873). i 
The typical JZ. paniculata of the Eastern States is glabrous: 
SSRIS Ar Me a oe nee ie Sar an 
the western form is pubescent, and there are intermediate forms : 
between M. Dilleniiand var. pubens, which latter is possibly a sper 
Distr.—F \orida to Texas and New Mexico. 
+ = Leaflets thick, broadly ovate or ovate-rhomboid, lighter beneath. 
15. MEIBOMIA L&VIGATA (Nutt.). 
Hedysarum levigatum, Nutt. Gen. ii. 109 (1818). 
Desmodium levigatum, DC. Prodr. ii. 329 (1825). 
Meibomia levigata, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant. i. 198 (1891). 
Distr.—Pennsylvania to Florida, west to Missouri, Louisiané 
and Texas, 
Var. monophylla, Wood, Bot. and Fl. 88 (1870). 1 have” 
not seen anything answering this description. It is not at 
unusual for depauperate plants of the genus to run to unifoliolate 
leaflets, 
*| “| Plants more or less pubescent. 
+ Leaflets broad, velvety pubescent beneath ; joints of the loment 2” long: 
16. MEIBOMIA VIRIDIFLORA th), 
Hedysarum viridifiorum, Linn. Spec. Plant. 748 (17 53): 
