115 
==-== Leaflets 6-10" long, stems and leaflets ciliate. 
24. MEIBOMIA OBTUSA (Miihl.). 
Hedysarum obtusum, Miihl. in Willd. Spec. iii. 1190 (1803). 
Hedysarum ciliare, Mihl. in Willd. Spec. iii. 1196 (1803). 
Desmodium ciliare, DC. Prodr. ii. 329 (1825). 
Distr.—Ontario to Florida, west to Missouri, Texas and 
Mexico. 
Ht Pod constricted to the middle, nearly equally above and below, mostly slen- 
der at the joints, these orbicular or oval. All southern or Mexican 
species. 
{ Trailing or reclining vines. 
* Loment more or less prominently stalked in the calyx. 
| Leaflets broad, joints 5-8, 2” long, obliquely oval. 
25. MEIBOMIA CINERASCENS (A. Gray). 
Desmodium cinerascens, A. Gray, P\. Wright. ii. 48 (1853). 
Meibomia cinerascens, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant. i, 197 
(1891). 
Distr.— Arizona and Mexico. 
|| Leaflets lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, pubescent, loment 3-6 jointed, 
joints 1’ long, nearly orbicular. 
26. MEIBOMIA BATOCAULIS (A. Gray). : 
Desmodium batocaulon, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. ii. 47-(1853). 
Meibomia batocaulis, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant. i197 
(1890). 
Distr —Texas to Arizona and Mexico. 
||| Stem densely uncinate-pubescent, leaves rhombic-ovate, lighter beneath, 
loment 4-6 jointed, joints 13" long. 
27. MEIBOMIA UNCINATA (Jacq.). 
Hedysarum uncinatum, Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. iii. t. 298 (1798). 
Hedysarum Aparines, Link. Enum. ti. 247 (1822). 
Desmodium Aparines, DC. Prodr. ii. 331 (1825), fide Hemsley 
Biol. Centr. Am. ii. 290. 
Desmodium uncinatum, DC. Prodr. ii. 331 (1825). 
Desmodium Sinclairi, Benth. Bot. Sulpher, 82 (1844), fide 
S. Watson Biblio. Index, i. 218 (1878). 
Desmodium Sonore, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. ii. 47 (1853), fide 
S. Watson Biblio. Index, i. 218 (1878): 
Meibomia uncinata, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant. i. 197 (1891). 
Meibomia Sonore, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant. i. 198 (1891). 
