FABACEAE. 



VOL. II. 



8. Meibomia sessilifolia (Torr. ) Kuntze. 

 Sessile-leaved Tick-trefoil. Fig. 2583. 



Hedysarum sessilifolium Torr. ; Curtis, Bost. 



Journ. Nat. Hist, i : 123. 1834. 

 Desmodium sessilifolium T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 363. 



1838. 

 M. sessilifolia Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 198. 1891. 



Erect, 2-4 high, uncinate-pubescent. Stip- 

 ules small, deciduous ; leaves very nearly ses- 

 sile ; leaflets linear or linear-oblong, obtuse at 

 each end, nearly glabrous above, reticulate- 

 veined and pubescent beneath, i '-3' long, 3"-o," 

 wide ; racemes terminal, simple or compound ; 

 flowers small, 2"-$" long, purple ; pedicels very 

 short ; bracts deciduous ; calyx-lobes acute, the 

 upper one obliquely 2-toothed ; loment 1-3- 

 jointed, the joints about 2" long, obliquely 

 obovate, hispid, somewhat twisted, less convex 

 above than below ; stipe not exceeding the 

 calyx-lobes. 



In dry soil, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and 

 Connecticut to Ontario, Michigan, Kentucky, 

 Louisiana, Kansas, Arkansas and Texas. July- 

 Sept. 



g. Meibomia stricta (Pursh) Kuntze. Stiff Tick- / 

 trefoil. Fig. 2584. 



Hedysarum strictum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 483. 1814. 

 Desmodium strictum DC. Prodr. 2: 329. 1825. 

 Meibomia stricta Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 198. 1891. 



Erect, slender, finely roughish pubescent, 2-4 high. 

 Stipules subulate, deciduous ; leaves petioled ; leaflets linear, 

 obtuse or acute, glabrous, thick, reticulate-veined, i'-2i' 

 long, about 3" wide; flowers \"-2." long; loment small, 

 i-3-jointed; joints semi-obovate or semi-rhomboid, often 

 slightly concave on the back, uncinate-pubescent, about 2" 

 long; pedicels short; stipe about equalling the calyx-lobes. 



Pine barrens of New Jersey to Florida, west to Louisiana. 

 July-Sept. 



10. Meibomia canescens (L.) Kuntze. 

 Hoary Tick-trefoil. Fig. 2585. 



Hedysarum canescens L. Sp. PI. 748. 1753- 

 Desmodium canescens DC. Prodr. 2 : 328. 1825. 

 M. canescens Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 195. 1891. 

 Desmodium canadense var. hirsuta Hook. Comp. 



Bot. Mag. i: 23. 1835. 

 Meibomia canescens hirsuta Vail, Bull. Torr. Club 



19 : in. 1892. 



Erect, much branched, densely short- or 

 villous-pubescent, 3-5 high. Stipules ovate, 

 acuminate, somewhat cordate, persistent ; 

 leaves petioled ; leaflets ovate, obtuse or acut- 

 ish, i'-4' long, about as long as the petioles, 

 scabrous above, pubescent beneath, ciliate, the 

 terminal one commonly rhomboid and larger 

 than the lateral ones ; racemes terminal, com- 

 pound ; bracts deciduous ; upper lobe of the 

 calyx 2-toothed, the others attenuate; flowers 

 2"-2\" long; loment 4-6-jointed, joints longer 

 than wide, unequally rhomboid, 4"-6" long; 

 stipe about equalling the upper lobe of the 

 calyx. 



In rich soil Ontario to Massachusetts, Florida, 

 Minnesota, Arkansas and Texas. July-Sept. 



