FABACEAE. 



VuL. 11 



2. Meibomia grandiflora ( Walt, j Kuntze. 

 Poimcd-lcavcil I'ick-trcfoil. Fig. 2577. 



Hciiysanim grandiflormn Walt. Fl. Car. 185. 1788. 



H. acumuiatnm Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 72, 1803. 



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



Meibomia grandiflora Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 196. i8yi. 



Erect, glaljrous, or .somewhat pubescent, l-5 

 high. Leaves in a cluster at the summit of the stem, 

 from which rises the slender peduncle ; petioles 3'-6' 

 long; stipules subulate, generally persistent; leaf- 

 lets ovate, acuminate, 2'-6' long, pubescent with scat- 

 tered hairs on both surfaces; panicle ample; bracts 

 deciduous ; flowers large, purple ; lomcnt 2-3-j ointed ; 

 joints longer than wide, concave above, obliquely 

 rounded below, uncinate-pubescent ; stipe as long as 

 the pedicel. 



In dry or rocky woods. Quebec to Ontario, South Da- 

 kota, Florida, Alabama, Kansas and Oklahoma. June- 

 Sept. Beggar-licks. 



3. Meibomia pauciflora ( Xutt. ) Kuntze. 

 Few-flowered Tick-trefoil. Fig. 2578. 



Hedysarum faucifloruin Nutt. Gen. 2: log. 1818. 

 Desmodium pauciftorum DC. Prodr. 2 : 330. 1825. 

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



Decumbent or ascending, more or less pubes- 

 cent with scattered hairs, i-3 long. Stipules 

 subulate, deciduous ; leaves alternate, distant, pe- 

 tioled ; leaflets ovate, obtuse or bluntly acuminate, 

 pubescent, i'-3' long, the terminal one rhomboid; 

 racemes terminal or sometimes also axillary, sim- 

 ple, few-flowered ; calyx-lobes acute, ciliate ; co- 

 rolla white, about 3" long; loment 1-4-jointed, 

 the joints concave or straight on the back, ob- 

 liquely rounded below, larger than those of the 

 preceding species, uncinate-pubescent ; stipe slight- 

 ly shorter than the pedicel. 



In woods, Ontario to western New York, southern 

 Pennsylvania. Florida, Ohio, Arkansas and Louisiana. 

 July-Aug. 



\a.\\. Sand Tick- 

 2579- 



Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 72. 



4. Meibomia arenicola 



trefoil. Fig 



Hedysarum Uneatnm Michx. 

 1803. Xot L. 1759. 



Desmodium liiieatum DC. Prodr. 2: 330. 1825. 



Meibomia arenicola Vail. Bull. Torr. Club 23: 140. 

 i8q6. 



Decumbent or prostrate, pubescent or glabrate, 

 slender, i-2 long. Stipules subulate, persistent; 

 petioles about 4' long ; leaflets ovate-orbicular, 

 4'-i' long, glabrous or nearly so, coriaceous, 

 reticulate-veined ; racemes terminal and axillary, 

 elongated, usually pubescent ; flowers purple, 

 about 2"-3" long; pedicels slender; loment small, 

 2-4-jointed, the joints uncinate-pubescent, less 

 convex above than below, ii"-2*" long; stipe 

 about equalling the caly.x-Iobes, or shorter. 



In dry woods, Maryland to Florida, west to Louis- 

 iana. July-Sept. 



