FABACF.AE. 



Vol. II. 



g. Meibomia stricta (Pursh) Kuntze. 

 trefoil. Fig. 2584. 



Hedysannn strictiim Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 483. 1814. 



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



Meibomia stricia 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, 1-22' 

 long, about 3" wide ; flowers l"-2" long : loment small, 

 1-3-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. 



8. Meibomia sessilifolia ( Torr. ) Kuntze. 



Scssile-lcavcd Tick-trefoil. Fig. 2583. 

 Hcdysarum scssilifoliiim Torr. ; Curtis, Bost. 



Journ. Nat. Hist. I : 123. 1834. 

 Dcsmodium sessilifoHum T. & G. FI. 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, 1-3' long, 3"-9" 

 wide ; racemes terminal, simple or compound ; 

 flowers small, 2"-3" long, purple ; pedicels very 

 short ; bracts deciduous ; calyx-lobes acute, the 

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

 jointcd, 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. 



Stiff Tick- 



Pi 

 July 



ne barrens of New Jersey 

 Sept. 



to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



10. Meibomia canescens ( L. ) Kuntze. 

 Floary Tick-trefoil. Fig. 2585. 



Hedysarum canescens L. Sp. PI. 748- I753- 

 Dcsmodium canescens DC. Prodr. 2: 328, 1825. 

 M. canescens Kuntze. Rev. Gen. PI. I9S- 1891. 

 Dcsmodium canadcnse var. hirsuta Hook. Comp. 



Bot. Mag. 1 : 23. 1835. 

 Meibomia canescens hirsutaVai'l, Bull. Torr. Club 



ig : III. 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, ciliatc, 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"-2i" 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. 



