Jennings: Contribution to Botany of Isle of Pines. 137 



Hedysarum incanum Swartz, op. cit., p. 107. 



Desmodium incamim DeCandolle, Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni 

 Vegetabilis, II, 1825, p. 332. 



Hedysarum fortoricense Sprengel, Systema Vegetabilium, III, 1826, p. 314. 



Meibomia supina Brixton, Annals, New York Academy of Sciences, VII, 1892, 

 P- 83. 



Meibomia incana Cook & Collins, Contributions from the U. S. National Her- 

 barium, VIII, 1903, p. 189. 



Near Nueva Gerona, January 31, 1904, A. H. CuHiss, No. J20; 

 thin soil on coralline limestone, north of Caleta Grande, May 22, 

 1910, 0. E. Jennings, Nos. 477 aitd 523; in dry savanna south of 

 Sante Fe, May 25, 1910, 0. E. Jennings, No. 548. General Distri- 

 bution: From southern Florida and the Bahamas southwards through 

 the West Indies, and widely distributed in the American continental 

 tropics; Africa; Mauritius. 



311. Meibomia axillaris var. obtusifolia 0. Kuntze. 



Meibomia axillaris var. obtusifolia O. Kuntze, Revisio Generum Plantarum, I, 



1891, p. 195. 

 Desmodium axillare var. genuinum Urban, Symbolse Antillanae, II, 1900, p. 303. 

 Desmodium axillare var. obtusifolia Urban, Symbolae Antillanae, IV, 1905, p. 291. 



In Sante Fe, in the park near the magnesia springs. May 26, 1910, 

 0. E. Jennings, No. 572. General Distribution: Rather widely 

 distributed in the West Indies from Cuba south and southeast, and 

 occurring in Central and South America. 



312. Meibomia Scorpiurus (Swartz) Kuntze. 



Hedysarum Scorpiurus Swartz, Prodromus Descriptionum Vegetabilium Indiae 



Occidentalis, 1788, p. 107. 

 Desmodium Scorpiurus Desvaux, Journal de Botanique, I, 1813, p. 122. 

 Meibomia Scorpiurus O. Kuntze, Revisio Generum Plantarum, I, 1891, p. 198. 



Near Nueva Gerona, February 22, 1904, A. H. Curtiss, No. j6o; 

 northern part of the island, Blain, No. 77 (Millspaugh). General 

 Distribution: From Cuba southwards through the West Indies, and 

 from Mexico to Peru. 



313. Meibomia Cowellii Britton. 



Meibomia Cowellii Britton, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, XLI, 1914, 

 p. 19. 



In thin pine woods near Sante Fe, May 26, 1910, 0. E. Jennings, 

 No. 56 J. General Distribution: Savannas and open pine woods in 

 Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba, and the Isle of Pines. 



