Desmodium LEGUMINOSAE Desmodium 



from the Coastal Plain: Salisbury (Wi), I. S. Moyer in 1867 (U). 

 Aug. 



D. laevigatum (Nutt.) DC. 



Infrequent, in sandy soil of the Coastal Plain; one collection 

 from rocky woods of the Piedmont: along the Brandy wine Creek, 

 Wilmington, Canhy, 20 Sept. 1899 (D). Aug. to early Sept. 



D. viridiflorum (L.) Beck. 



Infrequent, in dry woods, or occasionally in open ground, from 

 the Fall Line southward to Wicomico County. Late July to early 

 Sept. 



D. Dillenii Darl. 



Common in rocky woods of the Piedmont; less frequent south- 

 ward to Talbot County. Aug., early Sept. 



D. paniculatum (L.) DC. 



Common in dry woods or open ground, apparently throughout 

 the Peninsula, except along the coast. Late July to early Sept. 



Var. pubens T. & G. 



One collection: Ellendale (S), C. S. Williamson, 29 Aug. 

 1908 (A). 



D. strictum (Pursh) DC. 



Infrequent, in dry, sandy soil of the Coastal Plain, from Caro- 

 line County to Worcester County. Late July to early Sept. 



D. canadense (L.) DC. 



Rare, along streams and in marshy ground of the Piedmont: 

 near Wilmington, Tatnall & Commons, 18 June 1897 (D, A); 

 Conowingo (Ce), E. B. Bartram, 4 July 1907 (A). Mid-June to 

 Aug. 



D. sessilifolium (Torr.) T. & G. 



Rare; known from one locality in Cecil County: Grove Point, 

 open ground along the Sassafras River, Long, 45014, 13 Oct. 1934 

 (A); same place and date, R. R. Tatnall, 2437 (T, G). Aug. 



D. rigidum (Ell.) DC. 



Infrequent in dry soil of the Piedmont area; rare on the Coastal 

 Plain: Salisbury (Wi), Chickering, 13 Aug. 1878 (U); thicket l}4 



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