114 



^ Tf Joints of the loment, 4-7. 



== Loments prominently in pairs ; leaflets oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 

 villose beneath. 



20. Meibomia Illinoensis (A. Gray). 



Desmodiuvi Illinoensis, A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. viii. 289 



(1870). 

 Meibomia Illinoensis, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant, i. 198(1891). 

 Distr. — Illinois, Nebraska and Kansas. 

 ° ° ° Loment sessile in the calyx or nearly so ; leaves not reticulate beneath. 

 TT Joints 4-7 ; leaves short petioled. 



-||- Stipules subulate, leaflets pubescent, upper leaves sessile. 



21. Meibomia Canadensis (L.). 



Hedysarum Canadense, Linn. Spec. PI. 748 (i753)- 

 Hedysarum scabrnm, Moench, Meth. 118 (1794)- 

 Desmodium Canadense, DC. Prodr. ii. 328 (1825). 

 Meibomia Canadensis, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant, i. 195 



(1891). 

 j)ist. — Ontario to North Carolina, west to Saskatchawan, 



Nebraska and Kansas. 



^ ^ Joints 1-3, small. 



== Leaflets scabrous, sometimes reticulate beneath, 1-2' long. 



22. Meibomia rigida (Elliott). 



Hedysarum rigidum, Elliott, Sk. ii. 215 (1824). 

 Desmodium rigidum, DC. Prodr. ii. 330 (1825). 

 Meibomia rigida, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant, i. 198 (1891). 

 Distr. — Massachusetts to Florida, west to Nebraska, Arkan- 

 sas and Texas. 



= == Leaflets 6-10" long, glabrous. 



23. Meibomia Marylandica (L.). 



Hedysarum Marilandicum, Linn. Spec. Plant. 748 (1753) i" 



part. 

 Hedysarum obtusum, Pursh. 482 (18 14), not Miihl. 

 Desmodium obtusum, DC. Prodr. ii. 329 (1825). 

 Desmodium Marilandicum, Boott in Darlington Fl. Cestrica, 



ed. ii. 412 (1837), not DC. 

 Meibo7nia Marilandica, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant, i. 198 



(1891). 

 Distr. — Massachusetts to Plorida, west to Missouri and Ar- 

 kansas. 



