115 



====== Leaflets 6-10" long, stems and leaflets ciliate. 



24. Meibomia OBTUSA (Muhl.). 



Hedysartnn obiusiiru, Miihl. in Willd. Spec. iii. 1190(1803). 

 Hedysaj^Hvi ciliare, Miihl. in Willd. Spec. iii. 11 96 (1803). 

 Desmodiuui ciliare, DC. Prodr. ii. 329 (1825). 

 Distr. — Ontario to Florida, west to Missouri, Texas and 

 Mexico. 



tff Pod constricted to the middle, nearly equally above and below, mostly slen- 

 der at the joints, these orbicular or oval. All southern or Mexican 

 species. 

 X Trailing or reclining vines. 



* Loment more or less prominently stalked in the caly.x. 

 II Leaflets broad, joints 5-S, 2" long, obliquely oval. 



25. Meibomia cinerascens (A. Gray). 



Desmodmni cinerascens, A. Gray, PL Wright, ii. 48 (1853). 

 Meibomia cinerascens, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant, i, 197 



(1891). 

 Distr. — Arizona and Mexico. 



II II Leaflets lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, pubescent, loment 3-6 jointed, 

 joints i" long, nearly orbicular. 



26. Meibomia batocaulis (A. Gray). 



Desniodiiim batocanlon, A. Gray, PI. Wright, ii. 47 (1853). 

 Meibomia batocaulis, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant, i. 197 



(1890). 

 Distr. — Texas to Arizona and Mexico. 



II II II Stem densely uncinate-pubescent, leaves rhombic-ovate, lighter beneath, 

 loment 4-6 jointed, joints li" long. 



27. Meibomia uncinata (Jacq.). 



Hcdysarnm nncinatiim,] aco^. Hort. Schoenbr. iii. t. 298 (1798). 

 Hedjsarnm Aparines, Link. Enum. ii. 247 (1822). 

 Desmodinm Aparines, DC. Prodr. ii. 331 (1825), fide Hemsley 



Biol. Centr. Am. ii. 290. 

 Desmodinni uncinatiim, DC. Prodr. ii. 331 (1825). 

 Desmodinni Sinclairi, Benth. Bot. Sulpher, 82 (1844), fide 



S. Watson Biblio. Index, i. 218 (1878). 

 Desmodittm SonorcB, A. Gray, PI. Wright, ii. 47 (1853), ^^^ 



S. Watson Biblio. Index, i. 218 (1878). 

 Meibomia uncinata, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant, i. 197 (1891). 

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



