110 



Distr. — Massachusetts to North and South Carolina. 



XX Herbs erect or ascending. 



* Leaves sessile or very short petioled, lanceolate, loment 2-3 jointed, 

 plant pubescent. 



8. Meibomi,\ sessilifolia (Torrey). 



Hedysarntn scssilifoliinn, Torrey, in Curtis' Enum. PI. Wil- 

 mington, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist. i. 123 (1834) ; exclud- 

 ing variety. 



Desmodium sessilifolitivi, Torrey & Gray, Fl. ii. 363 (1838). 



Meiboniia sessilifolia, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant, i. 198 (189 1). 



Distr. — Massachusetts to Kentucky, west to [Michigan, Kan- 

 sas and Texas. 



** Leaves petioled, leaflets linear, pods small. 



9. Meibomia stricta (Pursh). 



Hedysarum strictiim, Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 483 (18 14). 



Hedysarum paniadatiim, Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. ii 74 (1803), 

 not of L. 



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



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



Possibly not distinct from the next. 



Distr. — New Jersey to Florida, west to Missouri and Louis- 

 iana. 



10. Meiboml\ tenuifolia (T. & G.). 



Hedysarum sessilifolium, var. augnstifoliinn, Torr. in Curtis' 



Enum. ^\. Wilmington, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist. i. 123 



(1834). Not J/, angustifolia (H.B.K.) 



Desmodium temtifolium, T. & G. Fl. i. 363 (1838). 



Meibomia te7iuifolia, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant, i. 198 (189 1 ). 



Differing from M. stricta in its looser inflorescence, less rigid 



habit and its smaller loment, which is nearly sessile in the calyx, 



and the joints of which are not at all concave on the back. 



Distr. — Missouri, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana. 



* * * Leaves petioled ; leaflets ovate, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate. 

 \ Joints of the loment longer than broad. 



o Leaflets ovate, obtuse ; scabrous above, pubescent and reticulate 

 beneath. 



1 1. Meibomia canescens (L.). 



Hedysarum canescens, Linn. Spec. Plant. 748 (1753)- 

 Hedysarum viridiflorum, Willd. Spec. iii. 1 192 (1803), not 

 Linn. 



