Ill 



Hedysarmn scaheriniiivi, Elliott, Sk. ii*. 217 (1824). 



Desmodiicm canescens, DC. Prodr. ii. 328 (1825). 



Desmodiinn viridiflorum, DC. Prodr. ii. 329 (^825). exclu. syn. 



Desmodiiim Aikiniamim, Beck. Bot. 84 (1833). 



Hcdysarum Aikinii, Eaton's Man. ed. vii. 325 (1836). 



Meibomia canescens, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant, i. 195 (189 0- 



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



Varying greatly in the size of the leaves and in the hairiness 

 of the panicles, the extreme form of which is 

 Var. HIRSUTA (Hooker). 



Desmodhmi Canadense, var. Jiirsuta, Hooker Comp. Bot. 

 Mag. i. 22 (1835). 



Desmodiuni canescens, var. villosissiimim, T. & G. Fl. i. 365 

 (1838). 



Distr. — Missouri, St. Louis, T. Drummond. The Drummond 

 specimens in Herb. Torrey are without fruit. 



°° Leaflets ovate-rhomboid, velvety pubescent beneath. 



12. Meibomia Lindheimeri (A. M. Vail). 



Desrnodinm Lindheimeri, A. M. Vail, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 



xviii. 120 (1891). 

 Distr. — Texas and Mexico. Type Lindheimer, No. 499, 

 from New Braunfels. 



''°° Leaflets ovate, sometimes rhomboid, acuminate, glabrous, flowers and 

 bracts large, the latter deciduous. 



13. Meibomia bracteosa (Michx.). 



Hedysarum bracteostim, Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. ii. 73 (1803). 

 Hcdysarum cuspidatum, Miihl. in Willd. Spec. Plant, iii. 2, 



I198 (1803), not 1800, fide O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant. 



i. 134. 

 Desrnodinm bracteosnm, DC. Prodr. ii. 329 (1825). 

 Desmodium cuspidatum, Hooker Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 23 (1835). 

 Desrnodinm Canadense, L. var. longifolium, T. & G. Fl. i 



365 (1838). 

 Meibomia bracteosa, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Plant, i. 195 (1891). 

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

 Texas. 



