140 ROSALES 



1. Strophostyles helvola (L.) Britton. Wild Bean. 

 In sandy soil mostly in the eastern part of the state. Guide Rock; 

 Paddock; Red Cloud; Seward; Lincoln; Xeligh; Pauline. 



2. Strophostyles peuciflora (Benth.) A. Wats. Wild Bean. 

 In sandy soil along streams throughout the state. Atkinson; Big 

 Sandy Creek; Dismal River; Hastings; Kearney; Lincoln; Nelson; 

 Wahoo. 



24. Falcata. 569. 



Bracts rhombic-oval, shorter than the pedicels, calyx of the perfect 

 flowers 3-4 mm. long. 1. F. comosa. 



Bracts nearly orbicular, large, generally as long as the pedicels or 

 longer, calyx of the fertile flowers 5-6 mm. long. 2. F. pitcheri. 



1. Falcata comosa (L.) Kuntze. Wild Peanut. 

 In moist thickets in the eastern part of the state. Beaver Creek; 

 Franklin; Halsey; Lincoln; Peru; St. Paul; Weeping Water. 



2. Falcata pitcheri (T. & G.) Kuntze. 



Common in woods and thickets in the central and eastern parts of the 

 state. Ashland; Endicott; Halsey; Wahoo; Red Cloud. 



25. Meibomia. (Desmodium.) 559. 



Leaves crowded at the top of the stem, panicle terminal, pods on a 

 stripe much longer than the calyx lobes. 1. M. grand iflora. 



Leaves scattered along the stem, stipe if present shorter than the 

 calyx lobes. 

 Petioles about as long as the lateral leaflets, stipules ovate, per- 

 sistent. 

 Joints of the pod longer than wide, about 12 mm. long. 



2. M. canescens. 

 Joints of the pod not longer than wide, about 6 mm. wide. 



3. M. Illinoensis. 

 Petioles not more than half as long as the lateral leaflets, sitpules 



lanceolate or subulate. 

 Flowers 10-15 mm. long, stipules linear-lanceolate, persistent. 



4. M. canadensis. 

 Flowers 6-8 mm. long, stipules subulate, deciduous. 



Stems pubescent, leaflets not over 7.5 cm. long. 5. M. dillenii. 

 Stems glabrous, or nearly so, leaflets over 7.5 cm. long. 



6. M. paniculata. 



1. Meibomia grandifiora (Walt.) Kuntze. 



In rich soil in woods in the eastern part of the state. Crete; Endi- 

 cott; Fremont Island; Lincoln; Niobrara; Weeping Water. 



2. Meibomia canescens (L.) Kuntze. 



In woods and thickets in the eastern part of the state. Beaver Creek; 

 Lincoln; Omaha; Wabash; Weeping Water. 



3. Meibomia illinoensis (Gray.) Kuntze. 



Dry prairies in the eastern part of the state. Lincoln; Walton. 



4. Meibomia canadensis L.) Kuntze. 



Common in the eastern part of the state and along streams In the 

 western part. Chelsea; Guide Rock; Kearney; Lincoln; Mullen; 

 Omaha; St. Paul; Talmage. 



