504 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Open woods and thickets; more or less common ihronghout 

 the State, least abundant in the Pine Barrens, where it may be 

 a recent intrusion. Not yet reported from Cape May. 



Fl. — Late July to early September, fr. — Late August to early 

 October. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Fish House (S), Rivcrton, Medford (S), 

 Swedesboro. 

 Pine Barrens. — Four miles east Hammonton (S), Landisville. 

 Coast .S'/n>.— Five-Mile Beach (OHB). 



Meibcmia canadensis (L.). Showy Tick-trefoil. 



Hedysarum canadense Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 748. 1753 [Virginia and Canada]. 

 Desmodium Canadense Knieskern 12. — Britton 85. 



Common along the borders of swamps and streams in the 

 northern counties, but largely a w^eed in our limits. If native at 

 all, only in the upper part of the Middle district, especially along 

 the Delaware River, elsewhere generally found along railroad 

 embankments. 



Fl. — Mid-June to late August, and occasionally during autumn. 

 Fr. — Mid-July to late September. 



Middle District. — Bordentown (P), New Egypt, Pemberton Jnc. (S), Ash- 

 land, Washington Park. 



Pine Barrens. — Landisville (T), Woodbine (both apparently introduced 

 along railroads). 



Coast Strip. — Manahawkin. 



iVIeibomia rigida (Ell.). Rigid Tick-trefoil. 



Hedysarum rigidum Elliot, Bot. S. C. and Ga. IL 215. 1824 [S. Carolina]. 

 Desmodium rigidum Britton 86. 

 Meibomia rigida Keller and Brown 201. 



Dry sandy woods ; a few stations in the northern counties, but 

 most plentiful in the southern part of the State, especially in the 

 Pine Barrens. 



Fl. — Late July to early September. Fr. — Late August to early 

 October. 



Middle District. — Springdale (S), Lawnside (S), Woodbury. 



Pine Barrens. — Manahawkin, Quaker Bridge (S), Pen Bryn (S), Albion, 

 Hammonton, Mays Landing (S), Weymouth (T), Egg Harbor City, Wood- 

 bine, Tuckahoe (S). 



Cape May.— Dias Creek (S), Bennett, Cape May (OHB). 



