PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 505 



Meibomia marylandica (L.). Smooth Small-leaved Tick-trefoil. 



Hedysarum marilandicum Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 748. 1753 [Carolina and Vir- 

 ginia]. 

 Desmodium marylandicum Knieskern 12. — Britton 86. 



Dry sandy woods throughout our region and at a few stations 

 in the northern counties. 



Fl. — ^Early August to early September. Fr. — Early Septem- 

 ber to early October. 



Middle District. — Lawnside (S), Washington Park (S), Swedesbora 

 Pine Barrens. — Manahawkin, Landisville, Egg Harbor City. 

 Cape May.— Dennisville (S), Cold Spring (OHB), Bennett. 



Meibomia obtusa (Muhl.). Hairy Small-leaved Tick-trefoil. 



Hedysarum obtusum Muhlenberg in Willdenow, Sp. PI. III. 1190. 1803 



[Pennsylvania]. 

 Hedysarum ciliare Nuttall, Gen. II. 109. 1818. — Barton, Fl. Phila. II. 79. 1818. 

 Desmodium ciliare Knieskern 12. — Willis 18. — Britton 86. 



Distribution exactly as in the last, but apparently the more 

 common of the two. They really seem to be little more than 

 glabrous and pubescent forms of the same thing. These two 

 small, round, leaved Meibomias, with M. rigida, are the most 

 generally distributed species in the Pine Barrens. 



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

 early October. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Medford, Griffith's Swamp, Clementon, Tom- 

 lin (S), Mickleton, Dividing Creek (S). 



Pine Barrens. — Albion, Landisville (T), Eighth St. (T), E. of Hammonton 

 (S), Quaker Bridge (S), Mays Landing (S), Woodbine, Tuckahoe (S). 



Cape May. — Bennett (S), Cape May, Cape May Pt. 



LESPEDEZA Michaux. 



a. Stipules subulate, calyx lobes narrow. 



b. Small, apetalous, pistillate flowers, in addition to the usual larger 

 violet purple blossoms, the former in small sessile clusters, or the two 

 kinds intermingled. 

 c. Petaliferous flowers 1-6, on filiform peduncles, usually 2-4 times as 

 long as the subtending leaves. 

 d. Stem trailing, downy, with short, spreading hairs. 



Lespedeza procumbens, p. 506 

 dd. Stem glabrate or slightly appressed — pubescent. 



e. Stems trailing, stipules 2-4.5 mm. L. repens, p. 506 



ce. Stems upright, stipules 5-8 mm. L. violacea, p. 507 



cc. Petaliferous flowers few or many, peduncles stouter, some of them 

 shorter than the leaves. 



