VETCH FAMILY. 573 



Meibomia bracteosa (.Michx.) Kunt/.c, Rfv. Cen. PI. 1: 1!)5. 1891. 



Rracted Tick Tkkfoil. 



Hedysarum bracteosum Michx. Fl. lior. Aui. 2 : 73. 1803. 



H. cmpidatum Miibl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1PJ8. 1801. 



Desmodiitm hracteosum DC. Prodr. 2 : 329. 1825. 



D. citspidatum Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1 : 23. 1835. 



EU.Sk. 2:213. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 139. Chap. Fl. 102. 



Alleghenian to Carolinian area. Ontario and Xew England west to Michigan iuid 

 Missouri, south to Texas; New York to Florida. 



Alabama: Coosa Valley. Barren hillsides. Calhoun County, Anniston. Flowers 

 violet purple, September. Rare; never observed in the low country. 



Type locality : " Hab. in uiontosis Virginiae et Carolinae.'' 



Herb. Ceol.,^.Surv. Herb. Mobr. 



Meibomia longifolia (Torr. & Gray) Vail, Bull. Torr. Club, 23 : 140. 1896. 



Desmodium canadense var. Joni/ifolinm Torr. & Gray, Fl. N.A.I: 365. 1840 



D. lotuiifoliKm Nutt. ; Torr. & (iray, Fl. X. A. 1 : 365. 1840. As synonym. 



Carolinian area. Illinois to Kansas and Arkansas; Louisiana. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Woods. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain near 

 the mineral spring of Loring's Hotel. Flowers rose purple, August 26. 189N. 



Type locality: "Arkansas, XiUtall ! Dr. I'ilcher!" 



Meibomia paniculata f L.) Knutze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1 : 198. 1891. Tick Tkkfoil. 



Hediisarum paniculatum L. Sp. PI. 2 : 749. 1753. 



Desmodium paniculaUnn DC. Prodr. 2 : 329. 1825. 



Ell. Sk. 2:210. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 140. Chap. FL 103. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 85. 



Alleghenian to Louisiauian area. Ontario; New England west to the Dakotas and 

 Nebraska, south to Texas, and from New York to Florida. 



Alabama: Over the State. Dry woods. Flowers purplisli, .Inly, September. 

 Common. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr 



Meibomia viiidiflora (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1 : 197. 1891. 



Greenish-i'lowekkd Tick Tkkioil. 



Hedysarum viridijiorum L. Sp. PL 2 : 748. 1753. 



Desmodium viridittoriim Beck, Bot. 84. 1833. Not DC. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 217. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 14(i. Chap. Fl. 102. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Southern New York, Ohio to Missouri, soutji 

 to Florida and western Louisiana. 



Al.\baal\: Mobile (Gates); not yet recorded in the State from any other locality 



Type locality: " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Meibomia dillenii (Darl.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1 : 195. 1891. 



DiLLEXiis' Tick Trefoil. 



Desmodium dillenii Darlington, V\. Ce.st. 414. 1837. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 140. Chap. Fl. 103. 



Alleghenian to Louisiauian area. Ontario; New England, west to Minnesota, 

 Nebraska, and Missouri, south to Florida and Louisiana. 



Alabama : Over the State. Dry woods and copses. Tennessee Valley to Mobile 

 County. Flowers i)urple, .July, August. Common. 



Type locality : '• Woodlands and borders of thickets : frequent." Chester County, 

 Pa. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Meibomia laevigata (Nutt. ) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1 : 198. 1891. 



S.MOf)TH Tick Trefoil. 



Hedjisarum laerigaium Nutt. Gen. 2 : 109. 1818. 



Dcs7)wdium laevigatum DC. Prodr. 2 : 329. 1825. 



Ell. Sk. 2:215. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 140. Chap. Fl. 103. 



Carolinian area. Southern New York, Tennessee, Missouri, and Arkansas; from 

 South Carolina to Florida. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Dry wooded hillsides. Lee County, Auburn (/'. a9. 

 Earle). Talladega County, Chandler Springs, rocky ridges, 1,200 feet. Summit of 

 highest ridge. Alpine Mountains, m-ar the Signal Station, 1,800 feet. Flowers pur- 

 plish. September. 



Type locality : "In the forests of New .lersey." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



