r)<4 PLANT LIl-K OF AI.AHAMA. 



Meiboiuiarhombifolia (Kll.) Nail. Hull. Tui r. Cltil.. 19 : 1 lit. ls!tL'. 



IlnhjHiiriim rlioiiihi/olhim Kll. SU. 2 : Jlti. ISl'l. 



l>iKmi>,iiiiin rhomhit'oliiiiii I )C. I'nxir. 2 : :?:<<). IH'J'k 



!>. tlcriildHinn Chap. 11. 101.'. IXtiO. 



Miihowia tloridiiiiii Kuiit/<', Kev. (icii. i'1.1: llts. WM. 



Kll. .sk. I.e. ("hap. Fl. I.e. Hritt. A: Mr. 111. Fl. 2 : HIS. 



Caroliniau ami Lonisianian anas. \ irginia to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



Ai.ahama: Mountain n-fjion. (>)>c'n wooiIh in saiuly and j;ra\<dly soil. l)«jkalit 

 County, MrntouLi. Flowers rosi-jiuiplc. S»')itt'inlier. 



TyiM- locality: "Orows in dry soils ahout Ho.nilort,"' S. C. 



Meibomia rigida ( I'.ll.) Kuntze. Ivev. (ien. IM. 1: lits. Ls'tl. Kicii. Tick Tukioii.. 



Ilrihimntm ii<ii(liim Kll. Sk. 2 : 21;'.. 1S21. 



henmodiiim ii<ii(liim DC. I'rodr. 2 : X\0. 182.5. 



Kll. .^k. I.e. Gray, Man. cd. 6, 110. Chap. IH. 101. 



Alle^ilifuian and Louisianiau are.is. Massafhusetts, wi-st to Illinois and Missouri, 

 south to Florida. 



Ai..\ii.\ma: Mountain rei^ion to Cintral I'rairie.s. Dry ('oi)ses, o]H-ii woods. Cal- 

 houn County, Anniston. ralladcj^M and Monti^oniery counties, Monroe County, 

 Claiborne ( /■,'. A. Smith). Mosttreipient on tlit^ rocky barren ridjiesofthe Coosa \alley. 



Ty])e loiality: "(Jrows in dry .soils," .South CartJlina, (Georgia. 



Herb. Ceol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Meibomia obtiisa (Muhl.) \'ail. Hull. Torr. ( lub, 19 : 115. 1S<)2. 



CiLIATK-LKAF TiCK TRKKOIL. 



Ilediiaantm ohlusinn Mnhl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1190. 1803. 



//. ciliaiT Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 119(5. 1803. 



Desmodiiiiii ciliiire DC. Prodr. 2 : 329. 182.5. 



Kll. Sk. 2: 212. Cray, Man. ed. (>. 140. Chap. Fl. 104. 



Mexico. 



Allegheuian to Louisianian area. .Southern Ontario ; southern New York and West 

 Virginia to Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas, south to the (iulf; trorn Florida to west- 

 ern Louisiana. 



Alabama: Over tli<> State. Dry barren hillsides, copses, copious in the cherty 

 lulls, siliceous MetauM.rj.hic ridges of the Coosa, and the sandy pine barretis to the 

 coast. Flowers purplish. September, October. Not rare. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Pensylvauia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Meibomia marylandica (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1 : in8. 1891. 



Makyi.axi) Tick Trkkoil. 



Hediisanim inanilai}dicum L. .Sp. PI. 2 : 748. 1753. 



H. obtusiim Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 482. 1814. Not Muhl. 



hesmodiiim manilundivnin P.oott in Darl. Fl. Cest. ed. 2, 412. 1837. Not DC. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 214. " (iray, Man. ed. 6, 140. Chap. Fl. 104. 



Allegheuian to Louisianian area. New I'^ngland west to Michigan; Ohio A'alley 

 to Missouri and Arkansas, south to western Florida and eastern Louisiana. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Coosa Valley. Talladega County, Chandler's Spring, 

 1.200 feet. Calh<mu County, Anniston, rocky hills, 800 feet. Flowers purplish, 

 August, September. Not rare. 



Tyj)e locality: " Hab. in Carolina, Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LESPEDEZA Michx. Fl. P.or. Am. 2 :70. 1803.' 



About 35 species, mostly perennial herbs, of the warmer temperate regions of east- 

 ern Asia. North America 12, mostly Atlantic. 



Lespedeza repens (L.) Bart. Prodr. Fl. Phila. 2 : 77. 1818. Creeping Lespedeza. 



Hedi/sanim repens L. Sp. PI. 2 : 749. 1753. 



Lespedeza prontrata Kll. Sk. 2 : 208. 1824. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Gray, Man. ed. (J, 141. in part. Chap. Fl. 100, in part. 



Allegheuian to Louisianian area. Southern New F'ngland, New York, and New 

 .Jersey, \>-e8t to Minnesota, south to Virginia and Florida, the Ohio Valley, and 

 Texas. 



'N. L. Britton, The North American species of the genus Eespedeza, Trans. N. Y. 

 Acad. Sci., vol. 12, pp. 57 to 68. 1893. 



